Group    From 1965 

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

The borough was formed in 1965 by the merging of the separate former boroughs of Kensington and Chelsea. It was originally planned to call it just Kensington, but Chelsea was added after local protests.

The vestries of Kensington and of Chelsea were precursors to this body.

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

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Avondale Park

This park was acquired and laid out by the Vestry of Kensington with financia...

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Dovehouse Green - blue plaques

{Top plaque:} To celebrate the silver jubilee of Elizabeth II 1952-1977 and ...

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This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

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Abbotsbury Gate

Abbotsbury Gate - Holland Park Made possible by the bequest of the late Miss ...

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Albert Bridge - troops

In 1831 the Broughton Suspension Bridge collapsed as a troop of 74 men marche...

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Arthur Stanley Wint

Arthur Stanley Wint 1920 - 1992, RAF pilot,doctor & diplomat, gold medal ...

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Boy David

Commissioned to create a WW1 memorial to the Machine Gun Corps Derwent Wood p...

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Campden Hill Square

Campden Hill Square was laid out by Joshua Flesher Hanson in 1826. Gates and ...

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Other Subjects

John Kittermaster

John Kittermaster

Deputy Governor of the Fellowship in 1786.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
James Richard Stanhope

James Richard Stanhope

He served with the Grenadier Guards in the Second Boer War. Entering the House of Lords on the death of his father, he became 13th Earl of Chesterfield and 7th Earl Stanhope. 

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, South Africa

1 memorial
Robert Waithman

Robert Waithman

Born Wrexham. A self-made man, a linen-draper who rose to the highest position in the City. Lord Mayor: 1823 - 4 Sheriff: 1820 - 1 Member of Parliament: 1818 - 20, 1826 - 33 Died at home, 7 Woburn...

Person, Lord Mayor, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
George Simpson

George Simpson

Paint manufacturer who ran the Atlas Dyeworks. Born Newington. 1861 was living in Tulse Hill with his wife. Retired in about 1866 and by 1881 was living in Reigate where he died. See also Nicholson.

Person, Industry, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Peter Philip Rigby, CBE, JP

Peter Philip Rigby, CBE, JP

Commoner on the City Lands & Bridge House Estates Committee, 1994.

Person, Politics & Administration

2 memorials

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Frank Avery
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Mrs Galpin

Mrs Galpin

The Kensington Gardens Management Plan informs that the fountain was the gift of 'Mrs Galpin'. We researched this claim, extensively, and could find no Mrs Gilpin who satisfies the evidence, so we ...

Person, Benefactor

1 memorial