Person    | Male  Born 27/4/1867  Died 4/3/1949

Sir Charles A. Nicholson

Categories: Architecture

Sir Charles Archibald Nicholson, 2nd Baronet, was an architect and designer who specialised in ecclesiastical buildings and war memorials. We wonder if he is the Nicolson in the architectural firm, active in 1910, Waring and Nicholson, though his Wikipedia page doesn't mention it.

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Sir Charles A. Nicholson

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St Barnabas Woodford Green war memorial

In the inscription "they gave their lives" is given as a quotation but its so...

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Louis de Soissons

Louis de Soissons

Louis de Soissons.

Person, Architecture

2 memorials
Philip Hardwick

Philip Hardwick

Architect.  His father and grandfather were both architects with the name Thomas Hardwick.  Hardwick married Julia Shaw, sister of John Shaw, also from a family of architects.   Their son, Philip C...

Person, Architecture

3 memorials
Sir Ernest George

Sir Ernest George

Architect. Born 9 Portland Place, now Bartholomew Street, SE1. His partnership with Harold Peto was extremely successful. They designed many of the houses in Harrington and Collingham Gardens inclu...

Person, Architecture

5 memorials
John Thomas Newman

John Thomas Newman

1878 architect of the Stratford Martyrs memorial.  For a time he worked with  William Jacques.

Person, Architecture

1 memorial
Sir Hugh Maxwell Casson, C.H., K.C.V.O., P.R.A., R.D.I.

Sir Hugh Maxwell Casson, C.H., K.C.V.O., P.R.A., R.D.I.

Hugh Casson was an architect, notably for the 1951 Festival of Britain and the London Zoo Elephant House. President of  the Royal Academy (PRA) from 1976 to 1984.  He was also president of The Frie...

Person, Architecture

1 memorial

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CI - 8 - Books

CI - 8 - Books

EC3, Cornhill, 32

This carving depicts the two Brontë sisters meeting Thackeray, but rather fails to successfully render his specs. Charlotte did indeed ...

7 subjects commemorated, 2 creators
New Cross V2 attack - plaque 2

New Cross V2 attack - plaque 2

SE14, New Cross Road, 277 - 281

The photograph was taken some years ago and sadly since then, this plaque has been vandalised by being painted over. It is not clear ther...

3 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham

George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham

English statesman. Appointed Lord High Admiral in 1619. Favourite (possibly more) of King James I of England and then of Charles I but so unpopular with others that he was assassinated/murdered, le...

Person, Politics & Administration

3 memorials
Edward Gibbon

Edward Gibbon

Mainly known for 'The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' Click on external site for an entertaining and enthusiastic introduction to the writings. It was there that we learnt that...

Person, History

3 memorials
T. V. and Anthony Edwards

T. V. and Anthony Edwards

Anthony is a senior partner of the law firm T. V. Edwards which was established by his uncle, T. V., in 1929.  Their offices at 33 Mile End Road had a large blank wall.  Anthony commissioned the mu...

Group, Benefactor, Law

1 memorial