born Charles Culverwell at Liverpool. Qualified as a doctor. Actor and manager.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Sir Charles Wyndham
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Queen's Theatre - Long Acre
Queen's Theatre The old Queen's Theatre occupied this site for just eleven y...
Sir Charles Wyndham
Greater London Council Sir Charles Wyndham, 1837 - 1919, actor-manager, live...
The Round Table
Round Table The neighbourhood of St. Martins Lane was, in the middle of the ...
Wyndham's Theatre
Wyndham's Theatre was built for Mary Moore and Charles Wyndham in 1899. Arch...
Other Subjects
Rupert D‘Oyly Carte
Son of Helen and Richard D‘Oyly Carte. Chairman of the company 1901 - 1948 - through both World Wars. Father of Bridget. Wodehouse supposedly based Psmith, one of his characters, on Rupert, or p...
Sir Gerald du Maurier
Actor-manager. Born at 27 Church Row, the last and fifth child of George du Maurier. As a child he would pose for his father's drawings. A close associate of J M Barrie he was the first actor to pl...
Fortune Theatre - WC2
Designed by Ernest Schaufelberg, this was the first London theatre to be built after the end of WW1, and one of the first buildings in London to experiment with concrete. Named initially as the Fo...
Sir John Gielgud
Actor. Born 7 Gledhow Gardens, South Kensington as Arthur John Gielgud, great nephew to Ellen Terry. The name indicates his Lithuanian descent. A great Shakespearean actor, he is possibly best know...
Dame Barbara Windsor
Actor. Born Barabara Ann Deeks in Shoreditch. She made her west end debut in 1952, before joining Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop. In the cinema she was a regular in the 'Carry On' series, appea...
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Lord Kelvin - SW1
SW1, Eaton Place, 15
Lord Kelvin, 1824 - 1907, physicist and inventor, lived here. English Heritage
W. T. Stead - SW1
SW1, Smith Square, 5
Plaque unveiled by the then Mayor of Westminster, Councillor Catherine Longworth and Miles Stead his great great grandson.