Building contractor. Vice-president of the Royal Northern Hospital. Represented Islington in the LCC for nearly thirty years. In about 1930 he purchased a site on Gray’s Inn Road as a gift for the Young Wales Association, a precursor of the London Welsh Association/London Welsh Centre.
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Sir Howell J. Williams
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RNH - St David’s Wing
RNH St David’s Wing for Private Patients This building was provided through ...
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Henry Burt
A local politician who led the committee that secured Alexandra Palace and its park for the people of London. He was also the first Chairman of the Trustees.
1 memorial
Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford
Statesman. Harley Street was named after him. Responsible for the creation of the South Sea company and was the first governor. This company later became a major player in the Atlantic slave trade.
1 memorial
Robert Menzies
Prime Minister of Australia, 1941. Born and died in Australia.
1 memorial
Councillor Mrs L. C. Say
Councillor on the Bethnal Green Housing Committee in 1952.
1 memorial
Hubert Carr-Gomm
Politician and publisher. Hubert William Culling Carr-Gomm was born on 20 June 1877 in Palamcottah, Madras, India, (now Palayamkottai) and he was also baptised there on 19 August 1877. He was the...
Person, Journalism / Publishing, Politics & Administration, India, Spain
1 memorial
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Guildhall - Pepys bust
EC2, Guildhall Yard, Guildhall
The arcade contains four modern busts, left to right: Pepys Cromwell Shakespeare Wren and a statue of Whittington to the left.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Sir Robert Viner (or Vyner)
Lord Mayor of London, 1674-5. Born Warwick. Goldsmith and banker. Lived at Swakeleys House in Ickenham, where a school is named for him. Died Windsor. Involved in the slave trade.
2 memorials
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Holmes & Watson - Barts
EC1, St Bartholomew's Hospital, North Building archway
The incident commemorated takes place in the first Sherlock Holmes story "A Study in Scarlett" published in 1887. See the plaque at the C...
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Mahomet Weyonomon
A Mohegan Sachem (chief), grandson of Sachem Oweneco and well-educated, writing several languages including English and Latin. The Mohegans became allies of the English, helping the first settlers ...
1 memorial
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