Person    | Male  Born 1577  Died 1635

Sir Richard Weston

Born Buckinghamshire. First Earl of Portland. Charles I's most influential adviser after Buckingham's death in 1628. Lord Treasurer. Died at Wallingford House, where Admiralty House now stands.

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Sir Richard Weston

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Charles I statue

Made in 1633 during Charles I's reign, London’s oldest bronze statue was inte...

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Nestor Makhno

Nestor Makhno

Anarchist revolutionary and commander of an anarchist army. Born in what is now Ukraine. Died in exile in Paris.

Person, Politics & Administration, France, Ukraine

1 memorial
C. Alan Palmer

C. Alan Palmer

Corps Officer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, Metropolitan Corps, 1887-1895, 1915-1921. Serving Brother in the Order of St John.

Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea

Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea

It was amalgamated under the London Government Act of 1963, with the Metropolitan Borough of Kensington to form the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.

Group, Politics & Administration

3 memorials
J. Daniels

J. Daniels

A commissioner of Limehouse Library in 1900.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
W. Humphris Winny, OBE, AMIEE

W. Humphris Winny, OBE, AMIEE

Commissioner in the St John Ambulance Brigade, Metropolitan Corps, 1891-1927. Knight Grace in the Order of St John. The 1904 publication "St Martin-le-Grand, Vol. XIV" contains an article written ...

Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

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Harold Wilson

Harold Wilson

London Historians: "Harold Wilson was the second son of the reverend. Serving as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 2nd Middlesex Regiment, he lost his life at the battle of Spion Kop ..." Spion Kop is near L...

Person

War dead, Other war
1 memorial
Sir George Grove

Sir George Grove

Writer on music. Born at Thurlow Lodge, 74 Thurlow Terrace, Clapham. Although originally a civil engineer (he supervised the erection of the first lighthouse in Jamaica), his love of music drew him...

Person, Music / songs, Caribbean Islands

2 memorials
Borough of Enfield

Borough of Enfield

The northernmost borough of London. Formed by the amalgamation of the Municipal Boroughs of Southgate, Enfield and Edmonton.

Place, Politics & Administration

12 memorials
Bram Stoker

Bram Stoker

Novelist and theatre manager.  Born Dublin. Came to London in 1878 with his new wife Florence Balcombe, previously Oscar Wilde's squeeze. Wrote Dracula whilst he was Irving’s acting manager at the ...

Person, Literature, Paranormal, Theatre, Ireland

3 memorials
William Ewart Gladstone

William Ewart Gladstone

Born in Liverpool. Liberal Prime Minister four times. One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition. Queen Victoria moaned that "He speaks to me as if I were a public meeting". Caroline's Misce...

Person, Jack the Ripper suspects, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Seriously Famous

10 memorials