Created the Royal Exchange in 1566 where the Gresham family crest, a grasshopper, can be seen. Son of Richard Gresham who was a Lord Mayor of London but Thomas never was.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Sir Thomas Gresham
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Holborn Viaduct - Gresham
{On a granite plaque below the statue:} Sir Thomas Gresham, born c.1519, die...
Sir Thomas Gresham - Old Broad Street
In a house on this site lived Sir Thomas Gresham, 1519 - 1579. The Corporati...
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Anderton's Hotel
In the fifteenth century this was the Horn tavern. In the early seventeenth century the hotel was popular with the legal community. A new building was erected in 1880, probably the one in this phot...
1 memorial
1 memorial
Helen Carte
Born Wigtown, Scotland as Susan Helen Couper Black. Later changed "Black" to "Lenoir", apparently the family's original name in 17th century France. Starting as secretary to Richard D'Oyly Carte s...
1 memorial
National Westminster Bank
Usually referred to as the NatWest Bank. It was formed from the merger of the National Provincial and Westminster Banks. Since 2000 it has been part of the Royal Bank of Scotland group.
1 memorial
Gatti family
Swiss-Italian family. Restaurateurs, music hall, theatre and electricity supply entrepreneurs. Four generations of note, all born in Dongio, Val di Blenio, Ticino, Switzerland: Carlo; Agostino (18...
1 memorial
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Joseph William Comyns Carr
Born 47 Devonshire Street. Author, gallery director and theatre manager. In 1877 he became co-director of the Grosvenor Gallery in Bond Street, which promoted the work of the Pre-Raphaelite Brother...
1 memorial
W. H. Smith - W2
W2, Hyde Park Street, 12
This house probably looked OK when it was part of a terrace but on its own it just looks weird.
2 subjects commemorated,
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