Person    | Male  Born 23/5/1799  Died 3/5/1845

Thomas Hood

Categories: Humour, Poetry

Born 31 Poultry and died at home in Devonshire Lodge, London.

Example:
"Ben Battle was a soldier bold,
And used to war's alarms,
But a cannon-ball took off his legs,
So he laid down his arms."

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Thomas Hood

Commemorated ati

Adam, Hood, Galsworthy, Barrie, etc.

We understand the "here" on the plaque to refer to the whole of Adelphi Terra...

Read More

Thomas Hood

In a house on this site Thomas Hood was born 23rd May 1799. The Corporation ...

Read More

Thomas Hood - NW8

English Heritage Thomas Hood, 1799 - 1845, poet, lived and died here.

Read More

Wine Office Court

The Rhymers' Club is not specifically mentioned on the plaque but Ye Olde Che...

Read More

Other Subjects

Joseph Grimaldi

Joseph Grimaldi

Pantomime clown appearing at Sadler's Wells, Drury Lane and Covent Garden theatres. The traditional clowns' make-up, being called Joey and many of the gags and tricks date back to Grimaldi. Born i...

Person, Humour, Seriously Famous, Theatre

6 memorials
Goon Show Preservation Society

Goon Show Preservation Society

Formed as a result of the last Goon Show. Patron: Prince Charles.

Group, Community / Clubs, Humour

1 memorial
John Le Mesurier

John Le Mesurier

Actor. Born John Elton Halliley in Bedford. Adopting his mother's surname, he was a supporting actor in many films of the 1950s and 1960s, but was projected to national fame as Sergeant Wilson in t...

Person, Cinema, Humour, TV & Radio

2 memorials
George du Maurier

George du Maurier

Artist and writer. Born Paris. Punch cartoonist. 1894 wrote the novel Trilby, from which comes the term "Svengali".  In Hampstead lived at 4 Holly Mount, moved to Gangmoor House facing Whitestone P...

Person, Art, Humour, Literature, France

2 memorials
Derek Nimmo

Derek Nimmo

Actor.  Born Liverpool.  Played vicars in a number of TV sitcoms and regulary appeared on the radio programme 'Just a Minute'.  Died in the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, following a fall at home.

Person, Humour, TV & Radio

1 memorial