Sculptor. Born Rugby. Cousin to Sir Alfred Gilbert. His son, Donald, also sculpted and they often worked together. Other works in London include: some gates at the Freemasons Hall (inside or outside, we don't know) and the internal shrine there, the Buckingham Palace gates facing the Victoria Memorial, lift enclosure in the British Museum Extension (Edward VII Galleries) around 1907, others listed at Wikipedia. Died Littlehampton.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Walter Gilbert
Creations i
CI - 1 - Christianity
St Peter’s Cornhill founded by King Lucius 179 AD to be an Archbishop’s see a...
CI - 2 - Eleanor
We can't find proof that her route was as specified: from Queen Hithe (at the...
CI - 3 - Bread
This entry will increase your word power: "Soke" - the territory under the ju...
CI - 4 - Market
Cornhill the only market allowed to be held after noon in the 14th century.
CI - 5 - Drapers
Birche Lane, Cornhill, place of considerable trade for men’s apparel, 1604.
Other Subjects
Hedley Hope-Nicholson
Barrister, literary critic and Charles I obsessive. He hyphenated his Nicholson with his wife's Hope. Andrew Behan researched this eccentric character, bur first a preamble from Andrew: "I couldn'...
2 memorials
1 memorial
John H. Foley
Born Dublin. Works include: Albert and the group Asia, both at the Albert Memorial, After Foley's death the statue of Albert was finished by his assistant Thomas Brock. Died at home, The Priory, Up...
4 memorials
1 memorial
1 memorial
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St Martin Orgar
EC4, Martin Lane
The building with the clock (dated 1853),just uphill from the plaque, is called 'The Old Rectory'.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Guildhall - Whittington statue
EC2, Guildhall Yard, Guildhall
Dick stands in front of a milestone showing he is in Highgate (3 miles from London) with his cat rubbing up against his torn leggings, an...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Royal Naval Division members who died in WW1
Officers and other ranks of the Royal Naval Division who gave their lives for their country.
1 memorial
James Gibbs
Architect, pupil of Wren. Born Aberdeen. Died at home in Henrietta Street. Buried at old parish Church of St Marylebone.
4 memorials
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