Co-churchwarden of Christ Church Spitalfields, 1843 - 45, at least.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
William Hicks Hall
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Christ Church Spitalfields - men and ladders
The inscription is weather-worn particularly at the right so the words "men",...
Other Subjects
Baron Gulam Noon, MBE
Trustee of The Memorial Gates Trust. Gulam Kaderbhoy Noon was born on 24 January 1936 in Bombay (now called Mumbai), India. Our Picture Source and his Wikipedia page give much information about th...
Benjamin Disraeli
Born Theobalds Road which at the time was 6 King's Road. Novelist, e.g. Coningsby, Sybil, and Tancred. Tory Prime Minister in 1868 and 1874 - 1880. 1st Earl of Beaconsfield. Clearly an interesting ...
Person, Literature, Politics & Administration, Seriously Famous
Tony Banks
MP, Chairman of GLC in October 1985 - 86 when it was abolished by Mrs Thatcher. Born Belfast (although he does not appear to have any Irish connections). Died while visiting Florida.
Cato Street Conspiracy
A plot to murder the Tory Prime Minister, Lord Liverpool, and the whole cabinet, as they had dinner at a house on Grosvenor Square. The dinner had been announced in a newspaper but this was probabl...
Philip E. Hill
Investment banker. Chairman of Beechams Pills Ltd in 1936. Chairman of Covent Garden Properties Company Limited, in 1933. The most interesting fact we can discover is that he moved into 68 Brook St...
Previously viewed
St James's Church Garden opening
W1, Piccadilly
Looking at the cafe picture: - The war damage plaque is on the wall that you can just see on the left. - On the right you can see one o...
Charles Lamb - Giltspur Street
EC1, Giltspur Street, 10
Ornamental Passions have a good post on this memorial, saying that Lamb is shown in his school uniform and that Reynolds-Stephens designe...
Druid Street arch WW2 bomb
Railway arches were used as air raid shelters in WW2, as they were relatively secure. In the case of Druid Street however, they couldn't survive a direct hit. Depending on source, the number of dea...
Joanna Baillie
NW3, Windmill Hill, Bolton House
1926 - 1944 this house was the home of the extraordinary painter, Gluck (1895 - 1978). She commissioned Edward Maufe to convert an outbui...
British Film Institute
In 1996 the BFI erected 126 plaques across Britain to commemorate the centenary of cinema. See the pdf.
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