One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition, 1851.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
William Hopkins
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Great Exhibition and Prince Albert
Designed by Joseph Durham with modifications by Sydney Smirke. Inaugurated by...
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Peter Piaktow
Not everyone was happy that Hackney named a block of flats after this anarchist.
1 memorial
Bank of England
Londonist have an interesting post about animals at the Bank of England. The Guardian, 16 April 2022, reporting on an exhibition at the Bank of England, informed that the Bank once owned 599 slave...
1 memorial
1 memorial
Colonel John Birch
Soldier and then member of parliament.
1 memorial
Albert Farr
Poplar councillor imprisoned during the 1921 rates protest.
1 memorial
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Queen Victoria Memorial
SW1, The Mall
Shame about the nose. On the platform at the unveiling ceremony Brock was made Knight Commander of the Bath.
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
Russian Orthodox Church - WW1 Sourozh
SW7, Ennismore Gardens, Russian Orthodox Church, 67
These two featured plaques are inside the porch so we had to use flash, hence the slightly odd photos. Designed by Lewis Vulliamy, built...
2 subjects commemorated
Chelsea Old Church
SW3, Chelsea Embankment
The splendid A London Inheritance has found a booklet that was published to raise money for the rebuilding fund. That site quotes extensi...
Civilian war dead | WW2
9 subjects commemorated, 2 creators
9 subjects commemorated, 2 creators
Josiah Wedgwood
Master potter. Born in Burslem, Stoke, Staffordshire, into a potters family. Married his cousin, Sally. Childhood smallpox left him with a limp. His inability to operate the potters wheel meant he ...
Person, Craft / Design, Industry, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Seriously Famous
4 memorials
Royalty Mansions
Built in 1908 as flats with workrooms for tailors. It was purchased for improvement by the Soho Housing Association in 1978 and after extensive renovation work was opened in 1980. Architects: 190...
1 memorial
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