George Canning, 1770 - 1827, statesman, lived here.
Greater London Council
Canning became Foreign Secretary whilst living here. (from modern information plaque in square.)
W1, Berkeley Square, 50
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
George Canning
Prime Minister 1827-1827 (only 119 days, the shortest PM tenure). Born Maryle...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
George Canning
Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could...
You can see three of these memorials in our photo of the church. The fourth, the plaque to Garvin, is on the east-facing wall to the left...
Gordon Pirie, 1931 - 1991, South London Harriers and Coulsdon resident, held 5 world records including the 4 x 1500m relay with local ath...
Plaque unveiled by Tony Benn.
A London Inheritance has a 1947, or thereabouts, photo of "London's earliest inscribed monument" as it was then, in two sections incorpor...
In a house on this site, the "Swan & Hoop", John Keats, poet, was born, 1795. The Corporation of the City of London
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