William Ewart Gladstone (1809 - 1898), statesman, lived here.
LCC
SW1, Carlton House Terrace, 11
2015: The histories of nos 10 and 11, now occupied by the British Academy, are covered by an excellent Londonist post. There we learn that the columns on the portico of the National Gallery came from Carlton House, which used to occupy this site, demolished by George IV to make way for the Regent Street area redesign.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Gladstone
Born in Liverpool. Liberal Prime Minister four times. One of the Commissioner...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Gladstone
Prior to the LCC London matters were run by church parishes. The LCC was the ...
The inclusion of the caretaker and his wife on this memorial is intriguing. Andrew Behan has researched these names and confirms that al...
Leopold Stokowski Society - London Leopold Anthony Stokowski, musician, 1882 - 1977, attended this school.
In our photo the Hamilton plaque is on the wall just to the left of the left-most bollard; the Winant plaque is one of the three white pl...
The list on Hackney's plaques page includes this plaque, describing its location as "Playground between Queensbridge Road and Thurtle Roa...
Greater London Council Sir Richard Arkwright, 1732 - 1792, industrialist and inventor lived here.
This bouquet of dried flowers was tied to a tree in the garden not too far away. The writing was illegible or uninformative so we have n...
Joint host of Luigi Sturzo with Barbara Barclay Carter (see there for details). In 1934 and in 1945/46 she was living at 32 Chepstow Villas, W11. Our colleague, Andrew Behan has researched Marsha...
We searched the garden and could not find the list of names referenced in the inscription. War Memorials Online has: "Memorial paved ga...
July 2015 The Mirror reported that 4 of these plaques (Benny Hill, Tommy Cooper, Sid James and Irene Handl) were stolen just prior to the...
