Person    | Male  Born 1519  Died 1579

Sir Thomas Gresham

Created the Royal Exchange in 1566 where the Gresham family crest, a grasshopper, can be seen. Son of Richard Gresham who was a Lord Mayor of London but Thomas never was.

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Sir Thomas Gresham

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Holborn Viaduct - Gresham

{On a granite plaque below the statue:} Sir Thomas Gresham, born c.1519, die...

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Sir Thomas Gresham - Old Broad Street

In a house on this site lived Sir Thomas Gresham, 1519 - 1579. The Corporati...

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National Provincial Bank

National Provincial Bank

Created by Thomas Joplin (1790?–1847) and George Fife Angas (1789 – 1879) as one of the first joint stock banks with a base in London and provincial branches. The London base was at 15 Bishopsgate...

Group, Commerce

1 memorial
Sir Harry Arieh Simon Djanogly, CBE

Sir Harry Arieh Simon Djanogly, CBE

Textile manufacturer and philanthropist. His family fled from France after the Nazi occupation and he was naturalised as a British subject on 1 November 1948. In 1986 he merged his Nottingham Manuf...

Person, Commerce, Philanthropy, France

1 memorial
Joseph Whitehead & Sons Ltd

Joseph Whitehead & Sons Ltd

Contractor in marble work, responsible for the design and execution of works such as the drinking fountains for the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association. Based at Imperial W...

Group, Architecture, Commerce, Property, Sculpture

4 memorials
Prince Michael Duke of Kent

Prince Michael Duke of Kent

Grandson of King George V and son of George, Duke of Kent. Born Michael George Charles Franklin at Coppins, Iver, Buckinghamshire. Married to Princess Michael. He helps out with some royal duties, ...

Person, Commerce, Royalty

5 memorials
Gaston Berlemont

Gaston Berlemont

Publican. Born in the Middlesex Hospital. Took over The French House from his Belgian father and ran it until he retired on 1989. The French House is a pub and dining room at 49 Dean Street which d...

Person, Commerce, Food & Drink, Belgium

1 memorial

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Holly Lodge wall - A

Holly Lodge wall - A

N6, Holly Lodge Gardens

We know Churchill built walls himself as a hobby but we think Angela probably got some help.

1 subject commemorated
Sheila Sherlock

Sheila Sherlock

NW1, York Terrace East, 41

Dame Sheila Sherlock, MD, FRS, 1918 - 2001, world authority on the liver, professor of medicine, lived here 1970 - 2001. City of Westminster

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Trenchard - RAF

Trenchard - RAF

SW1, Victoria Embankment, Victoria Embankment Gardens - Whitehall section

The building behind is the former Air Ministry.  We thank Jamie Davis for finding this link to the British Pathe news film of the unveili...

1 subject commemorated
Rev. Henry Allon

Rev. Henry Allon

Born near Hull.  Joint pastor of the Islington Union Chapel from 1843/4 with Thomas Lewis, taking sole charge on Lewis's death in 1852, until his own death.   Friends with Gladstone and Asquith (wh...

Person, Religion

1 memorial
MOTH Hackney WW2 memorial

MOTH Hackney WW2 memorial

E9, Valette Street, MOTH

That ". . . " suggests that the preceding words are a quotation. The best we can come up with is "The future's not ours to see. Que ser...

3 subjects commemorated, 1 creator