Bishop and archbishop. Born Ernest Urban Trevor Huddleston in Bedford. Ordained in 1937, he became the Bishop of Masai, Tanzania, then the Bishop of Stepney, London, and eventually the second Archbishop of the Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean. He is particularly remembered for his anti-apartheid activism. His book 'Naught for Your Comfort', reflects his experiences in South Africa.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Trevor Huddleston
{On the large plaque with an image of protesters on a map of Africa:} Sharpev...
Also known as 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning. An art space and gallery in Railton Road, Brixton that for more than three decades has had a strong commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion...
Composer. Born 15 Theobalds Road, of a mixed race couple, his father being a Sierra Leonean Creole, and brought up in Croydon. His surname was Taylor and he was given the names Samuel Coleridge in ...
Lord Chancellor. 1st Earl of Eldon. Opposed both the abolition of the slave trade and Catholic emancipation.
Tea merchant, benefactor and politician. Born Frederick John Horniman at Bridgwater, Somerset. He inherited his father's tea business, which by 1891 was described as the biggest tea firm in the wor...
Person, Benefactor, Commerce, Museums / Libraries, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Ceylon, India
Ramirez's divorced wife's lover was murdered in Texas in 1998. Ramirez was indicted for solicitation of capital murder. In 1999 he was sentenced to death and executed in 2005.
Person, Law, Race Issues, Tragedy, USA
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...
Native American daughter of an Algonquian chief; birth date approximate. According to colonist John Smith, when he was being held captive by her tribe the 11-year old Pocahontas saved his life by b...
The war plaque is above the main entrance. The foundation stone for the Empire Memorial Sailors' Hostel is to the left of the front eleva...
Slightly smaller than life-size, we believe this statue was created by John Carew sometime between 1844 and the 1851 Great Exhibition or ...
Richard Joseph Hughes CBE was an Australian journalist who spent much of his life in the Far East as correspondent for The Times and other publications. Generally considered to be a British spy and...
Person, Espionage, Journalism / Publishing, Australia, China/Hong Kong
