His excellency Alfonso Lopez-Pumarejo, 1886 - 1959, ambassador to the court of St James's, twice president of the Republic of Colombia, lived and died here.
SW1, Wilton Crescent, 33
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Alfonso López-Pumarejo
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