Erection date: 1987
Major General Benedict Arnold, American patriot, resided here from 1796 until his death, June 14, 1801.
"American patriot" is a bit rich, for a turncoat. This is where he died.
2014: the US ambassador, no less, is investigating this plaque. And NBC have some answers.
W1, Gloucester Place, 62
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Benedict Arnold
Soldier and traitor. Born Connecticut. In the American War of Independence Ar...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Benedict Arnold
Tenuously connected to Benedict Arnold. From NBC: "An amateur historian, Arn...
Commemorating the Centenary of Cinema, 1996 Bob Hope, actor and entertainer, born here, 29th May 1903. In association with the British Fi...
We could not read the plaque itself but it is shown very clearly in the British Pathe film.
On the map of 1862, when this area was first developed, it looks as easy to travel north-south on what is now Rutland Gate/Rutland Street...
The "plaque" is actually a very dull modern notice inside the arcade so for our close-up picture we've focussed on the classical entrance...
Adjoining this site stood the house of John Bray, scene of Charles Wesley's evangelical conversion, May 21st 1738. The Corporation of the...
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