Historic Site
The first Asian elected to the House of Commons was Dadabhai Naoroji. He represented Central Finsbury for the Liberal Party from 1892 - 1895.
EC1, Rosebery Avenue, Finsbury Town Hall
Silver Tiger has a good post on Naoroji.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Dadabhai Naoroji
The first Asian elected to the House of Commons, representing Central Finsbur...
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The last line on the board suggests that this used to be on display at the front of the building. Perhaps the large empty space was used ...
James Parkinson, 1755 - 1824, physician and geologist, lived here.
These 11 plaques are laid into the floor of the hall, in a line down the middle, in this sequence, starting at the entrance end: R101; Ha...
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