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...
In our photo the plaque is just visible below the red burglar alarm on the upper left of the white building. This 1895 map shows that th...
Lord David Sheppard, 1929 - 2005, England cricket captain, Bishop of Woolwich then Bishop of Liverpool. Lived here from 1969 to 1975. Pec...
The CIM was established at number 6 and later extended to incorporate numbers 4 and 2. It moved out of here to nearby Newington Green wh...
For information about where this plaque has been erected before see Rowland Hill - NW3 - second erection (and stop tittering at the back)...
The 2 stone plaques are embedded in the low retaining wall of the flower bed at the foot of the large blue panel. The difference in wordi...
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