Francisco de Miranda
1750 - 1816
lived in this house between 1803 and 1810. Born in Caracas, Venezuela, he was the forerunner of the independence of the republics of Latin America. Here he met in 1810 the liberator Simon Bolivar.
{The lower section gives the same text in Spanish.}
W1, Grafton Way, 58, Miranda House
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Francisco de Miranda stone plaque
"El libertador". Born Caracas. Latin American statesman and patriot who worke...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Francisco de Miranda stone plaque
These trees were planted in the memory of the 13 children who died in the New Cross fire on the 18th Jan 1981.
On this site stood "The Cedars" wherein Mary Fletcher, née Bosanquet, resided 1763 - 1768. Erected by L.U.D.R.A. 1909.
So the churchyard must have occupied the ground between the church and the river.
The Artist Rifles was formed here at the studio of Henry Wyndham Phillips, 1860.
The plaque is to the left of the gate's left hand pier.
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