John Christopher Smith, Handel's friend and secretary, 1712 - 1763, lived and died here.
The dates on the plaque confuse Smith (1712 - 1795) with his father, Johann Christoph Schmidt (1683–1762/3), also confusingly later known as John Christopher Smith.
W1, Carlisle Street, 6
SPAB provides an interesting history of this house and the area.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
John Christopher Smith
Composer. Born Ansbach, Germany. Following his father he arrived in London in...
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Oranjehaven This building served as a club endowed in 1942 by Her Majesty Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands for Dutchmen having escaped...
Bearmans Department Store. On this site stood 'Bearmans of Leytonstone' department store - "The Store with the Personal Touch". Opened by...
2013: "W H Reynolds Electrical Contractor Ltd" is still listed on many find-a-business type websites but that's all we can discover.
We failed to find this plaque in Dec-Jan 2017, but it is identical to that further south so see there for more details.
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