Plaque

Major-General William Roy

Inscription

Greater London Council
Major-General William Roy, 1726 - 1790, founder of the Ordnance Survey, lived here.

Site: Major-General William Roy (1 memorial)

W1, Argyll Street, 10

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Major-General William Roy

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Ordnance Survey

Charles Close Society gives the history of OS Maps.

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Major-General William Roy

Military engineer, surveyor, antiquary. Born South Lanarkshire.  Founder of t...

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Major-General William Roy

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Greater London Council

Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could...

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