Erection date: 1950
Inscription
Sir Henry Irving, 1838 - 1905, actor, lived here, 1872 - 1899.
Greater London Council
Site: Sir Henry Irving - W1 (1 memorial)
W1, Grafton Street
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Sir Henry Irving - W1
Subjects commemorated i
Sir Henry Irving
Actor-manager. Born in Keinton-Mandeville, Somerset. Brought up in near pover...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Sir Henry Irving - W1
Created by i
London County Council
Prior to the LCC London matters were run by church parishes. The LCC was the ...
Nearby Memorials
Lady Mayoress - EC2
EC2, London Wall, All hallows on the Wall Church
We published this with the incorrect Lord Mayor (Marcus Samuel) and Mayoress. 2022: Alicia Collinson kindly emailed us to set it right. ...
1 creator
James Boswell
W1, Great Portland Street, 122
LCC James Boswell (1740 - 1795), biographer, lived and died in a house on this site.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Spa Green
EC1, Lloyd's Row
This plaque has large blank areas which the local artists do their best to decorate.
1 subject commemorated
George Lansbury - Serpentine
W2, Hyde Park, Serpentine Lido, Lansbury's Lido
The Lido Pavilion was built in 1930 to provide mixed bathing and sunbathing facilities. As the First Commissioner of Works, in the Depres...
1 subject commemorated
3 subjects commemorated
Previously viewed
Francis Lord Derwent
Francis Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 2nd Baron Derwent. Army officer and landowner. Attended Eton, 1864-9. First born son to Harcourt Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone of Hackness Grange, Scarborough. Harcourt...
1 memorial
Eagle Tavern - plaque
N1, Shepherdess Place, The Eagle pub
The Eagle Tavern, Grecian theatre, pleasure grounds, Grecian saloon & Olympic theatre, stood here, 1825 - 1899. Here Marie Lloyd, mu...
2 subjects commemorated
Cotton family grave
E11, St John the Baptist, graveyard
Collecting gravestones is not part of our mission, but we have transcribed the gravestone as best we can - there may be mis-readings.
3 subjects commemorated
Queens Wood, Highgate
50 acres. Prompted by a campaign led by Henry Reader Williams Hornsey Council purchased Queen's Wood (then called Churchyard Bottom Wood) in 1898 for "the free use of the public forever". The cha...
1 memorial
Abolition of slavery
The British abolition of slavery came in two parts: first the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act became law on 25 March 1807, which left slavery itself still permitted until the Slavery Abolition Act...
Event, Race Issues, Social Welfare, Africa, Australia, Bermuda, Caribbean Islands, Indian Sub-continent, Jamaica, Sri Lanka
11 memorials
Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them