Erection date: 1936
{Around the Westminster Bank shield:}
1836 1936
This stone was placed here to commemorate the centenary of Westminster Bank.
All the sources we have checked give 1834 as the year of origin.
EC2, Lothbury, 41
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Westminster Bank
Founded as the London and Westminster Bank, it was the first firm founded und...
Verbruggen's House, 1773, built for Jan & Pieter Vanbruggen, joint master founders at the Royal Brass Foundry. Subsequently used by t...
Jinnah had come to London to study Law at Lincoln's Inn between 1892 and 1896. A register of readers at the British Museum confirms that ...
Percy Wyndham Lewis, 1882 - 1957, painter and writer, lived here. Greater London Council
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Franklin lived here for two extended stays between 1757 and 1775. This is the only Franklin residence that survives. Due to the street ha...
Retailer and industrial reformer. Born in Marylebone, the son of John Lewis. His second name was derived by reversing the names of Ann Speed, the maiden aunt who raised his father. He was given con...
The stone was laid only 14 days into her 51st year so we're taking this as a late commemoration of her Golden Jubilee. And the remaining...
Renowned beauty, actress, aristocrat, socialite and political wife. Diana Cooper, Viscountess Norwich was born at 23A Bruton Street, as Lady Diana Olivia Winifred Maud Manners. Officially daughter...
Theatrical producer and manager. Born 19 Nottingham Street, Marylebone, Niece of Emma Cons. Managed the Old Vic and Sadler's Wells. Ran other companies which later became: The English National Oper...
The spelling is probably a good indication of which country funded this memorial.
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