Daughter of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. Born Greenwich Palace. Succeeded her half-sister Queen Mary I. Reigned: 1553 - 1603. Never married, no children, so followed by James I.
Elizabeth I sponsored the slave trading voyages of John Hawkins.
Daughter of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. Born Greenwich Palace. Succeeded her half-sister Queen Mary I. Reigned: 1553 - 1603. Never married, no children, so followed by James I.
Elizabeth I sponsored the slave trading voyages of John Hawkins.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Queen Elizabeth I
Harrow School was founded in 1572 under a Royal Charter of Elizabeth I so thi...
{Panel 1:} A Brief Local History In medieval times this area was known as The...
Friary House Friary Park opened to the public on Saturday 7th May 1910 after ...
Alder President associated with St Bartholomew's Hospital in 1702. A director of the slave trading Royal African Company and a governor of the colonial Irish Society.
American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States 1801-9. During his lifetime he owned over 600 slaves. For a...
Person, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Seriously Famous, USA
Anti-slavery campaigner. Born Clapham. Successful banker. Good friends with his (indirect) cousin, William Wilberforce, prior to their marriages they shared a house bought by Thornton, Battersea Ri...
Person, Commerce, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Religion
African American abolitionist, lecturer, suffragist, polyglot, UCL & Bedford College graduate. Sarah Parker Remond was an American lecturer, activist and abolitionist campaigner. Born a free ...
Writer, shopkeeper and socialite. Born on a slave ship bound for the West Indies (his birth year is approximate). His first name was Charles, but he was baptised Ignatius. His mother died soon afte...
Founded by Edward VI in the remains of Greyfriars Monastery for the education of poor children. The first pupils arrived in November 1552. In 1682 Sir Robert Clayton erected much of the building, d...
Actor, dramatist and theatre manager. Born Hereford. Left home and travelled to London with Samuel Johnson. As a friend of the Adams brothers he was in 1772, one of the first residents in their new...
Sculptor Born Castleford, Yorkshire. For his work at 55 Broadway see Ornamental Passions and for a little-known piece from 1953, on the Time-Life building in Bond Street see Ornamental Passions. 2...
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