Person    | Male  Born 1732  Died 14/12/1799

George Washington

Born Virginia, USA. First President USA.

For a list of all the US presidents that appear on London Remembers see John F. Kennedy.

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George Washington

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George Washington

The marble original is in Richmond, Virginia, USA. This bronze copy was prese...

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W. Chambers-Leete

W. Chambers-Leete

Town Clerk of the Royal Borough of Kensington, 1904 - 1916, at least. Kensington in the Great War by G. I. S. Inglis tells us that the Chambers Leetes lost their only son Captain W. J. H. Leete of...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Alderman John Scott Balfour

Alderman John Scott Balfour

Mayor of Hornsey 1906-07 and 1912-13. From Stones of Haringey: "Born in Cupar {Scotland} he came to London in the early 1860s and rose to become the managing director of iron merchants Croggon &am...

Person, Politics & Administration, Scotland

1 memorial
Herman Olsen Hamborg

Herman Olsen Hamborg

A Commissioner for the 1892 Westminster Public Baths and Wash-houses and for the 1892 Westminster Public Library. One time co- churchwarden of St John the Evangelist, Westminster. 2020: Via Facebo...

Person, Politics & Administration, Norway

2 memorials
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex

Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex

Born Herefordshire.  Related via the Boleyn family to Queen Elizabeth I.  Married a daughter of Sir Francis Walsingham.  Became a favourite of the Queen.  However he performed badly as Lord Lieuten...

Person, Execution, Politics & Administration

2 memorials
Sidney James Webb

Sidney James Webb

Social researcher, economist and reformer, founder of the L.S.E., Born London.  Early Socialist.  He and his wife, Beatrice Webb, were, with George Bernard Shaw, early members of the Fabian Society...

Person, Politics & Administration

2 memorials

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Captain Henry Penton, MP

Captain Henry Penton, MP

MP for Winchester who gave his name to the Pentonville area of London by building in the late 1700s The Penton Estate.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
William Henry Hunt

William Henry Hunt

Watercolour painter. The picture is a self-portrait. Baptised in what is now Endell Street. Sickly and lame from childhood, he was also very short and less than handsome. But he seems to have been ...

Person, Art

1 memorial
Sir Henry Irving

Sir Henry Irving

Actor-manager. Born in Keinton-Mandeville, Somerset. Brought up in near poverty and was afflicted with a pronounced speech impediment. The first actor to be knighted. 1878 - 1902 he managed the Lyc...

Person, Theatre

8 memorials
King Edward VI

King Edward VI

Only son of Henry VIII (with Jane Seymour who died 12 days after the birth), born Hampton Court. Became king aged 9 and died of consumption 6 years later, at Greenwich Palace. While king he was sup...

Person, Royalty

12 memorials