Acceded to the Chrysanthemum Throne on 7 January 1989, on the death of his father, Hirohito. Our picture shows him during his 2012 visit, meeting the party girl.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Akihito, Emperor of Japan
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Japanese Garden - Holland Park
Another plaque, further along the path reads: The Empress and I, as well as s...
Other Subjects
King Henry II
King of England 1154–89. Born in France, son of Empress Matilda. The first of the Plantagenets monarchs. First friend and then murderer of Thomas Becket. Father of Richard I and King John - for a m...
Princess Royal, Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood, Viscountess Lascelles
Third child and only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary. Born York Cottage, Sandringham Estate. Her elder brothers became, in quick succession, Edward VIII and George VI. She married the sixt...
Offa, King of Mercia
He ruled over Kent, Sussex, Wessex and East Anglia. Famous for building the dyke named for him along the Welsh border. Settled a dispute with the Bishop of Worcester at the Council of Brentford in ...
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...
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Unknown warrior arrival
SW1, Victoria Station
The vehicle used for the delivery was the Cavell Van, the railway wagon which had previously been used for two ceremonial journeys from D...
Nicolson & Sackville-West
SW1, Ebury Street, 182
English Heritage Harold Nicolson, 1886-1968, Vita Sackville-West, 1892-1962, writers and gardeners lived here.
Albert Reginald Twyford
SW15, Roehampton High Street, 16
The plaque gives his first names as Reginald Albert in that order. However, his birth is registered as Albert Reginald. The 1901 census l...
St Lawrence Jewry - board
EC2, Guildhall Yard, St Lawrence Jewry
St Lawrence Jewry St Lawrence Jewry is so called because the original twelfth century church stood on the eastern side of the City, then...
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