Formed as a trading company but went on to effectively rule India, on behalf of the British. Was involved in the slave trade.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
East India Company
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Ashleigh and India Houses
Ashleigh & India Houses, 1848. Houses for professors of the East India Co...
George Sparkes memorial
{Inscribed in the granite of the north, pavement, side of the plinth:} In aff...
Tea trade - St Katharine Docks
The Tea Trade at St Katharine Docks This plaque commemorates 335 years of th...
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
East India Company
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Cornhill pump
We understand "the neighbouring fire officers" to mean the four fire assuranc...
Prince Lee Boo's tomb
A plaque inside St Mary's church also commemorates the prince. October 2014:...
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