Person    | Male  Born 18/11/1838  Died 24/8/1891

Henry Cecil Raikes

MP, Postmaster General, in 1886 - 91. One of the first British politicians to have his voice recorded for posterity, by Thomas Edison's British agent.

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Henry Cecil Raikes

Commemorated ati

Henry Raikes keystone

Raikes was the Postmaster General who commissioned this building for the Gene...

Read More

This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Henry Cecil Raikes

Creations i

Penny Post - 1890 jubilee

This stone was laid by the Right Honourable Henry Cecil Raikes, M. P., Her Ma...

Read More

Other Subjects

Gregory de Rokesley

Gregory de Rokesley

Eight times Mayor of London, 1274 - 1281 and 1285.

Person, Lord Mayor, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Michael Moore, CBE

Michael Moore, CBE

Received his CBE in 2008, former Suffolk CC chief executive and current Westminster City Council top officer. We're guessing this is man who contributed to the Olivier statue.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
C. W. Licence

C. W. Licence

District Officer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 (Prince of Wales's) District, 1932-1947. Serving Brother in the Order of St John.

Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Henry Burt

Henry Burt

A local politician who led the committee that secured Alexandra Palace and its park for the people of London. He was also the first Chairman of the Trustees.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Nellie Cressall

Nellie Cressall

Poplar councillor imprisoned during the 1921 rates protest, at which time she was 6 months pregnant. Nellie Frances Wilson was born on 23 November 1882 in Kilburn, the eldest of the four children ...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

Previously viewed

William de Morgan

William de Morgan

Potter, tile designer and novelist. Born 69 Gower Street as William Frend de Morgan, to the mathematician Augustus de Morgan. Lifelong friend of William Morris, he designed tiles, stained glass an...

Person, Craft / Design, Literature

23 memorials
Earl of Kilmarnock

Earl of Kilmarnock

Jacobite.  Taken prisoner at the Battle of Culloden.  Tried and beheaded on the Tower Hill scaffold.

Person, Armed Forces, Execution, Scotland

1 memorial
Great Storm of 1987

Great Storm of 1987

In the early hours of Friday 16 October 1987 a great storm struck South East England. In four violent hours London lost 250,000 trees. Its skyline changed for ever.  22 people were killed in Englan...

Event, Tragedy

11 memorials
Miss Ellen Reardon

Miss Ellen Reardon

At the ever-informative MDFCTA we find: Ellen Reardon of 2 New Terrace, Islington died on 4 February 1880. Her sister Margaret Reardon died 13 January 1876. In her will, Ellen Reardon bequeathed so...

Person, Benefactor

2 memorials
St Augustine's Church, Victoria Park

St Augustine's Church, Victoria Park

This church was built, inside the Park, in 1867 to meet the needs of the expanding population, 22 years after the Park opened in 1845.  Following WW2 bomb damage the church was demolished (our end ...

Building, Religion

2 memorials