Person    | Male  Born 12/8/1762  Died 26/6/1830

King George IV

Regent: 1811 - 1820. Reigned: 1820 - 1830. After secretly marrying Mrs Fitzherbert, he then officially married Princess Caroline of Brunswick. Built the Royal Pavilion at Brighton. A statue of him once stood at the junction of Pentonville Road, Euston Road, Gray's Inn Road and Caledonian Road. The area and then King's Cross station took their name from this statue.

Was governor of the South Sea company whose trade had been slavery.

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Cadiz Memorial

On their withdrawal the French deliberately destroyed their cannons. The Spa...

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Garden of rest

Holly Road Garden of rest This garden was first laid out for public use in 19...

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George IV

One third of the sculptor's fees, totalling £9,000, were paid by the king, wh...

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George IV - Oxford Street

{Both sides of the head:} GR 1822

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Kings College - Strand

The college was founded by King George IV in 1829.

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Achilles statue

Modelled on the statue of Dioscuri in Rome. A gay friend of ours is fond of ...

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Anti-Slavery Society

Anti-Slavery Society

First founded in Britain in 1823 as the 'Society for the Mitigation and Gradual Abolition of Slavery Throughout the British Dominions'. When slavery was abolished in British dominions the Society w...

Group, Race Issues, Social Welfare

1 memorial
King William III (of Orange)

King William III (of Orange)

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Dame Heather Rabbatts

Dame Heather Rabbatts

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Person, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Jamaica

1 memorial
Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson

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Person, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Seriously Famous, USA

1 memorial
Brixton nail bomb

Brixton nail bomb

The bomb which injured 48 people, was planted by neo-Nazi bomber David Copeland. Copeland, who was also responsible for the nail bomb attacks in Brick Lane (24 April) and at the Admiral Duncan pub...

Event, Race Issues, Terrorism, Tragedy

2 memorials