John George Abraham was born on 20 September 1849 in Wapping, Middlesex (now Greater London), the second of the seven children of Valentine William Abraham (c.1823/4-1890) and Mary Walker Abraham n...
Died as a result of serving in the Indian War 1857-8. Lieutenant-General in the Grenadier Guards. Commander in Chief - 1857. Born Buckinghamshire. Died of cholera while besieging Delhi. His name a...
Born Czechoslovakia as Frantisek Belsky. Fled 3 times, twice to escape the Nazis and then again from the Communists. Ornamental Passions we learn that all Belsky's sculptures contain an empty Guinn...
Tory politician, slave trader and philanthropist. Date of birth unknown so we use his date of baptism, which took place at St Botolph, Aldgate. 1705 became a director of the Royal African Company w...
Person, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, Race Issues
S4/086930 Private Royal Army Service Corps. Age 33. 1.
The two plaques are on the building behind the statue. 2019: Londonist reported that this hospital is going "About To Undergo A Stunning...
Born Carlisle. His first career was as an historian. Bishop of London, 1897–1901.
A nurse, victim of a flying bomb on Kingston Hospital on 5 July 1944. We thank Mike Coleman who drew our attention to this lady on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website. Further research ...
Philippine de Gérin-Ricard was born on 4 October 1992 in Nimes, Gard, France. She was the sixth of the seven children of her parents, Pierre Christian Marie de Gérin-Ricard (b.1954) and Anne Boudet...
Dirty and uncared for, but we prefer the Duchess plaque - just the way they have written the "Qu" of "Queen" endears it to us. The modern...
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