Daughter of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. Born Greenwich Palace. Succeeded her half-sister Queen Mary I. Reigned: 1553 - 1603. Never married, no children, so followed by James I.
Elizabeth I sponsored the slave trading voyages of John Hawkins.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Queen Elizabeth I
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Elizabeth I statue - Harrow
Harrow School was founded in 1572 under a Royal Charter of Elizabeth I so thi...
Forest Hill mural
{Panel 1:} A Brief Local History In medieval times this area was known as The...
Friary House
Friary House Friary Park opened to the public on Saturday 7th May 1910 after ...
Other Subjects
Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich
Infantry officer, naval officer and politician. Born Northamptonshire. Patron and good friend to Pepys. Fought on behalf of Cromwell's Commonwealth first in the army and then as a General at Sea. ...
1 memorial
Ira Aldridge
Actor. Born Ira Frederick Aldridge in New York City (his date of birth is approximate). He started his acting career with the African Company in the early 1820s, but faced with racial discriminatio...
1 memorial
Black Plaque Project
An extension of the Nubian Jak Community Trust plaque scheme. It recognises black people / people of colour who were prominent in British history. The plaques are temporary, but it is planned to co...
2 memorials
Voltaire
Born in Paris as Francois Marie Arouet. Adopted the name Voltaire aged 24. The traditional story is that the intolerance of Catholic France forced this free-thinker to escape to the land of liberty...
1 memorial
Bernie Grant
Politician. Born Bernard Alexander Montgomery Grant in Georgetown, British Guiana (now Guyana). His family emigrated to England in 1963, where he worked as a railway clerk and telephonist before be...
Person, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, South America
1 memorial
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War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Sidney Allen
We've noticed that we typed this as Sindey Allen and, assuming it's our mistake, we've corrected it.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
H. J. Fluester
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
James Blanks
James Blanks was born on 12 March 1896 in Bethnal Green, one of the nine children of George Samuel Blanks (1861-1925) and Jane Blanks née Elliott (1857-1932). His father was a blacksmith. On 5 Apr...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
1 memorial
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