This plaque commemorates the bicentenary of the birth of Anthony Trollope (1815 - 1882), who introduced pillar boxes to the United Kingdom in 1852.
In I855 this street became one of the first in London to have a pillar box.
5 similar plaques have been erected.
SW1, Pall Mall
Nothing to do with this memorial but interesting nonetheless, while researching this pillar box we found a March 2019 demonstration on .
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Anthony Trollope - pillar box - Pall Mall
Author of over 50 delightful novels. Born at 16 Keppel Street. Worked for the...
In 1951 the pub was called Grafton's and run by Jimmy Grafton who helped create the Goons and get them on the radio.
Mazzini arrived in this house in 1840 when the address was 9 George Street.
At the bottom right of the plaque, beside the screw head, there is a small imprint, illegible but looks like "DEDED" / "II ???", probably...
At this date the Chief of Staff was Bramwell Booth.
Seems very odd for the chosen illustration to be of a computer game.
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