Historic Site
The first Asian elected to the House of Commons was Dadabhai Naoroji. He represented Central Finsbury for the Liberal Party from 1892 - 1895.
EC1, Rosebery Avenue, Finsbury Town Hall
has a good post on Naoroji.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Dadabhai Naoroji - Finsbury Town Hall
The first Asian elected to the House of Commons, representing Central Finsbur...
From: British History: "This building was erected in 1851 as a school by the Congregationalists of the adjoining Horbury Chapel. The arc...
The Beckenham firemen are also commemorated, and listed by name, on a plaque at Beckenham Fire Station. 2022: The great-nephew of one of...
The text on the top plaque refers to two locations: "here and at the Eton Manor Club in Hackney Wick". But that plaque and the others wit...
The building with the plaque, to the right of our photo, was the General Post Office (GPO) headquarters 1894 - 1984.
George Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair) 1903 - 1950, lived and worked here as senior master of the former Hawthorn High School for Boys, April ...
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