Henry Sylvester Williams, 1867 – 1911, anti-slavery and civil rights campaigner. First black councillor in Westminster.
City of Westminster
Elected 1906 for Church Street Ward
NW8, Church Street, 38
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Henry Sylvester Williams
Anti-slavery and civil rights campaigner. Â Born Trinidad. Â After the USA he a...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Henry Sylvester Williams
The ancient parish of St Margaret's was divided into St Margaret's and St Joh...
From the Western Front Association we learn that "Each time The Queen's Life Guard or other bodies of Household Cavalry pass the spot, 't...
Actually in Upper St John Street. The plaques can just be seen in the site photograph, at the far end of the white building.
Strond is an old spelling of 'strand' meaning a beach.
This delicate monogram can be decoded to represent: St Margaret and St John, Westminster, an early version of Westminster Council.
"Consols", from "Consolidated stock", were government bonds, a type of financial investment.
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