Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, 1852 - 1928, statesman, lived here.
London County Council
W1, Cavendish Square, 20, Royal College of Nursing
From an information board in the square: "Lord Asquith, who is better known as Mr Asquith, lived on the west side of Cavendish Square at no.20 from 1894, and owned the house until 1919, although in his later years he lived at Downing Street as Prime Minister."
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Herbert Asquith - W1
Born in Morley, Yorkshire. Prime Minister 1908 to 1916. 1st Earl of Oxford an...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Herbert Asquith - W1
Prior to the LCC London matters were run by church parishes. The LCC was the ...
The Jewish calendar has a different start year (hence the "5425 - 1665") 3,760 years ahead of the more common, Gregorian, calendar.
The building to the east, Marconi House, has close connections to this site and we have recorded some of their joint history there.
The plaques read left to right chronological by birth date. We've taken the dates on each plaque to be date of birth and date of death bu...
We failed to find this plaque in Dec-Jan 2017 so are grateful to Spitalfields Life for their photo. This cast-iron roundel is one of 22 ...
The names on this plaque are difficult to read so take our transcription as tentative.
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