William Hogarth, artist, 1697 - 1764, sergeant painter to King George II lived on the east side of this square.
W1, Leicester Square
posted this picture in 2013 and there we learn that Vanguard's founding Director, Mac McCullagh, has collected odd, and sometimes very large, objects over the 50 years of the company. This plaque was removed possibly in the 1980s and is held at Vanguard's self storage in Alperton Lane, Greenford.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Hogarth plaque - gone
Satirical artist and illustrator. Trained as an engraver, he depicted the uns...
Seems likely the plaques were put up when the side wings were added, in 1865-6.
Gerard Manley Hopkins SJ, 1844 - 1889, priest and poet, lived in Oakhill Park 1852 - 1863. "The World is charged with the grandeur of Go...
Patel lived in the house 1912-14 while studying at the Middle Temple.
The names are listed at Killed at Royal Hospital Chelsea - WW1, and Killed at Royal Hospital Chelsea - WW2, respectively.
To the glory of God and in memory of those once scholars of this school who gave their lives for King & country in the Great War 1914...
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