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Plaque

Queen Elzabeth College rebuilt

Erection date: 1819

Inscription

{Beneath the crests of  ??? and the Drapers Company:}
Rebuilt 1819 - Sir Thomas Plumer Knt, Master of the Rolls - President
William Hammond Esqr.
Samuel Weddell Esqr.
- Upper Wardens of the Drapers Company - Governors

The unknown crest is probably Plumers's.

Site: Queen Elizabeth College - Greenwich (2 memorials)

SE10, Greenwich High Road, Queen Elizabeth College

Our photo shows the plaque commemorating the rebuilding of the almshouses. The one commemorating the founding is on another, parallel block, further along the road to the left, and is partially obscured by trees.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Queen Elzabeth College rebuilt

Subjects commemorated i

Queen Elizabeth College Almshouses

Founded by William Lambard to house twenty local, elderly, poor people and en...

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William Hammond

In 1819 upper warden of the Drapers' Company and Governor of the Queen Elizab...

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Sir Thomas Plumer

Judge and politician. Called to the bar in 1778, he acted for the defence in ...

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Samuel Weddell

In 1819 upper warden of the Drapers' Company and Governor of the Queen Elizab...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Queen Elzabeth College rebuilt

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Queen Elizabeth College

Queen Elizabeth College

{Beneath the crest of William Lambard:} The College of Queen Elizabeth founde...

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