Erection date: 28/4/2017
This plaque was unveiled in memory of Lawrence Sheriff, founder of Rugby School in 1567 and thus of Lawrence Sheriff School, whose bequest of "eight acres of pasture", now known as The Rugby Estate, continues to reflect the spirit of his charitable endowment.
Unveiled by A. N. Wilson, an historian educated at Rugby, as part of the 450th anniversary celebrations.
WC1, Rugby Street
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Rugby Estate
Probably born in or near Rugby, 1515-16. In 1534 he went to London as an appr...
An area of land in Holborn owned by Rugby School. Lawrence Sheriff acquired t...
On this site lived Sir Herbert Tree, 1852-1917, actor manager.
The Latin quote is  from the Roman poet Horace's Odes and translates roughly as "It is sweet and right to die for your country."
Unsurprisingly the International Ripperologists Society doesn't seem to exist other than as part of this misconceived museum.
The park at the end of this colonnade commemorates the ninety four men and women of Guy's Hospital who gave their lives during the war of...
Charles McCall, DAEdin, ROI, NEAC, 1907-1989, artist, lived and died here.
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