Erection date: 1/6/2011
Sir William Empson, 1906 – 1984, poet and critic, lived here 1929 - 1931, and at 71 Marchmont Street, 1934 -1936.
Marchmont Association
Unveiled by Sir Williams’ son, Jake Empson. At no 71 Empson lived in the the first floor flat.
WC1, Marchmont Street, 65
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Sir William Empson
Poet and critic. Born near Goole, Yorkshire. Considered a great English criti...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Sir William Empson
Aims to promote the on-going improvement of Marchmont Street and the surround...
Plaques really should contain enough information to explain their presence at a particular site. This one doesn't so we've done the work...
Plaque unveiled by Liz Perceval, his great great great great grand-daughter.
Feb 2026: The St Marylebone Society Newsletter (Spring 2026) contained an article by Frances Kerner about this memorial, not the plaque, ...
Wikipedia and other sites,including that of the sponsors, the Music Hall Guild, give the address as '44' but the plaque is definitely on ...
William Makepeace Thackeray, (1811-1863), novelist, lived here, 1854-1862. L.C.C.Â
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