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Sloane tomb

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To the memory of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. President of the Royal Society and of the College of Physicians who in the year of our lord 1753 the 92nd of his age without the least pain of body and with a conscious serenity of mind ended a virtuous and beneficent life. This monument was erected by his two daughters Eliza Cadogan and Sarah Stanley.

Site: Sloane tomb (1 memorial)

SW3, Cheyne Walk, 64, Chelsea Old Church

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

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Royal College of Physicians

Founded by Thomas Linacre in 1518 with a charter granted by Henry VIII. Thei...

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Royal Society

Also known as the Royal Society of London (for the Improvement of Natural Kno...

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Sir Hans Sloane

Physician, benefactor of the British Museum and an early benefactor to the Ch...

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Eliza Cadogan

Born after 1695. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Hans Sloane. Married General Char...

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Sarah Stanley

Daughter of Sir Hans Sloane. Married George Stanley 1719.

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