{On the plaque on the gate pier:}
To the memory of William Gilbert Grace, the great cricketer, 1848 - 1915, these gates were erected by the MCC and other friends and admirers.
{Above, inside the wreath:}
WGG
NW8, St John's Wood Road, Lord's Cricket Ground
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
W. G. Grace - Lord's
Cricketer and medical practitioner. Born William Gilbert Grace at Clematis Ho...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
W. G. Grace - Lord's
Cricket's ruling body. Â Founded when the first match was played at Lord's cri...
Architect. Born and brought up in Kent, trained as an architect in London. 18...
Ruy Barbosa, 1849 - 1923, eminent Brazilian statesman and jurist lived here, 1895. Anglo-Brazilian Society
City of Westminster John Stephen, 1934 - 2004, founder of Carnaby Street as world centre for men's fashion in the 1960s.
James Hadley Chase, 1906 - 1985, author, was born here with the name René Brabazon Raymond. Ealing Civic Society
Coppice Row turnpike stood near here, c 1750 - 1830. London Borough of Islington - Historic Site
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