Erection date: 1987
Greater London Council
Major Walter Clopton Wingfield, 1833 - 1912, father of lawn tennis, lived here.
SW1, St George's Square, 33
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Walter Clopton Wingfield
Invented, developed and patented by Wingfield. The Wimbledon championships b...
Born at Rhysnant Hall, Montgomeryshire, Wales. Served in the 1st Dragoon Guar...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Walter Clopton Wingfield
Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could...
Both the views depicted on the plaque are "protected". Referring to the view of the river, Country Life explains that "... the 1902 Rich...
Historic House Kate Greenaway, 1846 - 1901, children's' book illustrator and artist, lived here, 1852 - 1873. London Borough of Islington
At British History On-line we read that it closed in 1923, not 1915 as per the plaque.
John Passmore Edwards, 1823 - 1911, journalist, editor and builder of free public libraries, lived here. English Heritage
These lovely ceramics plaques were installed some time in or before 2008. There are 12 oval ceramics of which 7 nos 1-7) are mosaic and r...
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