Businessman and politician. Born at 71 York Road, Lambeth (demolished), the son of Dr Henry Stephens. Known as 'Inky', he developed the writing fluid invented by his father. He served as member of parliament for Hornsey from 1887 to 1900. In his will he bequeathed his home, Avenue House, where the plaque and bust are, and its ten acres of gardens to the people of Finchley.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Henry Charles Stephens
The bust is in the entrance to Stephens House. The original is at Cholderton ...
2017: The plaque is no longer here (our photograph was taken 2008), We have c...
Merchant and evangelical activist.  Born Leeds.  Came to London in 1766.  Good friend of Wilberforce and the Clapham Sect.  Co-founder of the London Missionary Society in 1795 and its treasurer for...
Travel agency manager and victim of the Marchioness tragedy, aged 33.
A series of three docks on the Isle of Dogs. Their construction was largely the responsibility of Robert Milligan, who had managed his family's Jamaica sugar plantations. He became outraged at loss...
On 1 September 1773 A. Bell Booksellers published a volume of poems by Phillis Wheatley. At this time book publishers and sellers were often the same people.
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