Oldest royal yacht club in the UK (which raises the question of how many are there?) Also known as the Cumberland Fleet, it was founded by the Duke of Cumberland. Traditionally the Commodore is a member of the royal family. Earl Mountbatten was Commodore for 20 years; Prince Charles held the post for a time and in 2012 the Club's Commodore was someone known at the time as Prince Andrew. By October 2025 he was no longer in that role and no longer had that title. It looks like it's also traditional for the Commodore to move on to be Admiral, since both Mountbatten and Prince Charles have taken that route, though Andrew never made it beyond Vice Admiral.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Royal Thames Yacht Club
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Mountbatten Copse
This memorial was planted just over two years after the violent death of Moun...
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Hugh Cecil Lowther, fifth Earl of Lonsdale
Sportsman and profligate bon vivant, a life-style enabled through his vast inherited wealth. President of the National Sporting Club. Initiated the boxing prize, the Lonsdale Belt. Founder and firs...
1 memorial
The Ring / Surrey Chapel / Rowland Hill's Chapel
On the site now occupied by TfL's Palastre House. Â Built in fields as an octagonal independent chapel by Reverend Rowland Hill, no relative to Sir Rowland Hill, although the PO man is said to have ...
4 memorials
Victor Hugo Watson
Born near the Kennington Oval but his family returned to Yorkshire when he was very young and he saw himself as a Yorkshireman. In 1908 he joined Waddingtons, a printing firm which developed a spe...
1 memorial
Joseph Whitaker
Born in London, apprenticed to a bookseller aged fourteen. With experience of a number of firms he set up his own publishing business. 1858 launched The Bookseller. 1869 published the first issue o...
1 memorial
Olympic Games - 2012
See also 2012 Paralympics. The first event was held on 25 July in Cardiff but the opening ceremony in London was on the 27th. Closing ceremony 12 August.
13 memorials
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