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Politics & Society
279 of the 1,001 English Heritage blue plaques on this map are classified as Politics & Society. The earliest was erected in 1867, the most recent in 2025. They are most concentrated in Westminster, Camden, Kensington and Chelsea and Bloomsbury. Every name below links to that plaque's page, with its inscription, address and location on the map.
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Benjamin Franklin
1706–1790 · Founding Father of the United States · 36 Craven Street, Westminster, WC2 · erected 1914
Charles De Gaulle
President of the French National Committee · 4 Carlton Gardens · erected 1984
Diana
1961–1997 · Princess of Wales · 60 Coleherne Court, Old Brompton Road
Haakon VII
1872–1957 · King of Norway · Kensington Palace Gardens · erected 2005
Karl Marx
1818–1883 · Communist revolutionary · 28 Dean Street W1
Andrew Bonar Law
1858–1923 · Lord Privy Seal · 24 Onslow Gardens, Kensington and Chelsea, SW7 · erected 1958
Aneurin Bevan
1897–1960 · Politician · 23 Cliveden Place, Belgravia SW1W · erected 2015
Annie Besant
1847–1933 · Social reformer · 39 Colby Road · erected 1963
Arthur Schopenhauer
1788–1860 · Philosopher · Eagle House, High Street, Wimbledon, SW19 Merton · erected 2005
Beau Brummell
1778–1840 · Leader of fashion · 4 Chesterfield Street, Mayfair, W1J 5JF · erected 1984
Benjamin Disraeli
1804–1881 · Statesman · 19 Curzon Street, Westminster, W1 · erected 1908
Benjamin Disraeli
Statesman · 22 Theobalds Road, Camden, WC1 · erected 1948
Bernard Montgomery
1887–1976 · Field-Marshal · Oval House, 52-54 Kennington Oval, SE11
Bernardo O'Higgins
1778–1842 · Statesman · Clarence House, 2 The Vineyard, Richmond · erected 1994
Bertrand Russell
1872–1970 · Philosopher · 34 Russell Chambers, Bury Place, Camden, WC1 · erected 2002
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
1754–1838 · French statesman · 21 Hanover Square · erected 1978
Charles Spurgeon
1834–1892 · Preacher · 99 Nightingale Lane, Wandsworth · erected 1971
Charles X
1757–1836 · Last Bourbon King of France · 72 South Audley Street, Westminster, W1 · erected 2000
Clement Attlee
1883–1967 · British Army Captain · 17 Monkhams Avenue, Woodford Green, Redbridge, IG8 · erected 1984
Dadabhai Naoroji
1825–1917 · Asian elected to the House of Commons · 72 Anerley Park, Penge · erected 2022
David Ben-Gurion
1886–1973 · Prime Minister of Israel · 75 Warrington Crescent, Maida Vale, Westminster, W9 · erected 1986
David Lloyd George
1863–1945 · Solicitor · 3 Routh Road, Wandsworth Common, SW18 Wandsworth · erected 1992
Douglas Bader
1910–1982 · RAF fighter pilot · 5 Petersham Mews · erected 2009
Duleep Singh
1838–1893 · Last ruler of Lahore · 53 Holland Park · erected 2005
Edvard Benes
1884–1948 · President of Czechoslovakia · 26 Gwendolen Avenue, Putney, SW15 Wandsworth · erected 1978
Edward Wood
1881–1959 · Statesman · 86 Eaton Square, Westminster, SW1 · erected 1994
Emmeline Pankhurst
1858–1928 · Founder of the Suffragette Movement · 50 Clarendon Road, Holland Park, Kensington and Chelsea, W11 · erected 2006
Fabian Society
Society · 17 Osnaburgh Street · erected 1985
John Henry Newman
1801–1890 · Founder of the English Oratory · Grey Court, Ham Street, Richmond Upon Thames · erected 1981
John Wesley
1703–1791 · Evangelist · 47 City Road, Islington, EC1 · erected 1926
Jomo Kenyatta
1894–1978 · President of the Republic of Kenya · 95 Cambridge Street, Westminster, SW1 · erected 2005
Alexander Herzen
1812–1870 · Political theorist · 1 Orsett Terrace, Westminster, W2 · erected 1970
Alfred Harmsworth
1865–1922 · Viscount Northcliffe · 31 Pandora Road, West Hampstead, Camden, NW6 · erected 1979
Alfred Milner
1854–1925 · Statesman · 14 Manchester Square, Marylebone, W1
Archibald Primrose
1847–1929 · Earl of Rosebery · 20 Charles Street, Westminster · erected 1962
Arthur Henderson
1863–1935 · Statesman · 13 Rodenhurst Road, Clapham, Lambeth, SW4 · erected 1980
Augustus Pitt Rivers
1827–1900 · British Army Lieutenant General · 4 Grosvenor Gardens, Westminster, SW1 · erected 1983
C. L. R. James
1901–1989 · Political activist · 165 Railton Road, Brixton, Lambeth, SE24 · erected 2004
Caroline Chisholm
1808–1877 · Philanthropist · 32 Charlton Place, Islington, N1 · erected 1983
Caroline Norton
1808–1877 · Social reformer · 3 Chesterfield Street, Mayfair · erected 2021
Cetshwayo kaMpande
King of the Zulus · 18 Melbury Road, W14 · erected 2006
Charles Booth
1840–1916 · Pioneer in social research · 6 Grenville Place · erected 1951
Charles Coward
1905–1976 · Rescuer of prisoners from Auschwitz · 133 Chichester Road, Edmonton, N9
Charles James Fox
1749–1806 · Statesman · 46 Clarges Street · erected 1950
Charles Vyner Brooke
1874–1963 · Last Rajah of Sarawak · 13 Albion Street, Westminster, W2 · erected 1983
Claudia Jones
1915–1964 · Founder of Britain’s first African Caribbean Carnival · 6 Meadow Road, Vauxhall · erected 2023
Daniel O'Connell
1775–1847 · Lawyer · 14 Albemarle Street, Mayfair · erected 2014
Edmund Allenby
1861–1936 · Field-Marshal · 24 Wetherby Gardens, Kensington and Chelsea, SW5 · erected 1960
Edward Grey
1862–1933 · Foreign Secretary · 8 Queen Anne's Gate
Edward Irving
1792–1834 · Founder of the Catholic Apostolic Church · 4 Claremont Square, Islington, Islington, N1 · erected 1982
Edward Smith-Stanley
1708–1778 · Earl of Derby · Chatham House, 10 St James's Square, Westminster, SW1 · erected 1910
Eleanor Rathbone
1872–1946 · Pioneer of family allowances · Tufton Court, Tufton Street, Westminster, SW1 · erected 1986
Emily Davison
1872–1913 · Suffragette · 43 Fairholme Road, West Kensington · erected 2023
Ernest Bevin
1881–1951 · Trade union leader · 34 South Molton Street, Westminster · erected 2001
Evelyn Baring
1841–1917 · Colonial administrator · 36 Wimpole Street, Westminster, W1 · erected 1998
Evelyn Underhill
1875–1941 · Christian philosopher · 50 Campden Hill Square · erected 1990
F. F. E. Yeo-Thomas
1902–1964 · Royal Air Force Wing Commander · Queen Court, Guildford Street · erected 2010
FitzRoy Somerset
1788–1855 · Commander-in-Chief during the Crimean War · 5 Stanhope Gate, Hyde Park · erected 1911
Francis Beaufort
1774–1857 · Royal Navy Admiral · 52 Manchester Street, Westminster, W1 · erected 1959
Francisco De Miranda
1750–1816 · Precursor of Latin American Independence · 58 Grafton Way, Camden, W1 · erected 1996
Frederick Edwin Smith
1872–1930 · Lawyer · 32 Grosvenor Gardens, Westminster, SW1 · erected 1959
Frederick Hitch
1856–1913 · British Army Private · 62 Cranbrook Road, Chiswick, W4 Hounslow · erected 2004
Frederick Lugard
1858–1945 · Colonial administrator · 51 Rutland Gate, Hyde Park, Westminster, SW7 · erected 1972
Frederick Roberts
1832–1914 · Statesman · 47 Portland Place, Westminster, W1 · erected 1922
Garnet Wolseley
1833–1913 · Viscount Wolseley · Ranger’s House, Chesterfield Walk, Blackheath, SE10 Greenwich · erected 1937
George Peabody
1795–1869 · Philanthropist · 80 Eaton Square, Westminster, SW1 · erected 1976
Hans Sloane
1660–1753 · Benefactor of the British Museum · 4 Bloomsbury Place, Camden, WC1 · erected 1965
Harold Laski
1893–1950 · Teacher · 5 Addison Bridge Place, Hammersmith and Fulham, W14 · erected 1974
Harry Gordon Selfridge
1858–1947 · Department store owner · The Lansdowne Club, 9 Fitzmaurice Place, Westminster, W1 · erected 2003
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
1836–1908 · Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath · 6 Grosvenor Place, Westminster, SW1 · erected 1959
Henry Cole
1808–1882 · Campaigner · 33 Thurloe Square, South Kensington, Kensington and Chelsea, SW7 · erected 1991
Henry Edward Manning
1808–1892 · Cardinal · 22 Carlisle Place, Westminster, W1 · erected 1914
Henry Pelham
1695–1754 · Fellow of the Royal Society · 22 Arlington Street, (Plaque on rear of building overlooking Queen's Walk, Green Park) Westminster, SW1 · erected 1995
Henry Vane
1612–1662 · Statesman · Vane House, Rosslyn Hill, Camden, NW3 · erected 1897
Herbert Morrison
1888–1965 · Cabinet Minister · 55 Archery Road, Eltham, SE9 · erected 1977
Hugh Gaitskell
1906–1963 · Statesman · 18 Frognal Gardens, Hampstead, Camden, NW3 · erected 1986
Jack Hobbs
1882–1963 · Knight Bachelor · 17 Englewood Road, Lambeth, SW12 · erected 1986
Joan Robinson
1903–1983 · Economist · 44 Kensington Park Gardens · erected 2024
John Jellicoe
1859–1935 · Sea Gallantry Medal recipient · 25 Draycott Place, Kensington and Chelsea, SW3 · erected 1975
Millicent Garrett Fawcett
1847–1929 · Pioneer of women's suffrage · 2 Gower Street, Camden, WC1 · erected 1954
Nancy Astor
1879–1964 · First woman to sit in Parliament · 4 St James's Square, Westminster, SW1 · erected 1987
Philip Stanhope
1694–1774 · Statesman · Ranger’s House, Chesterfield Walk, SE10 Greenwich · erected 1937
Ada Salter
1866–1942 · Social reformer · 149 Lower Road, Rotherhithe · erected 2023
Alan Herbert
1890–1971 · Reformist MP · 12 Hammersmith Terrace, Hammersmith, Hammersmith and Fulham, W6 · erected 1990
Albert Henry Stanley
1874–1948 · Chairman of London Transport · 43 South Street · erected 1984
Albert Mansbridge
1876–1952 · Founder of the Workers' Educational Association · 198 Windsor Road, Ilford · erected 1967
Arthur Onslow
1691–1768 · Speaker of the House of Commons · 20 Soho Square, Westminster, W1 · erected 1927
Benjamin Waugh
1839–1908 · Founder of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children · 26 Croom's Hill, Greenwich · erected 1984
Charles Dilke
1843–1911 · Statesman · 76 Sloane Street, Kensington and Chelsea, SW1 · erected 1959
Charles Stanhope
1753–1816 · Earl Stanhope · 20 Mansfield Street, Westminster, W1 · erected 1951
Charles Vickery Drysdale
1874–1961 · Founder of the Family Planning Association · 153a East Street, Walworth, Southwark, SE17 · erected 1988
County Hall
1889–1965 · Hall · South Bank · erected 1986
Douglas Macmillan
1884–1969 · Founder of Macmillan Cancer Relief · 15 Ranelagh Road, Pimlico, Westminster, SW1 · erected 1997
Edward Henry
1850–1931 · Fingerprint pioneer · 19 Sheffield Terrace, W8 Kensington & Chelsea · erected 2001
Edward Raczyñski
1891–1993 · Polish statesman · 8 Lennox Gardens, Kensington and Chelsea, SW1 · erected 2004
Edwin Chadwick
1801–1890 · Public health reformer · 5 Montague Road, Richmond Upon Thames · erected 1992
Eleanor Marx
1855–1898 · 7 Jews Walk, Sydenham · erected 2008
Emily Davies
1830–1921 · Founder of Girton College, Cambridge · 17 Cunningham Place · erected 1978
Emma Cons
1837–1912 · Philanthropist · 136 Seymour Place, Westminster, W1 · erected 1978
Essex Street
1606–1674 · Street · Essex Hall, Essex Street, Westminster, WC2 · erected 1962
Ethel Gordon Fenwick
1857–1947 · Nursing reformer · 20 Upper Wimpole Street · erected 1999
Eyre Massey Shaw
1830–1908 · Chief Officer of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade · 94 Southwark Bridge Road · erected 2000
Fabian Ware
1869–1949 · Founder of the Imperial War Graves Commission · 14 Wyndham Place · erected 2014
Fowell Buxton
1786–1845 · Anti-slavery campaigner · The Directors’ House, Old Truman Brewery, 91 Brick Lane, Tower Hamlets, E1 · erected 2007
Frances Buss
1827–1894 · Pioneer of education for women · Camden School for Girls, Sandall Road, Camden, NW5 · erected 2000
Francis Place
1771–1854 · Political reformer · 21 Brompton Square, Kensington and Chelsea, SW3 · erected 1961
Fred Knee
1868–1914 · London Labour Party pioneer · 24 Sugden Road, SW11 Wandsworth · erected 1986
Friedrich Engels
1820–1895 · Political philosopher · 122 Regent's Park Road, Camden, NW1 · erected 1972
Friedrich Von Hügel
1852–1925 · Theologian · 4 Holford Road, Camden, NW3 · erected 1968
George Canning
1770–1827 · Statesman · 50 Berkeley Square, Westminster, W1 · erected 1979
George Curzon
1859–1925 · Statesman · 1 Carlton House Terrace · erected 1976
George Robinson
1827–1909 · Member of Parliament · 9 Chelsea Embankment · erected 1959
George Seferis
1900–1971 · Greek Ambassador · 51 Upper Brook Street, Westminster, W1 · erected 2000
Giuseppe Mazzini
1805–1872 · Italian patriot · 183 Gower Street · erected 1950
Guy Gibson
1918–1944 · Pilot · 32 Aberdeen Place, St John’s Wood · erected 2006
Harold Moody
1882–1947 · Doctor (unknown type) · 164 Queens Road, Peckham, SE15
Helen Gwynne-Vaughan
1879–1967 · Leader of the first women’s army corps · Flat 93, Bedford Court Mansions, Fitzrovia
Helena Normanton
1882–1957 · 22 Mecklenburgh Square, Bloomsbury · erected 2021
Henry Hyndman
1842–1921 · Socialist leader · 13 Well Walk, Camden, NW3 · erected 1972
Henry John Temple
1784–1865 · Statesman · Naval and Military Club, 94 Piccadilly, Westminster, W1 · erected 1961
Henry John Temple
1784–1865 · Statesman · 20 Queen Anne's Gate · erected 1925
Henry John Temple
1784–1865 · Statesman · 4 Carlton Gardens · erected 1907
Herbert Henry Asquith
1852–1928 · Statesman · 20 Cavendish Square, Westminster, W1 · erected 1951
Hersch Lauterpacht
1897–1960 · 103 Walm Lane, Cricklewood · erected 2022
Horatio Kitchener
1850–1916 · Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and of Broome · 2 Carlton Gardens, Westminster, SW1 · erected 1924
Horatio Nelson
Royal Navy Admiral · 147 New Bond Street · erected 1876
Horatio Nelson
1758–1805 · Royal Navy Admiral · 103 New Bond Street, Westminster, W1 · erected 1958
Hugh Price Hughes
1847–1902 · Methodist preacher · 8 Taviton Street, Camden, WC1 · erected 1989
Inner London Education Authority
1870–1904 · Education Authority · Main Entrance, County Hall, Lambeth, SE1 · erected 1986
Irene Barclay
1894–1989 · 1A St Martin’s House, Polygon Road, Somers Town, Camden · erected 2024
Isaiah Berlin
1909–1997 · Historian of ideas · 33 Upper Addison Gardens, Holland Park · erected 2022
J. Arthur Rank
1888–1972 · Industrialist · 38 South Street · erected 2012
J. R. D. Braham
1920–1974 · 139 Hendon Way
Jack Cohen
1898–1979 · Entrepreneur · 91 Ashfield Street, Tower Hamlets · erected 2009
James Joseph Mallon
1874–1961 · Warden of Toynbee Hall · Toynbee Hall, 23 Commercial Street, Tower Hamlets, E1 · erected 1984
James Ramsay Macdonald
1866–1937 · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom · 9 Howitt Road, Camden, NW3 · erected 1963
James Wolfe
1727–1759 · Victor of Quebec · Macartney House, Greenwich Park, SE10 Greenwich · erected 1909
Jawaharlal Nehru
1889–1964 · Prime Minister of India · 60 Elgin Crescent, Kensington and Chelsea, W11 · erected 1989
Joe Slovo
1925–1982 · South African freedom fighter · 13 Lyme Street, Camden, NW1 · erected 2003
John Archer
1863–1932 · First black mayor in London · 55 Brynmaer Road, Battersea, SW11 4EN · erected 2013
John Burgoyne
1722–1792 · British Army General · 10 Hertford Street, Westminster, W1 · erected 1954
John Burns
1858–1943 · Statesman · 110 North Side, Clapham Common, SW4 Wandsworth · erected 1950
John Fielding
Magistrate · 19-20 Bow Street, Westminster, WC2 · erected 1929
John Fisher
1841–1920 · First Sea Lord · 16 Queen Anne's Gate · erected 1975
John Gilbert Winant
1889–1947 · United States Ambassador · 7 Aldford Street, Westminster, W1 · erected 1982
John Groom
1845–1919 · Founder of workshops for disabled girls · 8 Sekforde Street, Clerkenwell
John Horniman
1803–1893 · Tea merchant · Coombe Cliff Centre, Coombe Road, Croydon · erected 1988
John Howard
1726–1790 · Prison reformer · 23 Great Ormond Street, Camden, WC1 · erected 1908
John Maynard Keynes
1883–1946 · Economist · 46 Gordon Square, Bloomsbury, Camden, WC1 · erected 1975
John Reith
1889–1971 · Director-General of the BBC · 6 Barton Street · erected 1995
John Robert Godley
1814–1861 · Founder of Canterbury, New Zealand · 48 Gloucester Place, Marylebone, W1
John Russell
1792–1878 · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom · 37 Chesham Place, Westminster, SW1 · erected 1911
John Salmond
1881–1968 · Royal Air Force Commander · 27 Chester Terrace, Camden, NW1 · erected 2002
John Scott
1751–1838 · Barrister · 6 Bedford Square · erected 1954
John Simon
1816–1904 · Pioneer of public health · 40 Kensington Square, Kensington and Chelsea, W8 · erected 1959
John Stuart Mill
1806–1873 · Philosopher · Kensington Square, Kensington · erected 1907
John Stuart Mill
1773–1836 · Philosopher · 40 Queen Anne's Gate, Westminster, SW1H
John Summerson
1904–1992 · Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire · 1 Eton Villas, Chalk Farm, NW1 4SX · erected 2012
John Thelwall
1764–1834 · Orator · 40 Bedford Place, Bloomsbury · erected 2018
John Vereker
1886–1946 · Field-Marshal · 34 Belgrave Square
John Walter
1739–1812 · Founder of The Times · 113 Clapham Common North Side, SW4 Wandsworth · erected 1977
Joseph Chamberlain
1836–1914 · Statesman · 25 Highbury Place, Islington, N5 · erected 1915
Joseph Chamberlain
1836–1914 · Statesman · 188 Camberwell Grove, Southwark, SE5 · erected 1920
Joseph Lyons
1847–1917 · Pioneer of mass catering · 11a Palace Mansions, Hammersmith Road, West Kensington · erected 2016
Joseph Rogers
1821–1889 · Health care reformer · 33 Dean Street, Westminster, W1 · erected 1996
Josephine Butler
1828–1906 · Champion of women's rights · 8 North View, Wimbledon Common, SW19 Merton · erected 2001
José de San Martín
1778–1850 · Argentine soldier · 23 Park Road, Westminster, NW1 · erected 1953
Juan Pujol García
1912–1988 · Spy · 35 Crespigny Road, Hendon · erected 2019
Junius S. Morgan
1813–1890 · Banker · 14 Prince's Gate, Westminster
Karl Popper
1902–1994 · Philosopher · 16 Burlington Rise, East Barnet
Kathleen Lonsdale
1903–1971 · 19 Colenso Road, Seven Kings · erected 2021
Klemens von Metternich
1773–1859 · Austrian Chancellor · 44 Eaton Square · erected 1970
Kwame Nkrumah
1909–1972 · President of Ghana · 60 Burghley Road, Camden, Camden, NW5 · erected 2005
Laurence Gomme
1853–1916 · Clerk to the London County Council · 24 Dorset Square · erected 2006
Leslie Hore-Belisha
1893–1957 · Statesman · 16 Stafford Place, Westminster, SW1 · erected 1980
Lincoln Stanhope Wainright
1847–1929 · Vicar of St Peter's, London Docks · Clergy House, Wapping Lane, Tower Hamlets, E1 · erected 1961
Lokamanya Tilak
1856–1920 · Indian patriot · 10 Howley Place, W2 · erected 1988
Louis Kossuth
1802–1894 · Hungarian patriot · 39 Chepstow Villas · erected 1959
Louis Mountbatten
1900–1979 · Last Viceroy of India · 2 Wilton Crescent
Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte
Prince of France · 1c King Street, St James's, Westminster, SW1 · erected 1867
Mahatma Gandhi
1869–1948 · Law student · 20 Baron's Court Road, Hammersmith and Fulham, W14 · erected 1986
Mahatma Gandhi
1869–1948 · Law student · Kingsley Hall, Powis Road, Tower Hamlets, E3 · erected 1954
Mansfield Cumming
1859–1923 · Royal Navy Captain · 2 Whitehall Court, SW1A · erected 2015
Marcus Garvey
1887–1940 · Pan-Africanist leader · 53 Talgarth Road, Hammersmith and Fulham, W14 · erected 2005
Margaret Elizabeth Noble
1867–1911 · Writer · 21A High Street, Wimbledon · erected 2017
Margaret McMillan
1859–1917 · Social reformer · 51 Tweedy Road, Bromley, BR1 3NH
Maria Dickin
1870–1951 · Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire · 41 Cassland Road, Hackney · erected 2015
Marie Rambert
1888–1982 · Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire · 19 Campden Hill Gardens, Kensington, Kensington and Chelsea, W8 · erected 1997
Martin Van Buren
1782–1862 · President of the United States · 7 Stratford Place, Westminster, W1 · erected 1977
Martina Bergman-Österberg
1849–1915 · Pioneer of physical education for women · 1 Broadhurst Gardens · erected 1999
Mary Hughes
1860–1941 · Friend of all in need · 71 Vallance Road, Tower Hamlets, E2 · erected 1961
Mary Macarthur
1880–1921 · Trade unionist · 42 Woodstock Road, Golders Green · erected 2017
Mass-Observation
1937–1939 · 6 Grotes Buildings · erected 2022
Matchgirls' strike
Security Lodge, 3 Moreland Cottages, Bow Quarter, 60 Fairfield Road, Bow · erected 2022
Maud McCarthy
1858–1949 · GBE - Dame Grand Cross of the British Empire · 47 Markham Square, Chelsea · erected 2014
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
1876–1948 · Founder of Pakistan · 35 Russell Road
Moses Montefiore
1784–1885 · Philanthropist · 90 Park Lane
Mustapha Pasha Reschid
1800–1858 · Turkish statesman · 1 Bryanston Square, Westminster, W1 · erected 1972
National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
1910–1918 · 22 Great Smith Street, Westminster · erected 2022
Neville Chamberlain
1869–1940 · Fellow of the Royal Society · 37 Eaton Square, Westminster, SW1 · erected 1962
Octavia Hill
1838–1912 · Housing reformer · 2 Garbutt Place, Marylebone, Westminster, W1 · erected 1991
Olive Morris
1952–1979 · Activist · 121 Railton Road, Brixton · erected 2024
Percy Lane Oliver
1878–1944 · Founder of the first voluntary blood donor service · 5 Colyton Road, Southwark, SE22 · erected 1979
Philip Clayton
1885–1972 · Reverend · 43 Trinity Square, Tower Hill, Tower Hamlets, EC3 · erected 1995
Portuguese Embassy
1724–1747 · Embassy · 23-24 Golden Square, Westminster, W1 · erected 1980
Quintin Hogg
1845–1903 · Founder of the Polytechnic, Regent Street · 5 Cavendish Square, Westminster, W1 · erected 1965
R. Travers Herford
1860–1950 · Unitarian Minister · Dr William's Library, 14 Gordon Square, Camden, WC1 · erected 1990
Ram Mohun Roy
1772–1833 · Indian scholar · 49 Bedford Square · erected 1985
Randolph Churchill
1849–1895 · Statesman · 2 Connaught Place · erected 1962
Rhoda Garrett
1841–1882 · Suffragist · 2 Gower Street, Bloomsbury · erected 2025
Richard Arkwright
1732–1792 · Industrialist · 8 Adam Street, Westminster, WC2 · erected 1984
Richard Cobden
1804–1865 · Pioneer of free trade · 23 Suffolk Street · erected 1905
Richard Dimbleby
1913–1965 · Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire · Cedar Court, Sheen Lane, East Sheen, SW14 8LY · erected 2013
Richard Grosvenor
Baronet Grosvenor of Eaton · Aubrey House, Aubrey Walk, Kensington and Chelsea, W8 · erected 1960
Richard Haldane
1856–1928 · Statesman · 28 Queen Anne's Gate · erected 1954
Richard Price
1723–1791 · 54 Newington Green · erected 2023
Richard Stafford Cripps
1889–1952 · Statesman · 32 Elm Park Gardens, SW10
Richard Titmuss
1907–1973 · Social scientist · 32 Twyford Avenue, Acton W3
Robert Baden-Powell
1857–1941 · Chief Scout of the World · 9 Hyde Park Gate, Kensington and Chelsea, SW7 · erected 1972
Robert Cecil
1864–1958 · Creator of the League of Nations · 16 South Eaton Place, Westminster, SW1 · erected 1976
Robert Clive
1725–1774 · Indian agent · 45 Berkeley Square · erected 1953
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil
1830–1903 · Privy Counsellor · 21 Fitzroy Square · erected 1965
Robert Mayer
1879–1985 · Philanthropist · 2 Mansfield Street
Robert Peel
1750–1830 · Manufacturer · 16 Upper Grosvenor Street, Westminster, W1 · erected 1988
Robert Walpole
1676–1745 · Member of Parliament · 5 Arlington Street, Westminster, SW1 1RA · erected 1976
Robert Watson-Watt
1892–1973 · Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath · 287 Sheen Lane · erected 2017
Rowland Hill
1795–1879 · Postal reformer · 1 Orme Square · erected 1907
Rowland Hill
1849–1879 · Postal reformer · Royal Free Hospital, Pond Street, Hampstead, Camden, NW3 · erected 1892
Rufus Isaacs
1860–1935 · Lawyer · 32 Curzon Street, Westminster, W1 · erected 1971
Samuel Barnett
1851–1936 · Social reformer · Spaniards Road, Hampstead
Samuel Romilly
Law reformer · 21 Russell Square
Scotland Yard
1829–1890 · Metropolitan Police headquarters · Ministry of Agriculture Building, Whitehall Place, Westminster, SW1 · erected 1979
Sidney Webb
1859–1947 · Social scientist · 10 Netherhall Gardens, Camden, NW3 · erected 1981
Simón Bolívar
1783–1830 · Liberator of Latin America · 4 Duke Street · erected 2002
Sir Robert Hunter
1844–1913 · 5 Louvaine Road, Battersea · erected 2020
Sol Plaatje
1876–1932 · Campaigner for African rights · 25 Carnarvon Road, Waltham Forest, E10 · erected 1986
Sophia Duleep Singh
1876–1940 · Suffragette · Faraday House, 37 Hampton Court Road · erected 2023
Spencer Perceval
1762–1812 · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom · 59-60 Lincoln's Inn Fields, Camden, WC2 · erected 1914
Sri Aurobindo
1872–1950 · Indian spiritual leader · 49 St Stephen's Avenue, W12 Hammersmith & Fulham · erected 2007
St John Groser
1890–1966 · Reverend · 2 Butcher Row, Limehouse, E14
Stanley Baldwin
1867–1947 · Member of Parliament · 93 Eaton Square · erected 1969
Stella Isaacs
1894–1971 · Marchioness of Reading · 41 Tothill Street · erected 2017
Susan Lawrence
1871–1947 · Social reformer · 44 Westbourne Terrace, Westminster, W2 · erected 1987
Swami Vivekananda
1863–1902 · Hindu philosopher · 63 St George's Drive, Kensington and Chelsea, SW1 · erected 2004
Syed Ahmed Khan
1817–1898 · Muslim reformer · 21 Mecklenburgh Square, Camden, WC1 · erected 1997
Sylvia Pankhurst
1882–1960 · Campaigner for women's rights · 120 Cheyne Walk, Kensington and Chelsea, SW10 · erected 1985
T. E. Lawrence
1888–1935 · Soldier · 14 Barton Street, Westminster, SW1 · erected 1966
Thomas Cochrane
1775–1860 · Member of Parliament · Hanover Lodge, Outer Circle, Regent's Park, Westminster, NW1 · erected 1974
Thomas Gage
1721–1787 · Commander of British Forces in North America · 41 Portland Place, Westminster, W1 · erected 1996
Thomas Wakley
1795–1862 · Reformer · 35 Bedford Square · erected 1962
Ugo Foscolo
1778–1827 · Patriot · 19 Edwardes Square, Kensington, Kensington and Chelsea, W8 · erected 1998
V. K. Krishna Menon
1896–1974 · Campaigner for Indian Independence · 30 Langdon Park Road, Highgate, N6 5QG · erected 2013
Vallabhbhai Patel
1875–1950 · Indian statesman · 23 Aldridge Road Villas, Westminster, W11 · erected 1991
Victor Horsley
1857–1916 · Fellow of the Royal Society · 129 Gower Street, Fitzrovia · erected 2015
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
1883–1966 · Indian patriot · 65 Cromwell Avenue, Highgate, N6 Haringey · erected 1985
Violet Bonham Carter
1887–1969 · Politician · 43 Gloucester Square, Westminster, W2 · erected 1994
Violette Szabo
1921–1945 · Secret agent · 18 Burnley Road, Stockwell, Lambeth, SW9 · erected 1981
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
1840–1922 · Diplomat · 15 Buckingham Gate, Westminster, SW1 · erected 1979
Will Thorne
1857–1946 · Trade union leader · 1 Lawrence Road, West Ham, Newham, E13 · erected 1987
William Beveridge
1879–1963 · Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath · 27 Bedford Gardens, Campden Hill · erected 2018
William Bligh
1754–1817 · Commander of the Bounty · 100 Lambeth Road, Lambeth, SE1 · erected 1952
William Craft
1824–1900 · Anti-slavery campaigner · 26 Cambridge Grove, Hammersmith · erected 2021
William Ewart
1717–1791 · Reformer · Hampton Library, Rosehill, Hampton, Richmond-upon-Thames, TW12 · erected 1992
William Ewart
1798–1869 · Reformer · 16 Eaton Place, Westminster, SW1 · erected 1963
William Ewart Gladstone
1809–1898 · Statesman · 11 Carlton House Terrace · erected 1925
William Ewart Gladstone
1854–1875 · Statesman · 73 Harley Street, Westminster, W1 · erected 1908
William Huskisson
1770–1830 · Statesman · 28 St James's Place, Westminster, SW1 · erected 1962
William Lever
1851–1925 · Soap-maker · Inverforth House, North End Way, Camden, NW3 · erected 2002
William Petty
1737–1805 · Supporter of American independence · The Lansdowne Club, 9 Fitzmaurice Place, Berkeley Square, Westminster, W1 · erected 2003
William Pitt
1759–1806 · Politician · 120 Baker Street, Westminster, W1 · erected 1949
William Roy
1726–1790 · British Army Major General · 10 Argyll Street, Westminster, W1 · erected 1979
William Smith
1756–1835 · Pioneer of religious liberty · 16 Queen Anne's Gate · erected 1975
William Wilberforce
1759–1833 · Statesman · 44 Cadogan Place · erected 1961
William Wilberforce
Statesman · Holy Trinity Church, Clapham Common North Side, SW4 0QZ · erected 1984
William Wilberforce
Statesman · 111 Broomwood Road · erected 1906
Wilson Carlile
1847–1942 · Founder of the Church Army · 34 Sheffield Terrace, Kensington and Chelsea, W8 · erected 1972
Winston Churchill
1874–1965 · Royal Academician · 28 Hyde Park Gate, Kensington Gore, Kensington and Chelsea, SW7 · erected 1985
Women’s Freedom League
1908–1915 · Organisation · 1 Robert Street · erected 2023
Zachary Macaulay
1768–1838 · Philanthropist · 5 The Pavement, Clapham Common, SW4 0HY · erected 1930
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