List of blue plaques
Other similar plaques -- People
Table:
Person

Notability

Address

Year erected

Erected by

Photo

Jessie Ace and Margaret Wright

Heroines of Mumbles Lifeboat disaster

Mumbles Pier, Swansea, Wales

2016

City and County of Swansea[4]

Richard Arkwright junior
(1755–1843)

Inventor of machinery for large scale cotton spinning

Lumford House
Bakewell, Derbyshire

2011

Derbyshire County Council[5]

Francis William Aston
(1877–1945)

Scientist, Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry 1922

Tennal House
Tennal Road, Birmingham

2007

Charles Babbage (1791–1871)

Mathematician, astronomer and computer pioneer

1a Dorset Street, W1

Westminster City Council[6]

Charles Babbage (1791–1871)

Mathematician, astronomer and computer pioneer

Corner of Larcom Street and Walworth Road, SE17

Southwark Council[7]

Olave Baden-Powell
(1889–1977)

Chief Guide of the Girl Guides

Shentall Memorial Gardens
Chesterfield, Derbyshire

2011

Derbyshire County Council[8]

Henry Baines
(1793-1878)

Botanist and Curator of York Museum Gardens

Manor Cottage, York Museum Gardens, York.

2018

Yorkshire Philosophical Society
York Civic Trust
York Museums Trust

William Barron
(1805–1891)

Designer of Elvaston Castle Gardens

2012

Derbyshire County Council[9]

John Logie Baird (1888–1946)

132-5 Long Acre, WC2

The Royal Television Society

Mary Barbour (1875-1953)

Scottish social reformer, Rent Strike Leader, Women's Peace Crusader and pioneering woman councillor in Glasgow

10 Hutton Drive, Linthouse, Glasgow

2015

Linthouse Housing Association[10]

Harry Beck (1903–1974)

Creator of the schematic Tube map

Finchley Central tube station, N3

London Regional Transport (grey)

Elizabeth Bell (1862–1934)

Physician, Suffragist

Daisy Hill Hospital, Newry, Northern Ireland

2016

Ulster Historical Society (blue)

A. C. Benson (1862–1925)

Author of Land of Hope & Glory

Godolphin House, Common Lane, Eton College

Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead

Jack Kid Berg (1909–1991)

Boxer

Noble Court, Cable Street, E1

Stepney Historical Society (blue)

Hannah Billig (1901–1987)

Physician

198 Cable Street, E1

London Borough of Tower Hamlets[11]

Sir William Bragg
(1862–1942)

Scientist, Joint Nobel Prize Winner, 1915, with his son, Sir Lawrence, for Physics

Parkinson Building, University of Leeds

Sir William Lawrence Bragg
(1890–1971)

Scientist, Joint Nobel Prize Winner, 1915, with his father, Sir William (q.v.), for Physics; the only current instance of both father and son Nobel Prize winners

Parkinson Building, University of Leeds

Enid Blyton (1897–1968)

Writer

83 Shortlands Road, Shortlands, BR2

London Borough of Bromley (blue)[12]

Robert Boothby, Baron Boothby

Private secretary to Winston Churchill

1 Eaton Square, SW1

Private[13]

Harold Bride

Wireless operator aboard the RMS Titanic

58 Ravensbourne Avenue, Shortlands, Bromley

London Borough of Bromley (blue)[14]

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Jessie Ace ( 1860-1936 ) and Margaret Wright ( née Ace ; 1854-1933 ) are known for their rescue of crewmen , from the Mumbles lifeboat , which had gone to assist a wrecked German barque during an 1883 storm at Mumbles Head , Wales .
The City and County of Swansea Council ( Welsh : Cyngor Dinas a Sir Abertawe ) is the governing body for one of the Principal Areas of Wales covering Swansea , Gower and the surrounding area . The council consists of 72 councillors representing 36 electoral wards . Since 2012 the council has been controlled by the Labour Party .
Richard Arkwright junior ( 19 December 1755 - 23 April 1843 ) , the son of Sir Richard Arkwright of Cromford , Derbyshire , was the financier ( creditor ) of Samuel Oldknow of Marple and Mellor and a personal friend . His son Captain Arkwright married Francis Kemble , daughter of the theatre manager Stephen Kemble .
Derbyshire County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Derbyshire , England . It has 64 councillors representing 61 divisions , with three divisions having two members each . They are Glossop and Charlesworth , Alfreton and Somercotes , and Eckington and Killamarsh . The authority is controlled by the Conservative Party , who won control in the May 2017 local council election . The Leader of the Council is Cllr Barry Lewis . He heads a cabinet consisting of six other members - those being Cllr Simon Spencer , Cllr Carol Hart , Cllr Jean Wharmby , Cllr Tony King , Cllr Angelique Foster and Cllr Alex Dale . The seven cabinet members each have responsibility for particular functions of the council and are assisted by Cabinet Support Members .
Francis William Aston FRS ( 1 September 1877 - 20 November 1945 ) was an English chemist and physicist who won the 1922 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery , by means of his mass spectrograph , of isotopes in many non-radioactive elements and for his enunciation of the whole number rule . He was a fellow of the Royal Society and Fellow of Trinity College , Cambridge .
Charles Babbage KH FRS ( /ˈbæbɪdʒ/ ; 26 December 1791 - 18 October 1871 ) was an English polymath . A mathematician , philosopher , inventor and mechanical engineer , Babbage originated the concept of a digital programmable computer . Considered by some to be a father of the computer , Babbage is credited with inventing the first mechanical computer that eventually led to more complex electronic designs , though all the essential ideas of modern computers are to be found in Babbage 's Analytical Engine . His varied work in other fields has led him to be described as pre-eminent among the many polymaths of his century . Parts of Babbage 's incomplete mechanisms are on display in the Science Museum in London . In 1991 , a functioning difference engine was constructed from Babbage 's original plans . Built to tolerances achievable in the 19th century , the success of the finished engine indicated that Babbage 's machine would have worked .
Dorset Street was a street in Spitalfields , east London , once situated at the heart of the area 's rookery . By repute it was the worst street in London and it was the scene of the brutal murder of Mary Jane Kelly by Jack the Ripper on 9 November 1888 . The murder was committed at Kelly 's lodgings which were situated at No . 13 , Miller 's Court entered from a passageway between 26 and 27 , Dorset Street . The road was renamed Duval Street in 1904 , before having its north side demolished in 1920 during the rebuilding of Old Spitalfields Market , and the buildings on the south side replaced by a car park in the 1960s . The site was built over during redevelopment of the Fruit and Wool Exchange in the 2010s .
Westminster City Council is the local authority for the City of Westminster in Greater London , England . It is a London borough council and is entitled to be known as a city council , which is a rare distinction in the United Kingdom . The city is divided into 20 wards , each electing three councillors . The council is currently composed of 41 Conservative Party members and 19 Labour Party members . The council was created by the London Government Act 1963 and replaced three local authorities : Paddington Metropolitan Borough Council , St Marylebone Metropolitan Borough Council and Westminster Borough Council . The present-day city council provides some shared services with Hammersmith and Fulham , and with Kensington and Chelsea .
The A215 is an A road in South London , starting at Elephant and Castle and finishing around Shirley . It runs through the London Boroughs of Lambeth , Southwark and Croydon . Beginning as Walworth Road , the A215 becomes Camberwell Road - much of which is a conservation area - after entering the former Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell . Crossing the A202 , the A215 becomes Denmark Hill , originally known as Dulwich Hill , but renamed in 1683 to commemorate the marriage of Princess Anne ( later Queen Anne ) to Prince George of Denmark . After passing Herne Hill railway station the road becomes Norwood Road , Knights Hill , and then Beulah Hill at its crossroads with the A214 . Beulah Hill was the site of Britain 's first independent television transmitter , built by the Independent Television Authority in 1955 . Descending towards South Norwood the A215 becomes South Norwood Hill and then Portland Road , just after crossing the A213 . A short section starting at the junction with Woodside Green is known as Spring Lane , leading to Shirley Road , the final section into Shirley , Croydon . The A215 was Britain 's most crash-prone A-road between 1999-2010 , having had 2,836 crashes over its 10 mile length .
The London Borough of Southwark ( /ˈsʌðərk/ ( listen ) ) in South London forms part of Inner London and is connected by bridges across the River Thames to the City of London . It was created in 1965 when three smaller council areas amalgamated under the London Government Act 1963 . All districts of the area are within the London postal district . It is governed by Southwark London Borough Council . The part of the South Bank within the borough is home to London Bridge terminus station and the attractions of The Shard , Tate Modern , Shakespeare 's Globe and Borough Market that are the largest of the venues in Southwark to draw domestic and international tourism . Dulwich is home to the Dulwich Picture Gallery and the Imperial War Museum is in Elephant and Castle .
Olave St Clair Baden-Powell , Lady Baden-Powell , GBE ( née Soames ; 22 February 1889 - 25 June 1977 ) was the first Chief Guide for Britain and the wife of Robert Baden-Powell , 1st Baron Baden-Powell , the founder of Scouting and Girl Guides . She outlived her husband , who was 32 years her senior , by over 35 years . Lady Baden-Powell became Chief Guide for Britain in 1918 . Later the same year , at the Swanwick conference for Commissioners in October , she was presented with a gold Silver Fish , one of only two ever made . She was elected World Chief Guide in 1930 . As well as making a major contribution to the development of the Guide / Girl Scout movements , she visited 111 countries during her life , attending Jamborees and national Guide and Scout associations . In 1932 , she was created a Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire by King George V .
A Girl Guide or Girl Scout is a member of a section of some Guiding organisations who is between the ages of 10 and 14 . Age limits are different in each organisation . The term Girl Scout is used in the United States and several East Asian countries . The two terms are used synonymously within this article . Girl Guides are organised into units/troops averaging 15-30 girls under guidance of a team of leaders . Units subdivide into patrols of about six Guides and engage in outdoor and special interest activities . Units may affiliate with national and international organisations . Some units , especially in Europe , have been co-educational since the 1970s , allowing boys and girls to work together as Scouts . There are other programme sections for older and younger girls .
Henry Baines ( 15 May 1793 - 1 April 1878 ) was a notable botanist who lived in York .
The York Museum Gardens are botanic gardens in the centre of York , England , beside the River Ouse . They cover an area of 10 acres ( 4.0 ha ) of the former grounds of St Mary 's Abbey , and were created in the 1830s by the Yorkshire Philosophical Society along with the Yorkshire Museum which they contain . The gardens are held in trust by the City of York Council and are managed by the York Museums Trust . They were designed in a gardenesque style by landscape architect Sir John Murray Naysmith , and contain a variety of species of plants , trees and birds . Admission is free . A variety of events take place in the gardens , such as open-air theatre performances and festival activities . There are several historic buildings in the gardens . They contain the remains of the west corner of the Roman fort of Eboracum , including the Multangular Tower and parts of the Roman walls . In the same area there is also the Anglian Tower , which was probably built into the remains of a late Roman period fortress . During the Middle Ages , the tower was expanded and the Roman walls were incorporated into York 's city walls . Most of the other buildings dating from the Middle Ages are associated with St Mary 's Abbey , including the ruins of the abbey church , the Hospitium , the lodge and part of the surviving precinct wall . The remains of St. Leonard 's Hospital chapel and undercroft are on the east side of the gardens .
The Yorkshire Philosophical Society ( YPS ) is a charitable learned society ( charity reg . 529709 ) which aims to promote the public understanding of the natural sciences , the social sciences , and the archaeology and history of York and Yorkshire .
York Museums Trust ( YMT ) is the charity responsible for operating some key museums and galleries in York , England . The trust was founded in 2002 to run York 's museums on behalf of the City of York Council . It has seen an increase in annual footfall of 254,000 to the venues since its foundation . In both 2016 and 2017 it saw its annual visitors numbers reach 500,000 people .
John Logie Baird FRSE ( /ˈloʊɡi bɛərd/ ; 13 August 1888 - 14 June 1946 ) was a Scottish engineer , innovator , one of the inventors of the mechanical television , demonstrating the first working television system on 26 January 1926 , and inventor of both the first publicly demonstrated colour television system , and the first purely electronic colour television picture tube . In 1928 the Baird Television Development Company achieved the first transatlantic television transmission . Baird 's early technological successes and his role in the practical introduction of broadcast television for home entertainment have earned him a prominent place in television 's history . Baird was ranked number 44 in the BBC 's list of the 100 Greatest Britons following a UK-wide vote in 2002 . In 2006 , Baird was named as one of the 10 greatest Scottish scientists in history , having been listed in the National Library of Scotland 's 'Scottish Science Hall of Fame ' . In 2015 he was inducted into the Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame .
Long Acre is a street in the City of Westminster in central London . It runs from St Martin 's Lane , at its western end , to Drury Lane in the east . The street was completed in the early 17th century and was once known for its coach-makers , and later for its car dealers .
Mary Barbour ( née Rough ) ( 20 February 1875 - 2 April 1958 ) was a Scottish political activist , local councillor , bailie and magistrate . She was closely associated with the Red Clydeside movement in the early 20th century and especially for her role as the main organiser of the women of Govan who took part in the rent strikes of 1915 .
Linthouse is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow . It is situated south of the River Clyde and lies immediately west of Govan . Although it is currently located within Govan ( Ward 05 ) of Glasgow City Council and is often referred to locally as 'Govan ' , it was in fact a distinct area separate from Govan until 1901 when it willfully became part of Govan Burgh until 1912 when the Burgh was annexed to Glasgow . Linthouse was home to the shipbuilder Alexander Stephen and Sons Limited who built many famous vessels for the Royal Navy in the 20th Century . Linthouse was a separate Church of Scotland parish ( Linthouse St. Kenneth ) until November 2007 when it merged with the neighbouring parishes of Govan Old and New Govan to become part of the new Govan and Linthouse parish .
Glasgow ( /ˈɡlæzɡoʊ/ , also UK : /ˈɡlɑːzɡoʊ , ˈɡlɑːsɡoʊ/ , US : /ˈɡlæsɡoʊ , ˈɡlæskoʊ/ ; Scots : Glesga [ ˈɡlezɡə ] ; Scottish Gaelic : Glaschu [ ˈkl̪ˠas̪əxu ] ) is the most populous city in Scotland , and the third most populous city in the United Kingdom , as of the 2017 estimated city population of 621,020 . Historically part of Lanarkshire , the city now forms the Glasgow City council area , one of the 32 council areas of Scotland ; the local authority is Glasgow City Council . Glasgow is situated on the River Clyde in the country 's West Central Lowlands . It is the fifth most visited city in the UK . Inhabitants of the city are referred to as Glaswegians or , informally , as Weegies . Glasgow is also known for the Glasgow patter , a distinct dialect of the Scots language that is noted for being difficult to understand by those from outside the city . Glasgow grew from a small rural settlement on the River Clyde to become the largest seaport in Scotland , and tenth largest by tonnage in Britain . Expanding from the medieval bishopric and royal burgh , and the later establishment of the University of Glasgow in the fifteenth century , it became a major centre of the Scottish Enlightenment in the eighteenth century . From the eighteenth century onwards , the city also grew as one of Great Britain 's main hubs of transatlantic trade with North America and the West Indies . With the onset of the Industrial Revolution , the population and economy of Glasgow and the surrounding region expanded rapidly to become one of the world 's pre-eminent centres of chemicals , textiles and engineering ; most notably in the shipbuilding and marine engineering industry , which produced many innovative and famous vessels . Glasgow was the Second City of the British Empire for much of the Victorian era and Edwardian period , although many cities argue the title was theirs . In the late 19th and early 20th centuries , Glasgow 's population grew rapidly , reaching a peak of 1,127,825 people in 1938 .
Henry Charles Beck ( 4 June 1902 - 18 September 1974 ) was an English technical draughtsman who created the present London Underground Tube map in 1931 . Beck drew up the diagram in his spare time while working as an engineering draftsman at the London Underground Signals Office . London Underground was initially sceptical of Beck 's radical proposal , an uncommissioned spare-time project , but tentatively introduced it to the public in a small pamphlet in 1933 . It was immediately popular , and the Underground has used topological maps to illustrate the network ever since .
The Tube map ( sometimes called the London Underground Map or the TfL Services Map ) is a schematic transport map of the lines , stations and services of the London Underground , known colloquially as the Tube , hence the map 's name . The first schematic Tube map was designed by Harry Beck in 1931 . Since then , it has been expanded to include more of London 's public transport systems , including the Docklands Light Railway , London Overground , TfL Rail , Tramlink and the Emirates Air Line cable car . As a schematic diagram , it does not show the geographic locations but rather the relative positions of the stations , lines , the stations ' connective relations , and fare zones . The basic design concepts have been widely adopted for other such maps around the world , and for maps of other sorts of transport networks and even conceptual schematics . A regularly updated version of the map is available from the official Transport for London website . In 2006 , the tube map was voted one of Britain 's top 10 design icons which included Concorde , Mini , Supermarine Spitfire , K2 telephone box , World Wide Web and the AEC Routemaster bus .
Finchley Central is a London Underground station in the Church End area of Finchley , north London . The station is located on the High Barnet branch of the Northern line , between West Finchley and East Finchley stations ; it is the junction for the short branch to Mill Hill East . The station is around 7 miles north-northwest of Charing Cross and is in Travelcard Zone 4 . The station was opened on 22 August 1867 as part of the Great Northern Railway 's line between Finsbury Park and Edgware stations . As part of London Underground 's Northern Heights plan , Northern line trains started serving the station in 1940 and main line passenger services ended in 1941 .
London Regional Transport ( LRT ) was the organisation responsible for the public transport network in Greater London , England between 1984 and 2000 . In common with all London transport authorities from 1933 to 2000 , the public name and operational brand of the organisation was London Transport .
Elizabeth Gould Bell ( 24 December 1862 - 9 July 1934 ) was one of the first women to qualify as a doctor in Ireland , in the Northern province of Ulster . She was an advocate for feminist ideals , and became one of the first women to work with the Royal Army Medical Corps , serving as a doctor in Malta .
Daisy Hill Hospital ( Irish : Otharlann Chnoc na Nóiníní ) is an acute teaching hospital located in the border city of Newry , Northern Ireland midway between the capital cities of Belfast and Dublin . The hospital is in the local government district of Newry , Mourne and Down District Council . It is situated on the Hospital Road and backs onto the A25 Camlough Road . It is managed by the Southern Health and Social Care Trust .
Arthur Christopher Benson , FRSL ( 24 April 1862 - 17 June 1925 ) was an English essayist , poet , author and academic and the 28th Master of Magdalene College , Cambridge . He is noted for having written the words of the song Land of Hope and Glory .
Land of Hope and Glory is a British patriotic song , with music by Edward Elgar and lyrics by A. C. Benson , written in 1901 .
Eton College ( /ˈiːtən/ ) is a 13-18 independent boarding school for boys in the parish of Eton , near Windsor in Berkshire , England . It was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as Kynge 's College of Our Ladye of Eton besyde Windesore ( The King 's College of Our Lady of Eton beside Windsor ) , as a sister institution to King 's College , Cambridge , making it the 18th-oldest Headmasters ' and Headmistresses ' Conference school . Eton 's history and influence have made Eton one of the most prestigious schools in the world . Following the public school tradition , Eton is a full boarding school , which means pupils live at the school seven days a week , and it is one of only four such remaining single-sex boys ' , boarding-only independent senior schools in the United Kingdom ( the others being Harrow , Radley , and Winchester ) . The remainder have since become co-educational : Rugby ( 1976 ) , Charterhouse ( 1971 ) , Westminster ( 1973 ) , and Shrewsbury ( 2015 ) . Eton has educated prime ministers , world leaders , Nobel laureates and generations of the aristocracy and has been referred to as the chief nurse of England 's statesmen . Eton charges up to £42,501 per year ( £14,167 per term , with three terms per academic year , in 2019 ) . Eton was noted as being the sixth most expensive HMC boarding school in the UK in 2013/14 , however the school admits some boys with modest parental income : in 2011 it was reported that around 250 boys received significant financial help from the school , with the figure rising to 263 pupils in 2014 , receiving the equivalent of around 60% of school fee assistance , whilst a further 63 received their education free of charge . Eton has also announced plans to increase the figure to around 320 pupils , with 70 educated free of charge , with the intention that the number of pupils receiving financial assistance from the school continues to increase .
The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead is a Royal Borough of Berkshire , in South East England . It is home to Windsor Castle , Eton College , Legoland Windsor and Ascot Racecourse . It is one of four boroughs entitled to be prefixed Royal and is one of six unitary authorities in its county , which has historic and ceremonial status .
Judah Bergman , known as Jack Kid Berg or Jackie Kid Berg ( 28 June 1909 - 22 April 1991 ) , was an English boxer born in the East End of London , who became the World Light Welterweight Champion in 1930 .
Cable Street is a road in the East End of London , England , with several historic landmarks nearby . It was made famous by the Battle of Cable Street in 1936 .
Captain Hannah Billig , MBE GM ( 4 October 1901 - 11 July 1987 ) was a British doctor who worked in the East End of London . Billig was popular amongst her patients and she most notably did exceptional medical work during World War II that earned her honors and awards , as well as the nickname The Angel of Cable Street . After returning from aiding the war efforts , she continued her medical practice on Cable Street before retiring to Israel , even continuing her medical work there until her death .
The London Borough of Tower Hamlets is a London borough located in East London ; it covers much of the traditional East End . It was formed in 1965 from the merger of the former metropolitan boroughs of Stepney , Poplar and Bethnal Green . The new authority 's unusual name comes from an alternative title for the Tower Division ; the area of south-east Middlesex , focused on ( but not limited to ) the area of the modern borough , which owed military service to the Tower of London . The borough lies adjacent to the east side of the City of London and on the north bank of the River Thames . It includes much of the redeveloped Docklands region of London , including West India Docks and Canary Wharf . Many of the tallest buildings in London occupy the centre of the Isle of Dogs in the south of the borough . A part of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is in Tower Hamlets . The borough has a population of 272,890 , which includes one of the highest Muslim populations in the country and has an established British Bangladeshi business and residential community . Tower Hamlets has the highest proportion of Muslims in England outnumbering Christians , and has more than forty mosques and Islamic centres , including the East London Mosque , Britain 's biggest mosque . Brick Lane 's restaurants , neighbouring street market and shops provide the largest range of Bengali cuisine , woodwork , carpets and clothes in Europe . A 2017 study by Trust for London and New Policy Institute found that Tower Hamlets has the highest rate of poverty , child poverty , unemployment , and pay inequality of any London borough . It also found that it has the lowest GCSE attainment gap though , meaning that the gap in performance between disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged pupils is lower than in any other London Borough .
Sir William Henry Bragg OM KBE PRS ( 2 July 1862 - 12 March 1942 ) was a British physicist , chemist , mathematician , and active sportsman who uniquely shared a Nobel Prize with his son Lawrence Bragg - the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics : for their services in the analysis of crystal structure by means of X-rays . The mineral Braggite is named after him and his son . He was knighted in 1920 .
Sir William Lawrence Bragg , CH , OBE , MC , FRS ( 31 March 1890 - 1 July 1971 ) was an Australian-born physicist and X-ray crystallographer , discoverer ( 1912 ) of Bragg 's law of X-ray diffraction , which is basic for the determination of crystal structure . He was joint recipient ( with his father , William Henry Bragg ) of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1915 , For their services in the analysis of crystal structure by means of X-ray ; an important step in the development of X-ray crystallography . Bragg was knighted in 1941 . As of 2018 , he is the youngest ever Nobel laureate in physics , having received the award at the age of 25 years . Bragg was the director of the Cavendish Laboratory , Cambridge , when the discovery of the structure of DNA was reported by James D. Watson and Francis Crick in February 1953 .
Enid Mary Blyton ( 11 August 1897 - 28 November 1968 ) was an English children 's writer whose books have been among the world 's best-sellers since the 1930s , selling more than 600 million copies . Blyton 's books are still enormously popular , and have been translated into 90 languages . She wrote on a wide range of topics including education , natural history , fantasy , mystery , and biblical narratives and is best remembered today for her Noddy , Famous Five and Secret Seven series . Her first book , Child Whispers , a 24-page collection of poems , was published in 1922 . Following the commercial success of her early novels such as Adventures of the Wishing-Chair ( 1937 ) and The Enchanted Wood ( 1939 ) , Blyton went on to build a literary empire , sometimes producing fifty books a year in addition to her prolific magazine and newspaper contributions . Her writing was unplanned and sprang largely from her unconscious mind : she typed her stories as events unfolded before her . The sheer volume of her work and the speed with which it was produced led to rumours that Blyton employed an army of ghost writers , a charge she vigorously denied . Blyton 's work became increasingly controversial among literary critics , teachers and parents from the 1950s onwards , because of the alleged unchallenging nature of her writing and the themes of her books , particularly the Noddy series . Some libraries and schools banned her works , which the BBC had refused to broadcast from the 1930s until the 1950s because they were perceived to lack literary merit . Her books have been criticised as being elitist , sexist , racist , xenophobic and at odds with the more liberal environment emerging in post-war Britain , but they have continued to be best-sellers since her death in 1968 . Blyton felt she had a responsibility to provide her readers with a strong moral framework , so she encouraged them to support worthy causes . In particular , through the clubs she set up or supported , she encouraged and organised them to raise funds for animal and paediatric charities .
The London Borough of Bromley ( /ˈbrɒmli/ ( listen ) ) is the southeasternmost of the 32 London boroughs that make up Greater London along with the City of London . It is named after Bromley , its principal town ; other major towns are Beckenham and Orpington . The local authority is Bromley London Borough Council . [ n 1 ]
Robert John Graham Boothby , Baron Boothby , KBE ( 12 February 1900 - 16 July 1986 ) , often known as Bob Boothby , was a British Conservative politician .
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill ( 30 November 1874 - 24 January 1965 ) was a British politician , army officer , and writer . He was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 , when he led Britain to victory in the Second World War , and again from 1951 to 1955 . Churchill represented five constituencies during his career as a Member of Parliament ( MP ) . Ideologically an economic liberal and imperialist , for most of his career he was a member of the Conservative Party , which he led from 1940 to 1955 , but from 1904 to 1924 was a member of the Liberal Party . Of mixed English and American parentage , Churchill was born in Oxfordshire to a wealthy , aristocratic family . He joined the British Army in 1895 , and saw action in British India , the Anglo-Sudan War , and the Second Boer War , gaining fame as a war correspondent and writing books about his campaigns . Elected an MP in 1900 , initially as a Conservative , he defected to the Liberals in 1904 . In H. H. Asquith 's Liberal government , Churchill served as President of the Board of Trade , Home Secretary , and First Lord of the Admiralty , championing prison reform and workers ' social security . During the First World War , he oversaw the Gallipoli Campaign ; after it proved a disaster , he resigned from government and served in the Royal Scots Fusiliers on the Western Front . In 1917 , he returned to government under David Lloyd George as Minister of Munitions , then as Secretary of State for War and Air , and finally for the Colonies , overseeing the Anglo-Irish Treaty and Britain 's Middle East policy . After two years out of Parliament , he served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in Stanley Baldwin 's Conservative government , returning the pound sterling in 1925 to the gold standard at its pre-war parity , a move widely seen as creating deflationary pressure and depressing the UK economy . Out of office during the 1930s , Churchill took the lead in calling for British rearmament to counter the growing threat from Nazi Germany .
Eaton Square is a grand , rectangular , [ a ] residential garden square in London 's Belgravia district . It is one of the three built by the Grosvenor family when they developed the main part of Belgravia in the 19th century all named after places in Cheshire - in this case Eaton Hall , the Grosvenor country house . It is larger but less grand than the central feature of the district , Belgrave Square , and both larger and grander than Chester Square . The first block was laid out by Thomas Cubitt from 1827 . In 2016 it was named as the Most Expensive Place to Buy Property in Britain , with a full terraced house costing on average 17 million pounds - many of such town houses have been converted , within the same , protected structures , into upmarket apartments . The six adjoining , tree-planted , central gardens of Eaton Square are Grade II listed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens . All of the buildings ( №s 1-7 , 8-12A , 14-23 , 24 and 24a to 48 , 51-62 , 63-66 , Eaton House ( № 66a ) , 67-71 , 72 , 73-82 , 83-102 and 103-118 ) are statutorily listed , specifically at Grade II* save as to 1 to 7 and 63 to 66a which are in the mainstream , initial category of grade II . №s 103 to 105 are leased and internally converted into the Belgian Embassy , as is № 106 for the Bolivian Embassy . The red telephone booth , of K6 edition outside № 103 is Grade II listed .
Harold Sydney Bride ( 11 January 1890 - 29 April 1956 ) was a British sailor and the junior wireless officer on the ocean liner RMS Titanic during its ill-fated maiden voyage . After the Titanic struck an iceberg at 11:40 pm 14 April 1912 , Bride and his senior colleague Jack Phillips were responsible for relaying CQD messages to ships in the vicinity , which led to the survivors being picked up by the RMS Carpathia . The men remained at their posts until the ship 's power was almost completely out . Bride was washed off the ship as the boat deck flooded , but managed to scramble onto the upturned lifeboat Collapsible ' B ' , and was rescued by the Carpathia later in the morning . Despite being injured , he helped Harold Cottam , the Carpathia 's wireless operator and a personal friend of his , transmit survivor lists and personal messages from the ship .
RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner operated by the White Star Line that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early morning hours of April 15 , 1912 , after striking an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City . Of the estimated 2,224 passengers and crew aboard , more than 1,500 died , making the sinking one of modern history 's deadliest peacetime commercial marine disasters . RMS Titanic was the largest ship afloat at the time she entered service and was the second of three Olympic-class ocean liners operated by the White Star Line . She was built by the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast . Thomas Andrews , chief naval architect of the shipyard at the time , died in the disaster . Titanic was under the command of Capt . Edward Smith , who also went down with the ship . The ocean liner carried some of the wealthiest people in the world , as well as hundreds of emigrants from Great Britain and Ireland , Scandinavia and elsewhere throughout Europe , who were seeking a new life in the United States . The first-class accommodation was designed to be the pinnacle of comfort and luxury , with a gymnasium , swimming pool , libraries , high-class restaurants and opulent cabins . A high-powered radiotelegraph transmitter was available for sending passenger marconigrams and for the ship 's operational use . Although Titanic had advanced safety features , such as watertight compartments and remotely activated watertight doors , it only carried enough lifeboats for 1,178 people - about half the number on board , and one third of her total capacity - due to outdated maritime safety regulations . The ship carried 16 lifeboat davits which could lower three lifeboats each , for a total of 48 boats .
Bromley is a large town in South East London , England , and the principal town of the London Borough of Bromley . Its location is 9.3 miles ( 15.0 km ) south-east of Charing Cross , The town , which is also made up of Bickley , Downham , Sundridge , Hayes , Shortlands , Keston and Leaves Green , had a population of 87,889 as of 2011 , whilst the borough overall had a population of 331,096 . Historically a market town , chartered in 1158 , Bromley was an ancient parish in the county of Kent . Its location on a coaching route and the opening of a railway station in 1858 were key to its development , and the shift from an agrarian village to commerce and retail . As part of the suburban growth of London in the 20th century , Bromley significantly increased in population and was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1903 . A commercial and retail district , it has been part of Greater London since 1965 .