Plaque Wording: {translated from the Latin}At the public expense. By the authority of the British Government, in favour of King George II. The tower erected and repaired higher, with proud honour raises the head, Saint Margaret's hall, sacred to God, in the year of the Lord 1888 Most Honoured gentlemen, and for the benefices bestowed on the parishioners Often not without being named without praise, ARTHUR ONSLOW British Government, by his greatest merit, once again SPeaker, the Most Noble ROBERT WALPOLE of the Order of the Garter, First Lord of the Treasury and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, a man most unwearied of all in counsels and public works, yet equal to many. CHARLES WAGER The Golden Knight head of the seven man of the superior officers of the Royal Navy; And to William Baron Sundon of Ardagh in Ireland, in charge of the five men commission of the public treasury.

Plaque Wording: {The bronze plaque} This plaque was unveiled by His Excellency Mr Shridath S Ramphal Commonwealth Secretary-General
This dedication was performed by Archbishop Trevor Huddleston
23rd June 1987

Plaque Wording: (top left) By virtue of an order of the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor Aldermen and Commons of the City of London in common council assembled dated the 22nd November 1776 David Hartley Esq. was admitted into the freedom of the said city in the company of goldsmiths in the time of Rt. Honble. S. Thomas Hallifax. Knt. Lord Mayor and Benjamin Hopkins Esq. Chamberlain in consideration of the advantages likely to accrue to the public by his invention of fire plates for securing buildings from fire and for his respectful attention to this city in his repeated experiments performed before many of the members of the court. The record of which experiments and also of his admission into the freedom of the said City of London is entered in the book signed with the letter R &c in witness whereof of the seal of the office of chamberlain thereunto affixed dated in the Guild Hall of the same city the 26th day of March in the 17th year of the reign of our sovereign lord George the Third &c and in the year of our lord MDCCLXXVII (L S)
(top right) By the commons of Great Britain in parliament assembled Lunae 16 Die Maii 1774 resolved nemine contradicente that a sum not exceeding two thousand five hundred pounds be granted to his majesty to be paid to David Hartley Esq. towards enabling him to defray the charge of experiments in order to ascertain the practicability and utility of his invention for securing buildings from fire and that the same be paid without fee or reward confirmed by act of parliament anno 14 Georgii 3 1ii Regis.
(bottom left) Hallifax Mayor a common council holden in the chamber of the Guild-Hall of the City of London on the 22nd of November 1776. Resolved that John Sawbridge Esq. the late Lord Mayor of this city having laid a foundation stone for erecting an obelisk on Putney Common to commemorate the invention of fire plates for securing buildings from fire by David Hartley Esq. The committee of city lands be empowered to erect and compleat the same.
(bottom right) The Rt. Hon. John Sawbridge SQRE. Lord Mayor of London laid the foundation stone of this obelisk one hundred and ten years after the fire of London on the anniversary of that dreadful event in memory of an invention for securing buildings against fire

Plaque Wording: {on back}Born August 8 1786, Married May 28 1823, Died February 28 1861

Plaque Wording: This building was provided through the generosity of Sir Howell J Williams D.L., J.P. a vice-president of the Royal Northern Hospital who represented Islington as one of its members on the London County Council for nearly thirty years. June 1931

Plaque Wording: 1744-1832. This road was named after Count Simon Woronzow, Russian Ambassador to the United kingdom from 1784-1806. He lived in Marylebone and on his death in 1832 left a bequest for the poor of the parish. The money was used to build St Marylebone Almshouses at the south-west corner of this road.

Plaque Wording: Ruy Barbosa 1849-1923 Eminent Brazilian Statesman and Jurist lived here 1895

Plaque Wording: Captain James Cook R.N. 1728-1779 After two historic voyages to the South Pacific, Cook was cruising the waters of the Pacific Northwest on his third and final voyage, with his two ships, Resolution and Discovery. He was searching for the western exit to the legendary Northwest Passage. In March 1778 they put into Nootka Sound for repairs and to trade with the native people. With him on the voyage were Mr William Bligh as Master of the Resolution, and midshipman George Vancouver.
This statue was commissioned by The Victoria Environmental Enhancement Foundation and unveiled by The Honourable William Richard Bennett Premier of the Province of British Columbia. July 12, 1976.

Plaque Wording: William George Frederick Cavendish Bentinck
Born MDCCCII Died MDCCCXLVIII

Plaque Wording: 1881 - 1951. The Rt.Hon. Ernest Bevin "The Dockers' K.C.". National Organiser of the Dockers' Union, 1910 - 1921. General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers Union, 1921 - 1945. Chairman Trades Union Congress, 1937. Member of Parliament Central Wandsworth, 1940 - 1950 and East Woolwich, 1950 - 1951. Minister of Labour and National Service, 1940 - 1945. Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 1945 - 1951. Member of the Executive Committee of the International Transport Workers Federation. A forceful and inspiring leader of democratic principles. He gained a place in men's hearts few could equal.

Plaque Wording: The plaque reads: Thomas Lynn Bristowe MP 31st March 1833 - 6th June 1892 Leader of the campaign to create this park

Plaque Wording: to the illustrious Teotonio de Ornelas Bruges 1501-1870) Philanthropist and responsible for building the monument in memory of D. Pedro IV. Tribute paid by G.OL. - Portuguese Freemasonry 02-12-2016

Plaque Wording: This tower being in imminent danger of ruin owing to the weakness of the foundations was underpinned and made secure, in memory of Emily Blanche Carr-Gomm Lady of the manor of Rotherhithe by her son Hubert William Culling Carr-Gomm member of parliament for Rotherhithe. AD 1913

Plaque Wording: This tablet was erected in loving memory of William Compton. Fifth Marquess of Northampton K.G. by his London tenants and friends. 1914.

Plaque Wording: CENTENNIAL OF THE DEATH OF THE DUKE D'AVILA AND BOLAMA TRIBUTE FROM THE CITY OF HORTA 3-MAy 1981

Plaque Wording: This stone was laid by the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor (Sir George Thomas Broadbridge, Kt) on the 10th day of December 1936 in the first year of the Reign of His Majesty King Edward VIII. Capt. George Sampson Elliston, MC, MP - Chairman of the City of London Schools Committee of the Corporation of the City of London Trollope & Colls Ltd - Builders Whinney, Son and Austen Hall - Architects

Plaque Wording: 'The Passenger' in the cloister by Paula Haughney. In fond memory of Lord Ennals, 1922 - 95, Patron of the Bromley by Bow Centre

Plaque Wording: {around the top}The gift of Sam Gurney M.P. 1859
{in the centre}The first metropolitan drinking fountain erected on Holborn Hill in 1809 and removed when the viaduct was constructed in 1867
{at the bottom}Replace the cup

Plaque Wording: {left plaque}County of Middlesex The Guildhall Westminster His grace the Duke of Bedford K.G. Lord Lieutenant of the County.....
{right plaque}County of Middlesex The Guildhall Westminster This foundation stone was laid by his grace the Duke of Bedford K.G. Lord Lieutenant of the county on the second day of May MDCCCCXII......

Plaque Wording: This court is named after Sir John Cam Hobhouse, Bt. PC, GCB, 1786 -1869, created Baron Broughton 1851, who was Member of Parliament for Westminster from 1820 to 1833, for Nottingham from 1834 to 1847 & for Harwich from 1848 to 1851. He held several important offices of state, including those of Secretary of State for War and Chief Secretary for Ireland. In 1824 Sir John spoke at the first dinner of the Society of British Artists, whose galleries on Whitcomb Street have been kept and restored. He was appointed First Commissioner of Woods & Forests (the then title of the First Crown Estate Commissioner) in 1834. His close connection with the Crown Estate, with the City of Westminster & with the Society of British Artists is commemorated by the naming of this Court after him.

Plaque Wording: The Founding of Australia at Sydney on Saturday 26th January 1788. Figures in rowing boat leaving H.M.S. Supply are Capt. Arthur Phillip, R.N., Lieut P. Gidley King, R.N. and Lieut George Johnston Marines A.D.C.

Plaque Wording: Irish Heritage - Terence MacSwiney 1879 - 1920 Lord Mayor & MP died on hunger strike in HMP Brixton after 74 days 25-10-1920

Plaque Wording: This monument was unveiled by HRH the Duke of Edinburgh KG, KT in the presence of Senator Eduardo Menem the President of the Honourable Senate of the Argentine Republic; Councillor Angela Hooper CBE, the Lord Mayor of Westminster; The Rt. Hon. Douglas Hurd MBE, MP, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and H. E. Ambassador Mario Campora. November 1994.