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Unveiling the Lee Miller and Sir Roland Penrose Blue PlaqueUnveiling the Lee Miller and Sir Roland Penrose Blue Plaque.Blue plaques, erected in London since 1867, are among the most familiar features of the capital’s streetscape. They adorn the façades of buildings in areas as different as Primrose Hill, Soho and Wimbledon; some of these buildings are grand, others look very ordinary, but all are connected by the fact that a remarkable person lived or worked there at some point in history.
 
Blue plaques celebrate great figures of the past and the buildings that they inhabited. They open a window into another time by showing us where the great and the good have penned their masterpieces, developed new technologies, lived or died. Actors, authors, politicians, painters, scientists, sportsmen, campaigners and reformers – people from different countries, cultures and backgrounds – have all been commemorated in this way.
 
The London blue plaques scheme has been run by English Heritage since 1986, and continues to grow at a rate of around 10-15 plaques each year. In their full range, totalling over 800, the capital’s plaques build up a fascinating picture of the varied activities of different ages and the achievements of London’s myriad residents.
 
A pilot extension of the blue plaques scheme on a national basis took place in 1998-2005; in these years, plaques were erected in Liverpool & Merseyside, Birmingham, Portsmouth and Southampton.

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DADD, Richard (1817-1886),
Painter, lived here.
15 Suffolk Street, SW1
Westminster 1977

DALE, Sir Henry (1875-1968),
Physiologist, lived here.
Mount Vernon House, Mount Vernon, Hampstead, NW3
Camden 1981

DANCE, George, the younger (1741-1825),
Architect, lived and died here.
91 Gower Street, WC1
Camden 1970

DANIELL, Thomas (1749-1840),
Topographical Artist, lived here.
14 Earls Terrace, Kensington, W8
Kensington and Chelsea 1999

DANIELL, William (1769-1837),
Artist and Engraver of Indian scenes, lived and died here.
135 St Pancras Way, NW1
Camden 2000

D'ARBLAY, Madame
See BURNEY, Fanny

DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882),
Naturalist, lived in a house on this site 1838-1842.
Biological Sciences Building, University College, (site of 110) Gower Street, WC1
Camden 1961

DAVIES, Emily (1830-1921),
Founder of Girton College, Cambridge, lived here.
17 Cunningham Place, St John's Wood, NW8
Westminster 1978

DAVIES, Thomas
See JOHNSON, Samuel

DAY-LEWIS, C. (1904-1972),
Poet Laureate, lived here 1957-1972.
6 Crooms Hill, SE10
Greenwich 1998

DEFOE, Daniel (1661-1731),
Novelist, lived in a house on this site.
95 Stoke Newington Church Street, N16
Hackney 1932

DE GAULLE, General Charles,
President of the French National Committee, set up the Headquarters of the Free French Forces here in 1940.
4 Carlton Gardens, SW1
Westminster 1984

DE HAVILLAND, Sir Geoffrey (1882-1965)
Aircraft designer, lived here 1909-1910
32 Baron's Court Road, W14
Hammersmith and Fulham 2001

DE LA MARE, Walter (1873-1956),
Poet, lived here 1940-1956.
South End House, Montpelier Row, Twickenham
Richmond Upon Thames 1995

DE LA RAMIE, Marie Louisa
See 'OUIDA'

DELIUS, Frederick (1862-1934),
Composer, lived here 1918-1919.
44 Belsize Park Gardens, NW3
Camden 1999

DE MIRANDA, Francisco (1750-1816),
Precursor of Latin American Independence, lived here 1802-1810.
58 Grafton Way, W1
Camden 1996

DE MORGAN, William (1839-1917),
Ceramic Artist and Novelist, and his wife, Evelyn DE MORGAN (1855-1919), Artist, lived and died here.
127 Old Church Street, SW3
Kensington and Chelsea 1937

DE QUINCEY, Thomas (1785-1859),
Thomas, de Quincy, 1785-1859,
wrote, 'Confessions of an, English Opium Eater', in this house
36 Tavistock Street, WC2
Westminster 1981
Note: name is spelt incorrectly on the plaque (no ‘e’)

DERBY, Earl of
See PITT, William

DE VALOIS, Dame Ninette (1898-2001) O.M.,
Founder of the, Royal Ballet
lived here, 1962-1982
14 The Terrace, Barnes, SW13
Richmond Upon Thames, 2006

DEVANT, David (1868-1941),
Magician lived here
Flat 1 Ornan Court, Ornan Road, NW3
Camden 2003

DEVINE, George (1910-1966),
Actor, Artistic Director of the Royal Court Theatre 1956-1965, lived here.
9 Lower Mall, Hammersmith, W6
Hammersmith and Fulham 1992

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870),
Novelist, lived here.
48 Doughty Street, WC1
Camden 1903
Note: Open to the public.

DICKINSON, Goldsworthy Lowes.
this was the London home of Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson, Author and Humanist. He was born 1862 and died 1932.
11 Edwardes Square, W8
Kensington and Chelsea 1956
Note: Put up by private subscribers and taken over by the LCC in 1956.

DILKE, Sir Charles Wentworth (1843-1911),
Statesman and Author, lived here.
76 Sloane Street, SW1
Kensington and Chelsea 1959

DISRAELI, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield (1804-1881),
Statesman, died here.
19 Curzon Street, W1
Westminster 1908

DISRAELI, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield (1804-1881),
Statesman, born here 1804.
22 Theobalds Road, WC1
Camden 1948
Note: First plaque put up in 1904 but removed during World War II.

DOBSON, Frank (1886-1963),
Sculptor, lived here.
14 Harley Gardens, SW10
Kensington and Chelsea 1993

DOBSON, Austin (1840-1921),
Poet and Essayist, lived here.
10 Redcliffe Street, SW10
Kensington and Chelsea 1959

DON, David
See BANKS, Sir Joseph

DONAT, Robert (1905-1958),
Actor, lived here.
8 Meadway, Hampstead Garden Suburb, NW11
Barnet 1994

DORSET, Earl of
See BOW STREET

DOUGLAS, Norman (1868-1952),
Writer, lived here.
63 Albany Mansions, Albert Bridge Road, SW11
Wandsworth 1980

DOWDING, Lord, Air Chief Marshall, (1882-1970),
Leader of Fighter Command, lived here 1941-1951.
3 St Mary's Road, Wimbledon, SW19
Merton 2000

D'OYLY CARTE, Richard
See ADELPHI TERRACE

DRYDEN, John,
Poet, lived here, b.1631, d.1700.
43 Gerrard Street, W1
Westminster 1875

DRYSDALE, Dr Charles Vickery (1874-1961),
a founder of the Family Planning Association, opened his first birth control clinic here in 1921.
153a East Street, Walworth, SE17
Southwark 1988

DUKE-ELDER, Sir Stewart (1898-1978),
Ophthalmologist, lived and worked here, 1934-1976
63 Harley Street, W1
Westminster 2002

DU MAURIER, George (1834-1896),
Lived here, 1874 to 1895.
New Grove House, 28 Hampstead Grove, NW3
Camden 1900
Note: Put up by private subscribers, and taken over by the LCC in 1959.

DU MAURIER, George (1834-1896)
Artist and writer, lived here, 1863-1868
91 Great Russell Street, WC1
Camden 1960

DU MAURIER, Sir Gerald (1873-1934),
Actor Manager, lived here from 1916 until his death.
Cannon Hall, 14 Cannon Place, NW3
Camden 1967

DUNDONALD, Earl
See COCHRANE, Thomas

DYSON, Sir Frank (1868-1939),
Astronomer Royal, lived here 1894-1906.
6 Vanbrugh Hill, Blackheath, SE3
Greenwich 1990

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