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Unveiling the Lee Miller and Sir Roland Penrose Blue Plaque Unveiling 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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F - London Blue Plaques

FABIAN SOCIETY,
the site of 17 Osnaburgh Street where the FABIAN SOCIETY was founded in 1884.
The White House, Osnaburgh Street, NW1
Camden 1985

FARADAY, Michael,
Man of Science, apprentice here, b.1791, d.1867.
48 Blandford Street, W1
Westminster 1876

FAWCETT, Dame Millicent Garrett (1847-1929),
Pioneer of Women's Suffrage, lived and died here.
2 Gower Street, WC1
Camden 1954

FENTON, Roger (1819-1869),
Photographer, lived here.
2 Albert Terrace, Primrose Hill, NW1
Camden 1991

FENWICK, Ethel Gordon (1857-1947),
Nursing Reformer, lived here 1887-1924.
20 Upper Wimpole Street, W1
Westminster 1999

FERRIER, Kathleen (1912-1953),
Contralto, lived here.
97 Frognal, Hampstead, NW3
Camden 1979

FIELDING, Henry
See BOW STREET

FIELDING, Henry
See ESSEX STREET

FIELDING, Henry (1707-1754),
Novelist, lived here.
Milbourne House, Barnes Green, SW13
Richmond Upon Thames 1978

FIELDING, Sir John
See BOW STREET

FILDES, Sir Luke (1844-1927),
Artist, lived here 1878-1927.
31 Melbury Road, W14
Kensington and Chelsea 1959

FIRST, Ruth (1925-1982), SLOVO, Joe (1926-1995)
South African Freedom Fighters lived here 1966-1978
13 Lyme Street, NW1
Camden 2003 

FISHER, Admiral of the Fleet, Lord, OM (1841-1920),
lived here as First Sea Lord 1904-1910.
16 Queen Anne's Gate, SW1
Westminster 1975

FISHER, Sir Ronald Aylmer (1890-1962)
Statistician and Geneticist, lived here, 1896-1904
Inverforth House, North End Way, NW3
Camden 2002

FITZROY, Admiral Robert (1805-1865),
Hydrographer and Meteorologist, lived here.
38 Onslow Square, SW7
Kensington and Chelsea 1981

FLANAGAN, Bud (1896-1968),
Comedian and Leader of the 'Crazy Gang', born here.
12 Hanbury Street, E1
Tower Hamlets 1996

FLAXMAN, John,
Sculptor, lived and died here, b.1755, d.1826.
7 Greenwell Street, W1
Westminster 1876

FLECKER, James Elroy (1884-1915),
Poet and Dramatist, was born here.
9 Gilmore Road, SE13
Lewisham 1986

FLEMING, Sir Alexander (1881-1955),
Discoverer of penicillin, lived here.
20a Danvers Street, SW3
Kensington and Chelsea 1981

FLEMING, Sir Ambrose (1849-1945),
Scientist and Electrical Engineer, lived here.
9 Clifton Gardens, Maida Vale, W9
Westminster 1971

FLEMING, Ian (1908-1964),
Creator of James Bond, lived here.
22 Ebury Street, SW1
Westminster 1996

FLINDERS, Captain Matthew, RN (1774-1814),
Explorer and Navigator, lived here.
56 Fitzroy Street, W1
Camden 1973
Note: This plaque was removed from No. 53 Stanhope Street, Camden in 1965 and re-erected at the present address in 1973.

FLYING BOMB
the first Flying Bomb on London fell here, 13 June 1944.
Railway Bridge, Grove Road, Bow, E3
Tower Hamlets 1988
Note: Replaces plaque erected by GLC in 1985 and subsequently stolen.

FONTANE, Theodor (1819-1898)
German Writer and Novelist, lived here 1857-1858
6 St Augustine’s Road, NW1
Camden 2005

FORBES, Vivian
See RICKETTS, Charles

FORD, Ford Madox (1873-1939),
Novelist and Critic, lived here.
80 Campden Hill Road, W8
Kensington and Chelsea 1973

FORESTER, C.S. (1899-1966),
Novelist, lived here.
58 Underhill Road, Dulwich, SE22
Southwark 1990

FORSTER, E.M. (1879-1970),
Novelist, lived here.
Arlington Park Mansions, Sutton Lane, Turnham Green, W4
Hounslow 1983

FORTUNE, Robert (1812-1880),
Plant Collector, lived here 1857-1880.
9 Gilston Road, SW10
Kensington and Chelsea 1998

FOSCOLO, Ugo (1778-1827),
Italian Poet and Patriot, lived here 1817-1818.
19 Edwardes Square, Kensington, W8
Kensington and Chelsea 1998

FOX, Charles James (1749-1806),
Statesman, lived here.
46 Clarges Street, W1
Westminster 1950
Note: Originally put up in 1912 on 9 Arlington Street, now demolished.

FRAMPTON, George (1860-1928),
Sculptor, lived and worked here 1894-1908.
32 Queen's Grove, St John's Wood, NW8
Westminster 1977

FRANKLIN, Benjamin (1706-1790),
American Statesman and Scientist, lived here.
36 Craven Street, WC2
Westminster 1914

FRANKLIN, Rosalind (1920-1958)
Pioneer of the study of molecular structures including DNA lived here 1951-1958.
Donovan Court, Drayton Gardens, Fulham, SW10
Kensington and Chelsea 1992

FREAKE, Sir Charles James (1814-1884),
Builder and Patron of the Arts, lived here.
21 Cromwell Road, SW7
Kensington and Chelsea 1981

FREUD, Anna (1895-1982)
Pioneer of Child Psychoanalysis, lived here
1938-1982
20 Maresfield Gardens, NW3
Camden 2002
Note: Open to the public.

FREUD, Sigmund (1856-1939),
Founder of Psychoanalysis, lived here in 1938-1939.
 20 Maresfield Gardens, NW3
Camden 1956, replaced 2002
Note: Open to the public.

FRITH, W.P. (1819-1909),
Painter, lived and died here.
114 Clifton Hill, NW8
Westminster 1973

FROBISHER, Sir Martin
See WILLOUGHBY, Sir Hugh

FROUDE, James Anthony (1818-1894),
Historian and Man of Letters, lived here.
5 Onslow Gardens, SW7
Kensington and Chelsea 1934

FRY, C. B. (1872-1956)
All-round Sportsman, was born here
144 St James’s Road, Croydon, CRO
Croydon 2005

FUSELI, Henry (1741-1825),
Artist, lived here 1788-1803.
37 Foley Street, W1
Westminster 1961

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