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Blue Plaque commemorating social reformer Annie Besant at 9 Colby Road, Gipsy Hill, London SE19 1HA, London Borough of Southwark.
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CHURCHILL, Sir Winston, K.G. (1874-1965)
Blue plaque commemorating Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill at 28 Hyde Park Gate, Kensington, London SW7 5DJ, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
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HOOKER, Sir William (1785–1865) & HOOKER, Sir Joseph (1817–1911)
Blue plaque commemorating botanists and former directors of Kew Gardens, William and Joseph Hooker, at 49 Kew Green, Kew, London TW9 3AA, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.
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DAVISON, Emily Wilding (1872–1913)
Emily Wilding Davison, teacher and suffragette, campaigned boldly and tirelessly for women’s rights, even paying the ultimate price for her dedication to the cause. English Heritage has commemorated her with a blue plaque at 43 Fairholme Road, West Kensington, which was her home in the 1880s.
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Philosopher, mathematician, leading intellectual, dissenter and preacher, Pastor Richard Price is commemorated with a blue plaque at 54 Newington Green.
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The novelist Ronald Firbank, known for his works that explore sexuality, social climbing, and religion is recognised with a blue plaque at 33 Curzon Street in Mayfair, one of the many London addresses that he occupied over the course of his short lifetime.
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Claudia Jones was a ceaseless campaigner for racial justice and is credited with having been among the first to bring Caribbean carnival to London. English Heritage has commemorated her with a blue plaque at 6 Meadow Road, Vauxhall.
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Blue plaque commemorating florist Constance Spry at 64 South Audley Street, Mayfair, London W1K 3JP, City of Westminster.
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Housing reformer and surveyor Irene Barclay is recognised with a blue plaque. In May 1922, Irene Barclay became the first woman to qualify as a chartered surveyor in Britain. 1A St Martin's House, Polygon Road marks the address of the office in Somers Town where she created models for community living and was instrumental in the building of nearly 1,000 new homes.
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CLIVE, Lord Robert (1725–1774) a.k.a. Clive of India
Robert Clive, later Baron Clive of Plassey, was a soldier and administrator for the East India Company. He was an extremely controversial figure in his lifetime, and continues to be so today.