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Henry Labouchere was a radical Member of Parliament and a journalist, who is notorious today for having proposed the clause in the Criminal Law Amendment Act of 1885 that was used in many prosecutions of gay men.
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Celebrated for her industrial textile designs for the London Underground, designer Enid Marx is commemorated with a blue plaque at 39 Thornhill Road, Barnsbury, where she lived and worked for more than 30 years.
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CONAN DOYLE, Sir Arthur (1859–1930)
Blue Plaque commemorating creator of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, at 12 Tennison Road, South Norwood, London SE25 5RT, London Borough of Croydon.
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Singer and performer Adelaide Hall is recognised with a blue plaque. She lived at 1 Collingham Road, South Kensington for over 27 years, during which time she sang at the Calypso Club and devised her one-woman show.
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Juan Pujol Garcia was one of the most important secret agents of the Second World War. From a modest two-storey house in Hendon, he wove a web of deception that bamboozled the Nazis.
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Blue plaque commemorating the former home of the art historian and broadcaster, Kenneth Clark, at 30 Portland Place in Marylebone, London W1B 1LZ.
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DE GAULLE, General Charles (1890–1970)
General Charles de Gaulle led France’s government-in-exile during the Second World War and set up the headquarters of the Free French Forces at 4 Carlton Gardens. He later became the President of France.
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Blue Plaque commemorating aeronautical engineers Horace Short, Eustace Short and Oswald Short at Arch 75, Queen's Circus, Battersea Park, London SW8 4ND, London Borough of Wandsworth.
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Blue Plaque commemorating writer Dr José Rizal at 37 Chalcot Crescent, London NW1 8YG, London Borough of Camden.