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Robert Clive, later Baron Clive of Plassey, played an early part in the establishment of British imperial control of India. He became the effective ruler of Bengal, and was a controversial figure in his own time. As a founder of the Empire in India he came to be lionised by many in Britain as a hero, a view of him that has been called into question in more recent years.
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REITH, John Charles, Lord Reith (1889-1971)
Blue plaque commemorating the first Director-General of the BBC Lord John Charles Reith at 6 Barton Street, Westminster, London SW1P 3NG, City of Westminster.
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A description of Down House, now filled with many family portraits, furniture and personal possessions from Charles Darwin’s day.
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Mithras and Eastern Religion on Hadrian’s Wall
How a remarkable sculpture of Mithras, found at the remote frontier fort of Housesteads on Hadrian’s Wall, reveals religious and military connections with distant parts of the Roman Empire.
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Blue Plaque commemorating clown Joseph Grimaldi at 56 Exmouth Market, Clerkenwell, London EC1R 4QE, London Borough of Islington.
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Blue Plaque commemorating novelist and dramatist Sir James Barrie at 100 Bayswater Road, Bayswater, London W2 3HJ, City of Westminster.
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Blue Plaque commemorating psychoanalysts Sigmund Freud at 20 Maresfield Gardens, Hampstead, London NW3 5SX, London Borough of Camden.
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Blue Plaque commemorating novelist and dramatist Sir James Barrie at 100 Bayswater Road, Bayswater, London W2 3HJ, City of Westminster.
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BRITTEN, Benjamin, O.M. (1913-1976)
Blue Plaque commemorating composer Benjamin Britten at 173 Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London SW5 0SE, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
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Blue Plaque commemorating developer of office copying machinery David Gestetner at 124 Highbury New Park, Highbury, London N5 2DR.