List of English Heritage blue plaques in Kensington and Chelsea
This is a complete list of the 173 blue plaques placed by English Heritage and its predecessors in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
The scheme was originally administered by the Royal Society of Arts from 1876 to 1901, and was taken over by the London County Council (LCC) from 1965. The Greater London Council (GLC) took over the scheme in 1965 from its predecessor, the LCC. since the abolition of the GLC in 1986, the blue plaque scheme has been administered by English Heritage.
Subject | Inscription | Location | Year installed | Photo | Open Plaques ref |
Notes |
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Sir George Alexander (1858–1919) |
"ACTOR MANAGER lived here" |
57 Pont Street Chelsea SW1X 0BD |
1951 | 271 | ||
Field Marshall Viscount Allenby (1861–1936) |
"lived here 1928–1936" |
24 Wetherby Gardens South Kensington SW5 0JR |
1960 | 429 | ||
Sir Edwin Arnold (1832–1904) |
"Poet and Journalist, Lived and Died here" |
31 Bolton Gardens South Kensington SW5 0AQ |
1931 | 185 | ||
Sir Frederick Ashton (1904-1988) |
"Choreographer lived here 1959-1984" |
8 Marlborough Street Chelsea SW3 3PS |
1931 | 41423 | ||
Princess Serafina Astafieva (1876–1934) |
"BALLET DANCER lived and taught here 1916–1934" |
152 King's Road Chelsea SW3 3NR |
1968 | 364 | ||
Aubrey House | "Aubrey House stands on the site of Kensington Wells an early 18th century spa |
Aubrey House, Aubrey Walk Holland Park W8 7JJ |
1960 | 69 | ||
Robert Baden-Powell (1857–1941) |
"Chief Scout of the World lived here" |
9 Hyde Park Gate Kensington SW7 5DG |
1972 | 476 | ||
Sir Douglas Bader (1910-1982) |
"RAF Fighter Pilot lived here 1955–1982" |
5 Petersham Mews Kensington SW7 5NR |
2009 | 1652 | ||
Enid Bagnold (1889–1981) |
"Novelist and Playwright lived here" |
29 Hyde Park Gate Kensington SW7 5DJ |
1997 | 655 | ||
Sir Benjamin Baker (1840-1907) |
"Civil Engineer and Designer of the Forth Bridge lived here 1881-1894" |
3 Kensington Gate Kensington W8 5NA |
2016 | 41230 | ||
Béla Bartók (1881–1945) |
"Hungarian Composer stayed here when performing in London" |
7 Sydney Place South Kensington SW7 3NL |
94 | |||
Samuel Beckett (1906-1989) |
"Dramatist and author lived here in 1934" |
48 Paultons Square Chelsea SW5 0AQ |
2016 | 41227 | a plaque commemorating Patrick Blackett is at the same address. | |
Sir Max Beerbohm (1872–1956) |
"ARTIST AND WRITER born here" |
57 Palace Gardens Terrace Kensington W8 4RU |
1969 | 415 | ||
Hilaire Belloc (1870–1953) |
"Poet, essayist and historian lived here 1900–1905" |
104 Cheyne Walk Chelsea SW10 0DQ |
1973 | 462 |
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Arnold Bennett (1867–1931) |
"Novelist lived here" |
75 Cadogan Square Chelsea SW1X 0DY |
1958 | 55 | ||
E. F. Benson (1867-1940) |
"Writer lived here" |
25 Brompton Square Knightsbridge SW3 2AD |
1994 | 103 | ||
Aneurin 'Nye' Bevan and Jennie Lee (1897–1960) (1904–1988) |
"Politicians lived here 1944–1954" |
23 Cliveden Place Belgravia SW1W 8HD |
2015 | 40455 | ||
Patrick Blackett (1897-1974) |
"Physicist and Scientific Advisor lived here 1953-1969" |
48 Paultons Square Chelsea SW5 0AQ |
2016 | 41228 | a plaque commemorating Samuel Beckett is at the same address. | |
Dorothy Bland (1762-1816) |
"Dorothy Bland (Mrs JORDAN) Actress lived here" |
30 Cadogan Place Chelsea SW1X 9RX |
1975 | 4364 | ||
Charles Booth (1840–1916) |
"PIONEER IN SOCIAL RESEARCH lived here" |
6 Grenville Place South Kensington SW7 4RW |
1951 | 514 | ||
George Borrow (1803–1881) |
"Author Lived Here" |
22 Hereford Square South Kensington SW7 4TS |
1911 | 17 | ||
Bill Brandt (1904–1983) |
"Photographer lived here" |
4 Airlie Gardens Campden Hill W8 7AJ |
2010 | 4860 | ||
Frank Bridge (1879–1941) |
"Composer and Musician lived here" |
4 Bedford Gardens Holland Park W8 7EB |
1989 | 214 | ||
Benjamin Britten O. M. (1913–1976) |
"Composer lived here 1931–1933" |
173 Cromwell Road South Kensington SW5 0SE |
2001 | 211 | ||
Hablot Knight Browne (alias "Phiz") (1815–1882) |
"Illustrator of Dickens's novels lived here 1874–1880" |
239 Ladbroke Grove Ladbroke Grove W10 6HG |
2001 | 108 | ||
Sir Marc Isambard Brunel (1769–1849) Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806–1859) |
"civil engineers lived here" |
98 Cheyne Walk Chelsea SW10 0DQ |
1954 | 700 | ||
Sir Edward Burne-Jones (1883–1898) |
"Artist lived here 1865–1867" |
41 Kensington Square South Kensington W8 5HP |
1998 | 247 | ||
Prebendary Wilson Carlile (1847–1932) |
"Founder of the Church Army lived here" |
34 Sheffield Terrace Holland Park W8 7NA |
1972 | 355 | ||
Howard Carter (1874–1939) |
"Egyptologist and discoverer of the tomb of Tutankhamun lived here" |
19 Collingham Gardens South Kensington SW5 0HL |
1999 | 467 | ||
Cetshwayo (c.1832–1884) |
"King of the Zulus stayed here in 1882" |
18 Melbury Road Holland Park W14 8LT |
2006 | 243 | ||
Chelsea China and Tobias Smollett (1721–1771) |
"CHELSEA CHINA WAS MANUFACTURED IN A HOUSE AT THE NORTH END OF LAWRENCE STREET 1745–1784 TOBIAS SMOLLETT NOVELIST ALSO LIVED IN PART OF THE HOUSE 1750 TO 1762" |
16 Lawrence Street Chelsea SW3 5NE |
1950 | 376 | ||
Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936) |
"POET NOVELIST AND CRITIC lived here" |
11 Warwick Gardens Kensington W14 8PH |
1952 | 365 | ||
Albert Chevalier (1861–1923) |
"MUSIC HALL COMEDIAN was born here" |
17 St Ann's Villas Notting Hill W11 4RT |
1965 | 156 | ||
Dame Agatha Christie (1890–1976) |
"Detective novelist and playwright lived here 1934–1941" |
58 Sheffield Terrace Holland Park W8 7NA |
2001 | 178 | ||
Sir Winston Churchill O. M. (1874–1965) |
"Prime Minister lived and died here" |
28 Hyde Park Gate Kensington SW7 5DJ |
1985 | 138 | ||
Muzio Clementi (1752–1832) |
"COMPOSER lived here" |
128 Kensington Church Street Kensington W8 4BH |
1963 | 631 | ||
Wells Coates (1895-1958) |
"Architect and Designer lived here 1936-1956" |
18 Yeoman’s Row Kensington SW3 2AH |
2014 | 39866 | ||
Sir Henry Cole (1808–1882) |
"Campaigner and Educator First Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum lived here" |
33 Thurloe Square South Kensington SW7 2SD |
1991 | 296 | ||
Dame Ivy Compton-Burnett (1884–1969) |
"Novelist lived here 1934–1969" |
5 Braemar Mansions, Cornwall Gardens Kensington SW7 4AF |
1994 | 31 | ||
Sir Learie Constantine (1901–1971) |
"West Indian Cricketer and Statesman lived here 1949–1954" |
101 Lexham Gardens Earls Court W8 6JN |
2013 | 30549 | ||
Sydney Monckton Copeman (1862–1947) |
"Immunologist and developer of smallpox vaccine lived here" |
57 Redcliffe Gardens Chelsea SW10 9JJ |
1996 | 142 |
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Walter Crane (1845–1915) |
"ARTIST lived here" |
13 Holland Street Holland Park W8 4NA |
1952 | 4588 | ||
Sir Stafford Cripps (1899–1952) |
"Statesman born here" |
32 Elm Park Gardens Chelsea SW10 4NY |
1989 | 1101 | ||
Colonel R. E. B. Crompton (1845–1940) |
"Electrical Engineer lived and worked here 1891–1939" |
48 Kensington Court Kensington W8 5DB |
2000 | 2925 | ||
William Crookes (1832–1919) |
"SCIENTIST lived here from 1880 until his death" |
7 Kensington Park Gardens Notting Hill W11 3HB |
1967 | 10128 | ||
Thomas Daniell (1749–1840) |
"Topographical Artist lived here" |
14 Earls Terrace Kensington W8 6LP |
1999 | 471 | ||
Elizabeth David (1913–1992) |
"Cookery Writer lived and worked here 1947-1992" |
24 Halsey Street Chelsea SW3 2PT |
2016 | 41351 | ||
Evelyn de Morgan (1855–1919) and William de Morgan (1839–1917) |
"WILLIAM DE MORGAN CERAMIC ARTIST AND NOVELIST (1839–1917) AND HIS WIFE EVELYN DE MORGAN ARTIST (1855–1919) LIVED & DIED HERE" |
127 Old Church Street Chelsea SW3 6EB |
1937 | 551 | ||
Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson (1862–1932) |
"THIS WAS THE LONDON HOME OF G.LOWES DICKINSON Author and Humanist HE WAS BORN 1862 AND DIED 1932" |
11 Edwardes Square Kensington W8 6HE |
1956 | 675 | Erected by private subscription in 1956 and immediately incorporated by the LCC into the official scheme | |
Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke (1843–1911) |
"Statesman and Author lived here" |
76 Sloane Street Brompton SW1X 9SF |
1959 | 23 | ||
Austin Dobson (1840–1911) |
"Poet and Essayist lived here" |
10 Redcliffe Street Chelsea SW10 9DT |
1959 | 669 | ||
Frank Dobson (1886–1963) |
"Sculptor lived here" |
14 Harley Gardens Chelsea SW10 9SW |
1993 | 369 | ||
George Eliot (1819–1880) |
"NOVELIST died here" |
4 Cheyne Walk Chelsea SW3 5QZ |
1949 | 63 | ||
T. S. Eliot O.M. (1888–1965) |
"POET lived and died here" |
3 Kensington Court Gardens Kensington W8 5QE |
1986 | 500 | ||
Sir Luke Fildes (1844–1927) |
"Artist lived here 1878–1927" |
Woodland House, 31 Melbury Road Holland Park W14 8AB |
1959 | 338 | ||
Admiral Robert Fitzroy (1805–1865) |
"Hydrographer and Meteorologist lived here" |
38 Onslow Square Chelsea SW7 3NS |
1981 | 303 | ||
Sir Alexander Fleming (1881–1955) |
"Discoverer of penicillin lived here" |
20a Danvers Street Chelsea SW3 5AT |
1981 | 70 | ||
Ford Madox Ford (1873–1939) |
"Novelist and Critic lived here" |
80 Campden Hill Road Holland Park W8 7AA |
1973 | 341 | ||
Robert Fortune (1812–1880) |
"Plant collector lived here 1857–1880" |
9 Gilston Road Chelsea SW10 9SJ |
1998 | 715 | ||
Ugo Foscolo (1778–1827) |
"Italian Poet and Patriot lived here 1817–1818" |
19 Edwardes Square Kensington W8 6HE |
1998 | 680 | ||
Henry Watson Fowler (1858-1933) |
"Grammarian and Lexicographer lived here 1900-1903" |
14 Paultons Square Chelsea SW3 5AP |
2016 | 42098 | ||
Rosalind Franklin (1920–1958) |
"Pioneer of the study of molecular structures including DNA lived here 1951–1958" |
Donovan Court, Drayton Gardens Chelsea SW10 9QS |
1992 | 496 | ||
Sir Charles James Freake (1814–1884) |
"Builder and Patron of the Arts lived here" |
21 Cromwell Road South Kensington SW7 2JB |
1981 | 4 | ||
James Anthony Froude (1818–1894) |
"HISTORIAN and MAN OF LETTERS Lived here" |
5 Onslow Gardens Chelsea SW7 2JB |
1934 | 195 | ||
Dennis Gabor (1900–1979) |
"Physicist and Inventor of Holography lived here" |
79 Queen's Gate Knightsbridge SW7 5JU |
2006 | 536 | ||
Mrs Gaskell (1810–1865) |
"Novelist Born Here" |
93 Cheyne Walk Chelsea SW10 0DQ |
1913 | 380 | ||
Sir W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911) |
"Dramatist Lived here" |
39 Harrington Gardens South Kensington SW7 4JU |
1929 | 208 | ||
George Gissing (1857–1903) |
"Novelist lived here 1882–1884" |
33 Oakley Gardens Chelsea SW3 5QH |
1975 | 32 | ||
George Godwin (1813–1888) |
"Architect, Journalist and Social Reformer lived here" |
24 Alexander Square South Kensington SW3 2AU GodwinPlaque.jpg |
1969 | 1095 | ||
Kenneth Grahame (1859–1932) |
"Author of "THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS" lived here 1901–1908" |
16 Phillimore Place Holland Park W8 7BU |
1959 | 9622 | ||
Percy Grainger (1882–1961) |
"Australian Composer Folklorist and Pianist lived here" |
31 King's Road Chelsea SW3 4RP |
1988 | 4736 | ||
Walter Greaves (1846–1930) |
"Artist lived here 1855–1897" |
104 Cheyne Walk Chelsea SW10 0DQ |
1973 | 2127 | ||
Joyce Grenfell (1910–1979) |
"Entertainer and Writer lived here in flat No.8 1957–1979" |
34 Elm Park Gardens Chelsea SW10 9NZ |
2003 | 1100 | ||
François Guizot (1787–1874) |
"French Politician and historian lived here 1848–1849" |
21 Pelham Crescent South Kensington SW7 2NR |
2001 | 1094 | ||
King Haakon VII (1872–1957) |
"KING HAAKON VII 1872–1957 led the Norwegian government-in-exile here 1940–1945" |
10 Palace Green Kensington W8 4QA |
2005 | 171 | The building is the official residence of the Ambassador of Norway.[1] | |
Radclyffe Hall (1880–1943) |
"Novelist and Poet lived here 1924–1929" |
7 Holland Street Kensington W8 4LX |
1992 | 198 | ||
Tony Hancock (1924–1968) |
"Comedian lived here 1952–1958" |
20 Queen's Gate Place South Kensington SW7 5NY |
2014 | 30758 | ||
Joseph Aloysius Hansom (1803–1882) |
"Architect, founder-editor of The Builder and inventor of the Hansom Cab lived here" |
27 Sumner Place Chelsea SW7 3NT |
1980 | 113 | ||
Sir Edward Henry (1850–1931) |
"Metropolitan Police Commissioner 1903–1918 and Pioneer of Fingerprint Identification lived here 1903–1920" |
19 Sheffield Terrace Holland Park W8 7NQ |
2001 | 422 | ||
Philip Arnold Heseltine (aka Peter Warlock) (1894–1930) |
"Composer lived here" |
30 Tite Street Chelsea SW3 4JA |
1984 | 56 | ||
Sir Alfred Hitchcock (1899–1980) |
"Film Director lived here 1926–1939" |
153 Cromwell Road South Kensington SW5 0TQ |
1999 | 35 | ||
William Holman-Hunt O. M. (1827–1910) |
"Painter Lived and died here" |
18 Melbury Road Holland Park W14 8LT |
1923 | 243 | ||
William Henry Hudson (1880–1943) |
""THE HOUSE WHERE I WAS BORN IN THE SOUTH AMERICAN PAMPAS... W.H.HUDSON." HUDSON'S FRIENDS SOCIETY OF QUILMES, NEAR BUENOS AIRES, WHERE THE GREAT WRITER WAS BORN ON AUGUST 4TH 1841, AND WHERE HE SPENT HIS YOUTH, HAS PLACED THIS BRONZE TABLET AT 40 SAINT LUKE'S ROAD, LONDON, THE HOUSE IN WHICH HUDSON LIVED HIS LAST YEARS, AND DIED ON AUGUST 18, 1922" |
40 St Luke's Road Westbourne Park W11 1DH |
1938 | 33149 | ||
John Ireland (1879–1962) |
"Composer lived here" |
14 Gunter Grove Chelsea SW10 0UN |
1996 | 51 | ||
Henry James (1843–1916) |
"WRITER lived here 1886–1902" |
34 De Vere Gardens Kensington W8 5AQ |
1949 | 689 | ||
Earl Jellicoe O. M. (1859–1935) |
Admiral of the Fleet EARL JELLICOE O.M. 1859–1935 lived here" |
25 Draycott Place Chelsea SW3 2SH |
1975 | 120 | ||
Jerome K. Jerome (1859–1927) |
"Author Wrote Three Men in a Boat while living here at flat 104" |
91–104 Chelsea Gardens, Chelsea Bridge Road Chelsea SW1W 8RQ |
1989 | 7167 | ||
Jinnah (aka Quaid i Azam) (1876–1948) |
"founder of Pakistan stayed here in 1895" |
35 Russell Road Holland Park W14 8HU |
1955 | 1289 | ||
Augustus John (1878–1861) |
"This house was built for AUGUSTUS JOHN 1878–1961 Painter" |
28 Mallord Street Chelsea SW3 6DU |
1981 | 9887 | ||
James Joyce (1882–1941) |
"Author lived here in 1931" |
28 Campden Grove Holland Park W8 4JQ |
1994 | 8679 | ||
Charles Kingsley (1819–1875) |
"Writer lived here" |
56 Old Church Street Chelsea SW3 5BD |
1979 | 540 | ||
Louis Kossuth (1802–1894) |
"Hungarian Patriot stayed here" |
39 Chepstow Villas Notting Hill W11 3DP |
1959 | 342 | ||
Edward McKnight Kauffer and Marion Dorn (1890-1954) (1896-1964) |
"Designers lived here in flats 139/141" |
Swan Court, Chelsea Manor Street Chelsea SW3 5RT |
2015 | 39683 | ||
Sir Osbert Lancaster (1908-1986) |
"Cartoonist and Writer was born here" |
79 Elgin Crescent Notting Hill W11 2JE |
2015 | 39818 | ||
Lillie Langtry (1853–1929) |
"Actress lived here" |
21 Pont Street (now the Cadogan Hotel) Chelsea SW1X 9SG |
1980 | 422 | ||
Lansdowne House | "In these studios lived and worked the artists CHARLES RICKETTS 1866–1931 CHARLES SHANNON 1863–1937 GLYN PHILPOT 1863–1937 VIVIAN FORBES 1891–1937 JAMES PRYDE 1866–1941 and F.CAYLEY ROBINSON 1862–1927" |
Lansdowne House, 80 Lansdowne Road Notting Hill W11 2LS |
1979 | 127 |
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Sir John Lavery (1856–1941) |
"Painter lived here 1899–1940" |
5 Cromwell Place South Kensington SW7 2JE |
1966 | 621 | ||
Andrew Bonar Law (1858–1923) |
"Prime Minister lived here" |
24 Onslow Gardens South Kensington SW7 3AL |
1958 | 206 | ||
W. E. H. Lecky (1838–1903) |
"Historian and Essayist lived and died here" |
38 Onslow Gardens Chelsea SW7 3PY |
1955 | 640 | ||
Leigh Hunt (1924–1968) |
"Essayist & Poet Lived Here" |
22 Upper Cheyne Row Chelsea SW3 5JN |
1905 | 153 | ||
Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton (1830–1896) |
"Painter lived and died here" |
Leighton House, 12 Holland Park Road Holland Park W14 8LZ |
1958 | 389 | ||
Percy Wyndham Lewis (1882–1957) |
"Painter and Writer lived here" |
61 Palace Gardens Terrace Kensington W8 4RU |
1983 | 637 | ||
Jenny Lind (aka Madame Goldschmidt) (1820–1887) |
"Singer Lived Here" |
189 Old Brompton Road South Kensington SW5 OBA |
1909 | 674 | ||
Sir Norman Lockyer (1836–1920) |
"Astronomer, Physicist and Founder of Nature lived here 1876–1920" |
16 Penywern Road Earls Court SW5 9ST |
2003 | 460 | ||
David Low (1891–1963) |
"Cartoonist lived here at No. 33" |
Melbury Court, Kensington High Street Kensington W8 6NH |
1991 | 383 | ||
Stéphane Mallarmé (1842–1898) |
"Poet stayed here in 1863" |
6 Brompton Square Knightsbridge SW3 2AA |
1959 | 435 | ||
Baron Carlo Marochetti (1805–1867) |
"Sculptor lived here 1851–1867" |
32 Onslow Square Kensington SW7 3NS |
2010 | 2734 | ||
James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879) |
"Physicist lived here" |
16 Palace Gardens Terrace Kensington W8 4RP |
1923 | 9621 | ||
Phil May (1864–1903) |
"Artist lived and worked here" |
20 Holland Park Road Holland Park W14 8LZ |
1982 | 982 | ||
George Meredith O. M. (1828–1909) |
"Poet and novelist lived here" |
7 Hobury Street Chelsea SW10 0JP |
1976 | 10028 | ||
John Stuart Mill (1806–1873) |
"Philosopher Lived Here" |
18 Kensington Square South Kensington W8 5HH |
1907 | 2929 | ||
Sir John Everett Millais P.R.A (1829–1896) |
"PAINTER Lived and died here" |
2 Palace Gate Kensington W8 5NF |
1926 | 31138 | ||
A. A. Milne (1882–1956) |
"Author lived here" |
13 Mallord Street Chelsea SW3 6DT |
1979 | 8652 | ||
Charles Morgan (1894–1958) |
"Novelist and Critic lived and died here" |
16 Campden Hill Square Holland Park W8 7JY |
1992 | 4966 | ||
John Pierpoint Morgan (1837–1913) and Junius S. Morgan (1813–1890) |
"International Bankers lived here" |
14 Princes Gate, Kensington Gore Kensington SW7 1PU |
2004 | 4304 | ||
Sir Archibald McIndoe (1872–1949) |
"Reconstructive Surgeon lived here in flat 14" |
Avenue Court, Draycott Avenue Chelsea SW3 3BU |
2000 | 4362 | ||
Jawaharlal Nehru (1889–1964) |
"First Prime Minister of India lived here in 1910 and 1912" |
60 Elgin Crescent Notting Hill W11 2JJ |
1989 | 363 | ||
Sir Henry Newbolt (1862–1938) |
"Poet lived here" |
29 Campden Hill Road Holland Park W8 7DX |
1994 | 62 | ||
Sir William Orpen (1878–1931) |
"Painter lived here" |
8 South Bolton Gardens South Kensington SW5 0DH |
1978 | 611 | ||
Samuel Palmer (1805–1881) |
"Artist lived here 1851–1861" |
6 Douro Place Kensington W8 5PH |
1972 | 375 | ||
Emmeline Pankhurst (1858–1928) and Dame Christabel Pankhurst (1880–1958) |
"Campaigners for Women's Suffrage lived here" |
50 Clarendon Road Notting Hill W11 3AD |
2006 | 582 | ||
Sylvia Pankhurst (1882–1960) |
"Campaigner for Women's Rights lived here" |
120 Cheyne Walk Chelsea SW10 0ES |
1985 | 473 | ||
Hubert Parry (1848–1918) |
"MUSICIAN lived here" |
17 Kensington Square Kensington W8 5HH |
1949 | 329 | ||
Walter Pater (1839–1894) |
"Aesthete and Writer lived and worked here 1885–1893" |
12 Earls Terrace Kensington W8 6LP |
2004 | 401 | ||
Mervyn Peake (1911–1968) |
"Author and Artist lived here 1960–1968" |
1 Drayton Gardens Chelsea SW10 9RL |
1996 | 387 | ||
Francis Place (1771–1854) |
"Political Reformer lived here 1833–1851" |
21 Brompton Square Knightsbridge SW3 2AD |
1961 | 605 | ||
Sir Nigel Playfair (1874–1934) |
"Actor-Manager lived here" |
26 Pelham Crescent South Kensington SW7 2NR |
1965 | 574 | ||
Ezra Pound (1885–1972) |
"Poet lived here 1909–1914" |
10 Kensington Church Walk Holland Park W8 4NB |
2004 | 302 | ||
Count Edward Raczynski (1891–1993) |
"Polish Statesman Lived here 1967–1993" |
8 Lennox Gardens Brompton SW1X 0DG |
2004 | 267 | ||
John Rae (1813–1893) |
"Arctic Explorer lived and died here" |
4 Lower Addison Gardens Holland Park W14 8BQ |
2011 | 7405 | ||
Dame Marie Rambert (1888–1982) |
"Founder of Ballet Rambert lived here" |
19 Campden Hill Gardens Holland Park W8 7AX |
1997 | 566 | ||
Sir William Ramsay (1852–1916) |
"Chemist Discoverer of the Noble Gases lived here 1887–1902" |
12 Arundel Gardens Notting Hill W11 2LA |
2011 | 5858 | ||
Sir Terence Rattigan (1911–1977) |
"Playwright was born here" |
100 Cornwall Gardens Kensington SW7 4BQ |
2005 | 229 | ||
Jean Rhys (1890–1979) |
"Writer lived here in Flat 22 1936–1938" |
Paultons House, Paultons Square Chelsea SW3 5DU |
2012 | |||
George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon (1827–1909) |
"Viceroy of India lived here" |
9 Chelsea Embankment Chelsea SW3 4LE |
1959 | 83 | ||
Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882) and Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837–1909) |
"lived here" |
16 Cheyne Walk Chelsea SW3 5RA |
1949 | 505 | ||
Sir William Rothenstein (1872–1945) |
"Painter and Writer lived here 1899–1902" |
1 Pembroke Cottages, Edwardes Square Kensington W8 6HE |
2000 | 487 | ||
Eugen Sandow (1867–1925) |
"Body-Builder and Promoter of Physical Culture lived and died here" |
161 Holland Park Avenue Holland Park W11 4UX |
2009 | 362 | ||
Sir Malcolm Sargent (1895–1967) |
"Conductor lived and died in a flat in this building" |
Albert Hall Mansions, Kensington Gore Kensington SW7 2AN |
1992 | 126 | ||
John F. Sartorius (c.1775-c.1830) |
"SPORTING PAINTER lived here 1807–1812" |
155 Old Church Street Chelsea SW3 6EB |
1963 | 43 | ||
Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967) |
"Writer lived here 1925–1932" |
23 Campden Hill Square Holland Park W8 7JY |
1996 | 265 | ||
Robert Falcon Scott (1811–1878) |
"ANTARCTIC EXPLORER lived here" |
56 Oakley Street Chelsea SW3 5HB |
1935 | 668 | ||
Lao She (1899–1966) |
"Chinese writer lived here 1925–1928" |
31 St James's Gardens Notting Hill W11 4RE |
2003 | 57 | ||
Jean Sibelius (1865–1957) |
"Composer lived here in 1909" |
15 Gloucester Walk Holland Park W8 4HZ |
1995 | 635 | ||
Sir John Simon (1816–1904) |
"Pioneer of Public Health lived here" |
40 Kensington Square Kensington W8 5HP |
1959 | 125 | ||
Maharajah Duleep Singh (1838–1893) |
"Last Ruler of Lahore lived here 1881–1886" |
53 Holland Park Holland Park W11 3RS |
2005 | 92 | ||
Sir Charles Stanford (1852–1924) |
"Musician lived here 1894–1916" |
56 Hornton Street Holland Park W8 4NU |
1961 | 556 | ||
Howard Staunton (1810–1874) |
"British World Chess Champion lived here 1871–1874" |
117 Lansdowne Road Notting Hill W11 2LF |
1999 | 533 | ||
Philip Wilson Steer (1860–1942) |
"PAINTER lived and died here" |
109 Cheyne Walk Chelsea SW10 0DJ |
1967 | 135 | ||
Sir Leslie Stephen (1832–1904) |
"Scholar and writer lived here" |
22 Hyde Park Gate Kensington SW7 5DH |
1960 | 91 | ||
Bram Stoker (1847–1912) |
"Author of Dracula lived here" |
18 St Leonard's Terrace Chelsea SW3 4QG |
1977 | 396 | ||
Marcus Stone (1840–1921) |
"Artist lived here 1877–1921" |
8 Melbury Road Holland Park W14 8LN |
1994 | 692 | ||
John McDouall Stuart (1815–1866) |
"First Explorer to cross Australia lived and died here" |
9 Campden Hill Square Holland Park W8 9LB |
1962 | 191 | ||
Dame Ellen Terry (1847–1928) |
"ACTRESS lived here" |
22 Barkston Gardens Earls Court SW5 0ER |
1951 | 634 | ||
William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863) |
"NOVELIST LIVED HERE" |
2 Palace Green Kensington W8 4QB |
1887 | 527 | 2 Palace Green is now the Embassy of Israel, London. Photography is generally prohibited; the taking of this photograph was authorised by an on-duty police officer on the day. | |
William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863) |
"Novelist Lived Here 1854–1862" |
36 Onslow Square Chelsea SW7 3NS |
1912 | 10052 | ||
William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863) |
"Novelist Lived Here" |
16 Young Street Kensington W8 5EH |
1905 | 3724 | ||
Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford (1753–1914) |
"Inventor and Adventurer lived here" |
168 Brompton Road Knightsbridge SW3 1HW |
1999 | 633 | ||
Dame Sybil Thorndike (1882–1976) |
"Actress lived here 1921–1932" |
6 Carlyle Square Chelsea SW3 6EX |
1998 | 33 | ||
Sir Hamo Thornycroft (1850–1925) |
"Sculptor lived here" |
2a Melbury Road Holland Park W14 8LP |
1957 | 168 | ||
Sir Herbert-Beerbohm Tree (1853–1917) |
"ACTOR-MANAGER lived here" |
31 Rosary Gardens South Kensington SW7 4NH |
1950 | 333 | ||
Samuel L. Clemens "Mark Twain" (1852–1925) |
"American Writer lived here in 1896-7" |
23 Tedworth Square Chelsea SW3 5DR |
1910 | 256 | ||
John Tweed (1869–1933) |
"Sculptor lived here" |
108 Cheyne Walk Chelsea SW10 0DJ |
1985 | 494 | ||
Evelyn Underhill (1875–1941) |
"Christian philosopher and teacher Lived here 1907–1939" |
50 Campden Hill Square Holland Park W8 7JR |
1990 | 81 | ||
Chaim Weizmann (1874–1942) |
"Scientist and Statesman First President of the State of Israel lived here" |
67 Addison Road Holland Park W14 8JL |
1980 | 340 | ||
Elisabeth Welch (1904–2003) |
"Singer lived here in Flat 1" |
Ovington Court, Ovington Gardens, off Brompton Road Kensington SW5 1LB |
2012 | 9482 | ||
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834–1903) |
"Painter and Etcher Lived here" |
96 Cheyne Walk Chelsea SW10 0DQ |
1925 | 203 | ||
William Wilberforce (1759–1833) |
"Opponent of Slavery died here" |
44 Cadogan Place Chelsea, SW1X 9RU |
1961 | 96 | ||
Jane Francesca, Lady Wilde "Speranza" (1821–1901) |
"Poet and Essayist lived here 1887–1896" |
87 Oakley Street Chelsea SW3 5NP |
2000 | 493 | ||
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) |
"Wit and dramatist lived here" |
34 Tite Street Chelsea SW3 4JA |
1954 | 287 |
See also
References
- ↑ Norwegian Ambassador's residence, Norwegian-British Chamber of Commerce website
External links
Media related to Blue plaques in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea at Wikimedia Commons