C - London Blue Plaques
CALDECOTT, Randolph (1846-1886),
Artist and Book Illustrator, lived here.
46 Great Russell Street, WC2
Camden 1977
CAMPBELL, Colen (1676-1729),
Architect and Author of 'Vitruvius Britannicus', lived and died here.
76 Brook Street, W1
Westminster 1977
CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN, Sir Henry (1836-1908),
Prime Minister, lived here.
6 Grosvenor Place, SW1
Westminster 1959
CANAL, Antonio (CANALETTO) (1697-1768)
Antonio, Canal, called, Canaletto, (1697-1768)
Venetian Painter, Lived, here
41 Beak Street, W1
Westminster 1925
CANNING, George (1770-1827),
Statesman, lived here.
50 Berkeley Square, W1
Westminster 1979
CARLILE, Prebendary Wilson (1847-1942),
Founder of the Church Army, lived here.
34 Sheffield Terrace, W8
Kensington and Chelsea 1972
CARLYLE, Thomas (1795-1881),
Essayist and Historian, lived here.
33 Ampton Street, WC1
Camden 1907
CARTE, Richard D'Oyly
See ADELPHI TERRACE
CARTER, Howard (1874-1939),
Egyptologist and Discoverer of the tomb of Tutankhamun, lived here.
19 Collingham Gardens, SW5
Kensington and Chelsea 1999
CASLON, William.
The Foundry established by William Caslon, Typefounder (1692-1766) stood on this site 1737-1909.
21-23 Chiswell Street, EC1
Islington 1958
CASTLEREAGH, Viscount (1769-1822),
Statesman, lived and died here.
Loring Hall, Water Lane, North Cray
Bexley 1989
CATO STREET CONSPIRACY
Discovered here, 23 February 1820.
1a Cato Street, W1
Westminster 1977
CAVELL, Edith (1865-1915),
Pioneer of modern nursing in Belgium and Heroine of the Great War, trained and worked here 1896-1901.
London Hospital, Whitechapel, E1
Tower Hamlets 1988
CAVENDISH, Honble Henry,
Natural Philosopher, lived here, born 1731 died 1810.
11 Bedford Square, WC1
Camden c.1903
Note: Erected privately by the Duke of Bedford c.1903, adopted by the GLC in 1983.
CAYLEY, Sir George (1773-1857),
Scientist and Pioneer of Aviation, lived here.
20 Hertford Street, W1
Westminster 1962
CECIL, Robert Gascoyne
See SALISBURY, 3rd Marquess of
CECIL, Viscount, of Chelwood (1864-1958),
Creator of the League of Nations, lived here.
16 South Eaton Place, SW1
Westminster 1976
CETSHWAYO (c1832-1884),
King of the Zulus, stayed here, in 1882
18 Melbury Road, W14
Kensington & Chelsea 2006
CHADWICK, Sir Edwin (1801-1890),
Public Health Reformer, lived here
5 Montague Road, Richmond
Richmond Upon Thames 1992
CHAIN, Sir Ernst (1906-1979)
Biochemist and Developer of Penicillin, lived here
9 North View, Wimbledon Common, SW19
Merton 2003
CHAMBERLAIN, Joseph (1836-1914),
Statesman, lived here.
188 Camberwell Grove, SE5
Southwark 1920
CHAMBERLAIN, Joseph (1836-1914),
Statesman, lived here.
25 Highbury Place, N5
Islington 1915
CHAMBERLAIN, Neville (1869-1940),
Prime Minister, lived here 1923-1935.
37 Eaton Square, SW1
Westminster 1962
CHAMBERS, Dorothea Lambert (1878-1960)
Lawn Tennis Champion, lived here 1887-1907
7 North Common Road, W5
Ealing 2005
CHAMPAGNE CHARLIE
See LEYBOURNE, George
CHAPMAN, Herbert (1878-1934)
Football Manager, lived and died here
6 Haslemere Avenue, Hendon, NW4
Barnet 2005
CHARLES X (1757-1836),
last Bourbon King of France lived here 1805-1814.
72 South Audley Street, W1
Westminster 2000
CHARLES EDWARD STUART, Prince
See ESSEX STREET
CHATHAM, Earl of
See PITT, W
CHELSEA CHINA
was manufactured in a house at the north end of Lawrence Street 1745-1784. Tobias SMOLLETT (1721-1771), Novelist, also lived in part of the house from 1750 to 1762.
16 Lawrence Street, SW3
Kensington and Chelsea 1950
CHESTERFIELD, Philip 4th Earl of (1694-1774),
Statesman and Author, lived in this house.
Ranger’s House, Chesterfield Walk, SE10
Greenwich 1937
Note: Open to the public.
CHESTERTON, Gilbert Keith (1874-1936),
Poet, Novelist and Critic, lived here.
11 Warwick Gardens, W14
Kensington and Chelsea 1952
CHEVALIER, Albert (1861-1923),
Music Hall Comedian, was born here.
17 St Ann's Villas, W11
Kensington and Chelsea 1965
CHIPPENDALE, Thomas
the workshop of Thomas Chippendale and his son, Cabinet Makers, stood near this site 1753-1813.
61 St Martin's Lane, WC2
Westminster 1952
CHISHOLM, Caroline (1808-1877),
Philanthropist, 'The Emigrants' Friends', lived here.
32 Charlton Place, N1
Islington 1983
CHOPIN, Frederic
From this house in 1848 Frederic CHOPIN (1810-1849) went to the Guildhall to give his last public performance.
4 St James's Place, SW1
Westminster 1981
CHRISTIE, Dame Agatha (1890-1976)
Detective novelist and playwright, lived here 1934-1941
58 Sheffield Terrace, W8
Kensington and Chelsea 2001
CHURCHILL, Lord Randolph (1849-1895),
Statesman, lived here 1883-1892.
2 Connaught Place, W2
Westminster 1962
CHURCHILL, Sir Winston, KG (1874-1965),
Prime Minister, lived and died here.
28 Hyde Park Gate, Kensington Gore, SW7
Kensington and Chelsea 1985
CLAPHAM SECT
See WILBERFORCE, William
CLARKSON, Willy (1861-1934),
Theatrical Wigmaker, lived and died here.
41-43 Wardour Street, W1
Westminster 1966
CLAYTON, Reverend P.T.B. 'Tubby' (1885-1972),
Founder of Toc H, lived here.
43 Trinity Square, Tower Hill, EC3
Tower Hamlets 1995
CLEGHORN, Elizabeth
See GASKELL, Mrs.
CLEMENS, Samuel L.
See TWAIN, Mark
CLEMENTI, Muzio (1752-1832),
Composer, lived here.
128 Kensington Church Street, W8
Kensington and Chelsea 1963
CLIVE of India, Lord (1725-1774),
Soldier and Administrator, lived here.
45 Berkeley Square, W1
Westminster 1953
COBDEN, Richard (1804-1865),
Died Here.
23 Suffolk Street, SW1
Westminster 1905
COBDEN-SANDERSON, Thomas James (1840-1922),
Founded the Doves Bindery and Doves Press in this house, and later lived and died here.
15 Upper Mall, W6
Hammersmith and Fulham 1974
COBHAM, Sir Alan (1894-1973)
Aviator, was born here
78 Denman Road, SE15
Southwark 2003
COCHRANE, Thomas, Earl of Dundonald (1775-1860),
And later David, Earl BEATTY, OM (1871-1936), Admirals, lived here.
Hanover Lodge, Outer Circle, Regent's Park, NW1
Westminster 1974
COCKERELL, C.R. (Charles Robert) (1788-1863),
Architect and Antiquary, lived and died here.
13 Chester Terrace, NW1
Camden 1989
COLE, Sir Henry (1808-1882),
Campaigner and Educator, First Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum, lived here.
33 Thurloe Square, South Kensington, SW7
Kensington and Chelsea 1991
COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834),
Poet and Philosopher, lived here.
7 Addison Bridge Place, W14
Hammersmith and Fulham 1950
COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834),
Poet and Philosopher, lived in a house on this site 1812-1813
71 Berners Street, W1
Westminster 1905
Note: Plaque fixed 1905. Premises rebuilt and plaque refixed 1928. Plaque replaced by new one on same building in 1966.
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR, Samuel (1875-1912),
Composer of the 'Song of Hiawatha', lived here.
30 Dagnall Park, South Norwood, SE25
Croydon 1975
COLLINS MUSIC HALL
Was here from 1862-1958.
10-11 Islington Green, N1
Islington 1968
COLLINS, William Wilkie (1824-1889),
Novelist, lived here.
65 Gloucester Place, W1
Westminster 1951
COMPTON-BURNETT, Dame Ivy (1884-1969),
Novelist, lived here 1934-1969
5 Braemar Mansions, Cornwall Gardens, Kensington, SW7
Kensington and Chelsea 1994
CONAN DOYLE, Sir Arthur (1859-1930),
Creator of Sherlock Holmes, lived here 1891-1894.
12 Tennison Road, South Norwood, SE25
Croydon 1973
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924),
Novelist, lived here.
17 Gillingham Street, SW1
Westminster 1984
CONS, Emma (1837-1912),
Philanthropist and Founder of the Old Vic, lived here.
136 Seymour Place, W1
Westminster 1978
CONSTABLE, John (1776-1837),
Painter, lived here.
40 Well Walk, NW3
Camden 1923
COOK, Captain James (1728-1779),
Circumnavigator and Explorer, lived in a house on this site.
88 Mile End Road, E1
Tower Hamlets 1970
Note: A memorial tablet of slate erected in 1970 on the site of Cook's house with an inscription commemorating the bicentenary of his landing at Botany Bay, New South Wales
COPEMAN, Sydney Monckton (1862-1947),
Immunologist and Developer of smallpox vaccine, lived here.
57 Redcliffe Gardens, SW10
Kensington and Chelsea 1996
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