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Unveiling the Lee Miller and Sir Roland Penrose Blue Plaque Unveiling the Lee Miller and Sir Roland Penrose Blue Plaque.Blue plaques, erected in London since 1867, are among the most familiar features of the capital’s streetscape. They adorn the façades of buildings in areas as different as Primrose Hill, Soho and Wimbledon; some of these buildings are grand, others look very ordinary, but all are connected by the fact that a remarkable person lived or worked there at some point in history.
 
Blue plaques celebrate great figures of the past and the buildings that they inhabited. They open a window into another time by showing us where the great and the good have penned their masterpieces, developed new technologies, lived or died. Actors, authors, politicians, painters, scientists, sportsmen, campaigners and reformers – people from different countries, cultures and backgrounds – have all been commemorated in this way.
 
The London blue plaques scheme has been run by English Heritage since 1986, and continues to grow at a rate of around 10-15 plaques each year. In their full range, totalling over 800, the capital’s plaques build up a fascinating picture of the varied activities of different ages and the achievements of London’s myriad residents.
 
A pilot extension of the blue plaques scheme on a national basis took place in 1998-2005; in these years, plaques were erected in Liverpool & Merseyside, Birmingham, Portsmouth and Southampton.

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GABOR, Dennis (1900-1979),
Physicist and, Inventor of Holography, lived here
79 Queen’s Gate, SW7
Kensington & Chelsea 2006

GAGE, Thomas (1721-1787),
Commander of British Forces in North America, lived here.
41 Portland Place, W1
Westminster 1996

GAINSBOROUGH, Thomas (1727-1788),
Artist, lived here.
80 - 82 Pall Mall, SW1
Westminster 1951
Note: Replaces plaque up in 1881 by RSA at No. 80.

GAITSKELL, Hugh (1906-1963),
Statesman, lived here.
18 Frognal Gardens, Hampstead, NW3
Camden 1986

GALSWORTHY, John
See also ADAM, Robert

GALSWORTHY, John (1867-1933),
Novelist and Playwright, lived here 1918-1933.
Grove Lodge, Admiral's Walk, NW3
Camden 1950

GALTON, Sir Francis (1822-1911),
Explorer, Statistician, and Founder of Eugenics, lived here for fifty years.
42 Rutland Gate, SW7
Westminster 1959
Note: Put up privately and taken over by the LCC in 1959.

GANDHI, Mahatma (1869-1948),
stayed here in 1931
Kingsley Hall, Powis Road, E3
Tower Hamlets 1954

GANDHI, Mahatma (1869-1948),
lived here as a law student.
20 Baron's Court Road, W14
Hammersmith and Fulham 1986

GANDY, Joseph Michael (1771-1843),
Architectural, Visionary, lived here, 1833-1838
58 Grove Park Terrace, London, W4
Hounslow 2006

GARRETT ANDERSON, Elizabeth (1836-1917),
the first woman to qualify as a Doctor in Britain, lived here.
20 Upper Berkeley Street, W1
Westminster 1962

GARRETT, Millicent
See FAWCETT

GARRICK, David
See also ADELPHI TERRACE

GARRICK, David (1717-1779),
Actor, lived here.
Garrick's Villa, Hampton Court Road,
Richmond-upon-Thames 1970

GARTHWAITE, Anna Maria (1690-1763),
Designer of Spitalfields Silks, lived and worked here.
2 Princelet Street, Spitalfields, E1
Tower Hamlets 1998

GARVEY, Marcus (1887-1940)
Pan-Africanist Leader, lived and died here
53 Talgarth Road, W14
Hammersmith and Fulham 2005

GASKELL, Mrs (1810-1865),
Novelist, born here.
93 Cheyne Walk, SW10
Kensington and Chelsea 1913

GERTLER, Mark (1891-1939),
Painter, lived here.
32 Elder Street, E1
Tower Hamlets 1975

GIBBON, Edward (1737-1792),
Historian, lived in a house on this site 1773-1783.
7 Bentinck Street, W1
Westminster 1964

GIBBONS, Grinling
See BOW STREET

GIBSON, Guy (1918-1944) V.C.,
Pilot, Leader of the, Dambusters Raid, lived here
32 Aberdeen Place, St John’s Wood, NW8
Westminster 2006

GILBERT, Sir W.S. (William Schwenck) (1836-1911),
Dramatist, lived here.
39 Harrington Gardens, SW7
Kensington and Chelsea 1929

GILBERT, W.S.
See GOODALL, Frederick

GILLIES, Sir Harold (1882-1960),
Pioneer Plastic Surgeon, lived here.
71 Frognal, Hampstead, NW3
Camden 1997

GISSING, George (1857-1903),
Novelist, lived here 1882-1884.
33 Oakley Gardens, SW3
Kensington and Chelsea 1975

GLADSTONE, W.E.
See also PITT, William, Earl of Chatham

GLADSTONE, W.E. (William Ewart).
In a house on this site lived from 1854 to 1875 Sir Charles LEYELL (1797-1875, Geologist, and from 1876-1882 W.E. GLADSTONE (1809-1898), Statesman.
73 Harley Street, W1
Westminster 1908

GLADSTONE, William Ewart (1809-1898),
Statesman, lived here.
11 Carlton House Terrace, SW1
Westminster 1925

GLAISHER, James (1809-1903),
Astronomer, Meteorologist and Pioneer of weather forecasting, lived here.
20 Dartmouth Hill, SE10
Lewisham 1974

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