Eleanor Marx (1855-1898), Socialist campaigner and youngest daughter of Karl Marx has been commemorated with an English Heritage Blue Plaque at 7 Jews Walk, Sydenham, SE26, London Borough of Lewisham where she lived from 1895 until her tragic death in 1898.
The legendary theatre architect Frank Matcham (1854 – 1920) was commemorated on 22 November 2007 with an English Heritage blue plaque at 10 Haslemere Road, London, N8, where he lived for nine years, from 1894 to 1904.
An English Heritage Blue Plaque for the anti-slavery campaigner and social reformer Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton (1786-1845) was unveiled at The Directors’ House, Old Truman Brewery, 91 Brick Lane, London
Edward Ardizzone (1900 – 1979), artist and illustrator, was commemorated with an English Heritage Blue Plaque at 11.30am on 3 May 2007, at 130 Elgin Avenue, Maida Vale, London, W9, where he lived and worked from 1920 to 1972.
Sir Michael Costa (1808-1884), pioneering Conductor and Orchestral Reformer, will be commemorated with an English Heritage Blue Plaque at 59 Eccleston Square, London, SW1, at 11am on 19 April 2007.
King Cetshwayo (c. 1826 – 1884), King of the Zulus, has today (Monday 30th October), been commemorated with an English Heritage Blue Plaque at 18 Melbury Road, London, W14, where he stayed in the Summer of 1882 following his exile from Zululand.
Kathleen ‘Kitty’ Godfree (1896-1992), Olympic and Wimbledon lawn tennis champion, was commemorated with an English Heritage blue plaque at 55 York Avenue, East Sheen, London, SW14, where she lived from 1936 to 1992.
Sir Laurence Gomme (1853-1916), an early pioneer of the Blue Plaques Scheme, will be honoured with the 800th Blue Plaque at a special ceremony at 11.30am on 12 May 2006 at 24 Dorset Square, London, NW1, where Gomme lived from 1895 to 1909.
Founders of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928) and her daughter Dame Christabel Pankhurst (1880-1958), were commemorated with a Blue Plaque on 24 February at 50 Clarendon Road, Holland Park, London W11.
One of the most renowned figures in the history of American broadcast journalism was commemorated with a Blue Plaque at Weymouth House, 84-94 Hallam Street, London W1, where he lived from 1938 to 1946.
The first King of Norway following its independence was commemorated with a blue plaque at the Residence of the Norwegian Ambassador, 10 Palace Green, London W8.