Showing posts with label Kensal Green Cemetery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kensal Green Cemetery. Show all posts
18 October 2012

Kensal Green Cemetery Revisited: London #35

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  The grave of Mary Scott Hogarth (1819–37), a girl much loved by her brother-in-law Charles Dickens. Dickens's hated mother-in...
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16 May 2012

Charles Dickens Connections in Kensal Green Cemetery, London

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The grave of Robert Bell (1800–67) is now illegible. He was born in Cork, Ireland, and moved to London where he first worked as an editor fo...
15 May 2012

Lord Byron's Friend, John Cam Hobhouse, in Kensal Green Cemetery, London

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'IN MEMORY OF JOHN CAM HOBHOUSE, BART. BARON BROUGHTON DE GYFFORD, G. C. B. BORN JUNE 27TH. 1786. DIED JUNE 3RD. 1869.' HE WAS EMI...

William Mulready in Kensal Green Cemetery, London

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'WILLIAM MULREADY ARTIST ROYAL ACADEMICIAN KNIGHT OF THE LEGION OF HONOR BORN AT ENNIS IRELAND. A. D. 1786 DIED IN LONDON A. D. 1863...
14 May 2012

Thomas Hood's Grave, Kensal Green Cemetery, London

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'HE SANG THE SONG OF THE SHIRT IN MEMORY OF THOMAS HOOD BORN 23RD. MAY 1798. DIED 3RD. MAY 1845. ––––––––––––––– ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUB...
12 May 2012

George Cruickshank's Grave, Kensal Green Cemetery, London

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'In Loving Memory OF GEORGE CRUICKSHANK, ARTIST, DESIGNER, ETCHER, PAINTER, BORN SEPT. 27TH., 1792, DIED FEBY. 1ST., 1878, AT 263 HAMPST...

Isabella Glyn's Grave, Kensal Green Cemetery, London

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'HERE RESTS ALL THAT WAS MORTAL OF THE CELEBRATED TRAGEDIAN ISABELLA GLYN (WIDOW OF E. S. DALLAS) BORN 22 MAY 1823. DIED 18 MAY 1889. A...
7 May 2012

Robert Owen, and the Reformers' Memorial, Kensal Green, London

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The cenotaph to Robert Owen, who was buried in Newtown, Montgomeryshire, Wales, is fittingly at the side of the Reformers' Memorial. ...
6 May 2012

Charles Mackay's Grave in Kensal Green Cemetery, London

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The grave of Charles Mackay (1814–1889) has (on top) a dove with a lyre, which is now broken. Mackay was a Scottish poet and jour...
30 April 2012

Tom Clarke's Grave: Kensal Green Cemetery #4

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'TOM CLARKE writer 7 NOVEMBER 1918 14 JANUARY 1993' One of the pleasures of wandering around cemeteries is that you ...