Memorial tablet to Sir Walter Raleigh on the wall of St Margaret's Church

Date:
29 May 1903
Location:
St Margaret's Church, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London Authority
Reference:
BL17641
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

This memorial commemorates Sir Walter Raleigh (c.1552 -1618) who was executed following an unsuccessful expedition to search for El Dorado, during the course of which Raleigh defied the instructions of King James I of England and attacked the Spanish.

Content

This is part of the Series: HBL01/01 Series Of Photographic Negatives And Prints; within the Collection: HBL01 The Bedford Lemere Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Boucher, Adolphe Augustus: Bedford Lemere And Company

Client: Brushfield

Keywords

Stuart Wall Monument, Church, Stuart Commemorative Monument