Blue Plaques

Records in this Volume

1. Summary

   Wrote the lyrics of Edward Elgar’s Coronation Ode, including the words of “Land of Hope and Glory”.

2. Summary

   Architect and artist closely associated with Windsor, particularly St. George’s Chapel and Windsor Castle.

3. Summary

   Founder and original editor of The Windsor and Eton Express. Journalist and philanthropist

4. Summary

   Awarded the VC for rescuing a wounded Egyptian Officer whilst under fire during the Sudan Campaign.

5. Summary

   One of the greatest railway and telegraph pioneers, inventor and owner of Clewer Park

6. Summary

   Composer of many major orchestral works including the Enigma Variations and the Pomp and Circumstance Marches.

7. Summary

   The singing postman, he is commemorated as a local historian, a huge part of the WHLG, and lifelong Windsorian.

8. Summary

   Master builder of racing boats in Eton and Seattle. He was also a champion sculler.

9. Summary

   Pioneer in wireless communication and inventor of the radio.

10. Summary

    Famous actor and playwright who lived in the village of Littlewick Green from 1928 to 1951.

11. Summary

    5 times Mayor of Maidenhead, and a local benefactor. In 1890 he presented Kidwells Park to the town. I

12. Summary

    Open Golf champion in 1904 and had been the professional at Sunningdale Golf Club since 1902 for 25 years.

13. Summary

    An English poet, a man of letters and a civil servant during the time of Oliver Cromwell.

14. Summary

    The author who wrote the classic ‘Wind in the Willows‘, a children’s classic, published in 1908.

15. Summary

    Born at the Victoria Barracks, Windsor and awarded the Victoria Cross in WWI at the Battle of the River Selle in October 1918.

16. Summary

    Novelist and historical writer who resided in Windsor for 30 years and produced more than 120 separate works.

17. Summary

    Social reformer. Commemorated for helping the impoverished women at The Limes in Clewer Village.

18. Summary

    Founder of Windsor Heritage in 1967, being President between 1993-1998 and also President of the Chamber of Commerce.

19. Summary

    An artist, writer, and English Bluestocking. Delany was well-liked by King George III and Queen Charlotte.

20. Summary

    Commemorated as a pioneering novelist, writer of Court Journals & Second Keeper of the Robes to Queen Charlotte (1786 – 91), and Bluestocking.

21. Summary

    Awarded the Victoria Cross in Loos, France, for actions in 1915. He lived in Windsor from 1919- 1940 and was a commissionaire at the White Hart Hotel.

22. Summary

    On 15 Dec 1900, Engleheart was awarded the Victoria Cross for an act of extreme bravery carried out under direct enemy fire during the Second Boer War.

23. Summary

    A successful printer and publisher in London, bequeathed house and land for the poor of Waltham St Lawrence.

24. Summary

    Renowned radio and TV broadcaster. A BAFTA, a lecture and a Cancer Charity have been set up in his memory.

25. Summary

    Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis from 1903 to 1918. Best known as the inventor of the ‘Henry’ Finger Printing Classification System.

26. Summary

    Chief Architect of New Delhi, the designer of the Whitehall Cenotaph and the George V Memorial in Windsor.

27. Summary

    British composer, organist at St George’s Chapel from 1927. Established the RAF bands, composing the well-known Royal AIR Force March Past.

28. Summary

    Designer for Hawker Aircraft Company, including the Hurricane, Typhoon, Tempest, Sea Fury, Hunter, and major innovative parts of the Harrier.

29. Summary

    A successful 19th-century military commander, with important victories during the 2nd Afghan War and revitalised the campaign in the Boer War. Awarded the VC during the Indian Mutiny.

30. Summary

    The Windsor Martyrs were English Protestants who were burned at the stake and martyred at Windsor in 1543. Image:

31. Summary

    The Kindertransport Hero: saved the lives of 669 Jewish children before they were sent to concentration camps and has created a lasting legacy. A Freeman of the Borough.

32. Summary

    He left £500 in his will to allow the building of the Royal Free School on Church Lane. It opened in 1726 with pupils moving from temporary accommodation thought to be at the local Church Vestry.

33. Summary

    One of the leading British artists of the interwar period. Born and lived at Fernlea, High Street, Cookham.

34. Summary

    Commemorates the origin of civic life in Maidenhead.

35. Summary

    Commemorated as the walkway through to Alexandra Gardens, the land of which was donated by Sir Jesse Boot.

36. Summary

    Commemorates Joseph Taylor, who obtained the removal of tolls in 1898, and Charles Hollis, architect of the cast-iron 1824 Windsor Bridge.

37. Summary

    Recognised by the FA and FIFA as the world’s oldest senior football ground in continuous use by the same club.

38. Summary

    Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, R.A., and unveiled by King George VI on 23rd April I937 on the site of the old Brewery.

39. Summary

    At fifty-one feet ten inches in length is recorded as the shortest street in Britain.

40. Summary

    Originally a nurse's home, it became a hospital. Shows close links between Windsor and the Royal family. Finally closed in 2005.