Subjects of historical plaques - L

Ladysmith Barracks
(1845-present) barracks

Sir General John Lambert GCB
(1772-1847) British Army General

Land of Green Ginger
street

Sir Allen Lane CH
(1902-1970) publisher

Canon Frederick Langbridge
(1849-1922) Canon

Canon Richard Langtree
(1883-1929) Canon

Rt Hon. George Lansbury PC MP
(1859-1940) Member of Parliament

Valery Larbaud
(1881-1957) poet

James Larkin
(1876-1947) trade union leader

Andrew Bonar Law
(1858-1923) Lord Privy Seal

Lawn Tennis
(1865-present) game

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
(1814-1873) writer

Hubert Le Sueur
(1580-1658) sculptor

Benjamin Williams Leader
(1831-1923) landscape artist

Leak & Thorp
company

Sir David Lean CBE
(1908-1991) director of many famous British films including Brief Encounter

Charles Lederman
(1913-1998) lawyer

Francis Ledwidge
(1887-1917) poet

Graham Lee
(1953-present) band member

Leeds General Infirmary
(1771-present) hospital

Cornelis Lely
(1854-1929) civil engineer

Maurice Lenihan
(1811-1895) journalist

William Lethaby
(1857-1931) architect

David Letterman
(1947-present) talk show host

Charles Lever
(1806-1872) novelist

John Spedan Lewis
(1885-1963)

Leyton Town Hall
town hall

Leytonstone House
house

Leyton Library
library

Eric Liddell
(1902-1945) teacher

Ray Lightwood
inventor of the variable rate pacemaker

Dr John Lingard DTh
(1771-1851) Catholic Priest

Mary Linskill
(1840-1891) writer

Hercules Linton
(1837-1900) designer of the Cutty Sark

Edward Lisle
(1852-1921) founder of STAR Cycles, Cars and Commercial Vehicles

Lismore Castle
(1602-present) castle

Littlegate
gate

Edward Lloyd
(1815-1890) publisher

Pietro Locatelli
(1695-1764) composer

Sir Norman Lockyer KCB FRS
(1836-1920) astronomer

La Longue Traboule
traboule

King Louis XIII of France
(1601-1643) King of France

Ada Lovelace
(1815-1852) pioneer of computing

William Lovely
(d.1887) civil servant

Vernon Lushington
(1832-1912) lawyer

Hubert Lyautey
(1854-1934) Maréchal de France