Subjects of historical plaques - R

John Radburne
draper
Radford
(d.1937) house
Sir Dr Thomas Stamford Raffles FRS LLD
(1781-1826) Doctor of Law
Railway Dock
(1846-1968) dock
Raleigh Company
(1888-present) company
Dr Mabel Ramsay
(1878-1954) Doctor - Bachelor of Medicine MBBS
Frank Raney
Royal Carriage Factory (South Range)
Joseph Rank
(1854-1943) founder of the milling firm of Joseph Rank Ltd
Ronald Reagan
(1911-2004) actor
Henry Redmore
(1820-1887) marine artist
Ada Rehan
(1859-1916) actor
Rest House, Birmingham
(1913-present) house
Edwin Francis Reynolds
(1875-1949) architect
Sir Harry Ricardo
(1885-1974) mechanical engineer
Arnold Richardson
(1914-1973) organist
Tony Richardson
(1928-1991) film maker
Thomas M. Richardson Jnr.
(1813-1890) watercolourist
William Marsh Rigden
landowner
Rainer Maria Rilke
(1875-1926) poet
Ritz Ballroom
(1960-1970) club
W. Graham Robertson
(1866-1948) painter
Paul Robeson
(1898-1976) singer
Noah Robinson
Roedean School
(1885-present) school
William Rogers
inn keeper
Rohesia Beket
Sax Rohmer
(1883-1959) creator of Dr Fu Manchu
Romain Rolland
(1866-1944) writer
John Rollings
(1850-1909) Director of STAR Cycles Cars and Commercial Vehicles
Rolls Office
office
Rolls-Royce
company
George Romney
(1734-1802) painter
Thomas Rose DFC
(1895-1968) aviation pioneer
Sir Alec Rose
(1908-1991) sailor
Edith Rosen
Holocaust victim
Margot Rosen
Holocaust victim
Isaac Rosenberg
(1890-1918) poet
Sir Ronald Ross KCB
(1857-1932) discoverer of the mosquito transmission of malaria
Edmond Rostand
(1868-1918) poet
Rotary International
(1905-present) society
Joseph Rowntree
(1836-1925) Chairman of Rowntree's
Major General William Roy
(1726-1790) British Army Major General
Royal Hotel, Weymouth
hotel
Royal Pavilion Elm
tree
Royalty Theatre, Llanelli
(1892-1977) theatre royal
George Rushton
John Ruskin
(1819-1900) man of letters
Farley's Rusks
(1880-present) biscuit
Walter Ruttin
Holocaust victim