Dadabhai Naoroji - commemorative plaque

An interesting snipit of local news. Next month, 8 May, Islington Council will be unveiling a commemorative plaque to honour Dadabhai Naoroji MP(1825-1917), who was elected to Parliament representing Finsbury Central in 1892.

He has long been regarded by Islington as the first ever Asian MP. In 1993, Islington Council put up a plaque at Finsbury Town Hall saying: “The first Asian elected to the commons was Dadabhai Naoroji. He represented Central Finsbury for the Liberal Party from 1892-1895.”

The plaque will be placed outside Clerkenwell Parochial School in Naoroji Street.

Google images - found his old election poster - bit different from what we get shoved through our letter boxes these days.