Plymouth Hoe Bollards

A few weeks ago, Tina and I went for a walk along Plymouth's sea-front.  As we walked along the Hoe, we spotted that there was a sort of art installation.  Polished vertical bollards marked the edge of the pavement and barred vehicles from going onto it.  Each one was inscribed with a name.  We didn't examine each one, but we recognised several of the names as belonging to famous people with some association with Plymouth.  Sir Francis Drake, famous for his naval exploits and for playing bowls on the Hoe itself.  Captain John MacArthur, a pioneer settler in Australia, and a rogue.  And many others.  We were curious about the bollards, so enquired at the Tourist Information Centre (TIC).  Surely such an interesting piece of art should be publicised?  The TIC didn't know much  - but from a file of odd information from behind the desk they produced a typed list, and said that they thought it might be on the internet.  Well, I searched, and found nothing.  Maybe Google hasn't found the page?  So, having scanned the list, and corrected a few omissions and errors, here is that list.  Perhaps Google will find this for other curious people?  And this post has very little to do with operational research ... though I suppose that if you do a piece of interesting work, which someone else might like to know about, in whatever sphere it is, get it out there!  (And if there are errors, please comment ...)

Plymouth Hoe Bollards -- famous people with associations in Plymouth

Hoe colonnade bollards

Order from east to west: 

Admiral Sir John Hawkins 1532-1595, Naval commissioner

Sir Martin Frobisher c1535-1594, Navigator

Sir Humphrey Gilbert,1539-1584, Navigator

Sir Francis Drake,1540-1596, English sea captain, privateer, navigator, slaver, and politician

Sir Richard Grenville,1541-1591, Sailor

Captain Philip Amadas,1550-1618, Navigator

Sir Walter Raleigh,1552-1618, Navigator

William Kemple,c1563-1601, Headmaster

Sir Ferdinand Georges,1565-1647, Soldier

Captain John Oxenham,d1580, Navigator

John Endecott,1588-1665, Colonizer

Admiral Albert Blake,1599-1657, Naval commander

King Charles II,1630-1655, Monarch

Elize Hele,d c1635, Benefactor

Henry Winstanley,1644-1703, Engineer

James Yonge,1647-1721, Surgeon?

Captain John Avery,b c1665, pirate

Alexander Selkirk,1675-1721, Sailor

Mary Read,1695-1720, Pirate

William Cookworthy 1705-1780, Chemist

Samuel Northcote,1703-1781, Clockmaker

Sir Joshua Reynolds,1723-1792, Artist

John Smeaton,1724-1792, Engineer

Rev Andrew Kinsmon,1724-1793, Preacher

Capt. James Cook,1723-1779, Explorer

Capt. Tobias Furneaux,1725-1781, Explorer

Thomas Northcote,1736-?, Artist

Robert Hawker,1753-1827, Preacher

Captain William Bligh,1754-1817, Navigator

Capt. John MacArthur,1757-1834, Australian Pioneer

Napoleon,1769-1821,French emperor

John Collier,1769-1849, Politician

Zachary Mudge,1770-1852, Admiral,-

John Foulston,1772-1841,Architect

Nicholas Toms Carrinton,1777-?, Poet

Sir John Colbornne,1778-1863, Battle of Waterloo hero

Samuel Prout,1783-1852,painter

Colonel Sir George Arthur 1784-1854, Colonizer

Major Edmund Lockyer,1784-1860, Colonizer

Benjamin R Hayden,1786-1846, Painter

Sir William Harris,1791-1867, Inventor

Jonathan Hearder,1791-1876, Scientist

Thomas Byrth,1793-1849, Theologian

Sir Charles Eastlake,1793- 1865, Artist

Thomas Holloway,1800-,1883, Medicine manufacturer

Sir John Kitto,1804-1854, Scholar

Samuel Phelps, 1804-1878, Actor

Isambard K Brunel,1806-1859, Engineer

Charles Darwin, 1809-1882, Naturalist

Captain William Mogg, 1811-1870, Explorer

John Yeo, 1813-1884, Businessman

William Derry, 1817-1903, Businessman

Able Seaman Hinckley, 1819-1904, Tai Ping Rebellion hero

Augustus Bampton, 1823-1857, Engineer

Mortimer Collins, 1827-1876, Writer

Francis Balkwill, 1837-1921, Dentist

Emma L Gifford, 1840-1912, wife of Thomas Hardy

Agnes Weston, 1840-1915, Philanthropist

Cora Pearl, 1842-1886, Courtesan

Stanley Gibbon, 1842-1913, Postage stamp collector

Lt. Sir Hohn Chard VC, 1847-1897, Rorkes Drift hero

Sir John Jackson, 1851-1919, Engineer

Marshall Stevens, 1852-1936, Engineer

William Greene, 1855-1921, Photographer

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,1859-1930 , Author

Sir Harry Moreton, 1864-1961, Musician

Albert Ballard, d 1969, Philanthropist

Robert F Scott, 1863-1912, Adventurer

Charles Brittan, 1870-1949, Painter

Sir Patrick Abercrombie,1879-1957, Architect / town planner

Lady Nancy Astor,1879-1964, Politican

Isaac Foot, 1880-1960, Politician

Thomas E Lawrence, 1888-1935, Arabist

Leslie Hawe Belisha, 1893-1957, Politician

Capt. Frederick J Walter, 1895-1944, Naval hero

James P Watson, 1898-1979, Engineer

Sir Francis Chichester,1901-1972, Adventurer

Harry `Bugler' Lake, 1902-1970, Boxer

Sir Dingle Foot, 1905-1978, Politician

Lord Caradon, 1907-1990, Diplomat

Baroness Vickers, 1907-1994, Politician

Stanley Bate, 1911-1959, Composer

Victor Canning, 1911-86, Novelist

Michael Foot, 1913-2010, Politician

Prof John Lawlor, 1918-1999, Scholar

Richard Greene, 1918-1985, Actor

Sir Herchel Smith, 1925-2001, Chemist

Beryl Cook, 1926-2008, Artist

Angela Mortimer, 1932-, Wimbledon champion

Baroness Fookes, 1936-, Politician

Lord Owen, 1938-, Politician

Robert Lenkiewicz, 1948-2002, Painter

Wayne Sleep, 1948-, Dancer

John Childs, 1951-, Cricketer

Paul Mariner, 1963-, Footballer

Trevor Francis,1954-, Footballer

Dawn French,1957- , Actress

Chris Maddocks, 1957-, Racewalker

Peter Goss, 1961-, Yachtsman

Sharon Davies, 1962-, Olympic swimmer

Ian Ward, 1972-, Cricketer

Gareth Jones, 1984-, Highboard diver

Admiral Sir Charles Napier 1780-1860, Naval reformer