The plaque commemorates the Minister of the mission, the Rev. George Browne Macdonald, and his distinguished family.
The following inscription is on the plaque:
This Tablet
was unveiled by Miss Florence Macdonald MBE (Granddaughter)
on the 25th May, 1938.
TO THE MEMORY OF
THE REV. GEORGE BROWNE MACDONALD
SUPERINTENDENT MINISTER AT THIS CHAPEL
AND OF
HANNAH
HIS WIFE
WHO RESIDED AT NO. 16 QUEEN'S SQUARE FROM SEPTEMBER
1847 TO AUGUST 1850
WITHTHEIR CHILDREN
HENRY JAMES
THE ELDEST CHILD
ALICE
WHO MARRIED JOHN L. KIPLING AND BECAME MOTHER OF RUDYARD KIPLIN
GEORGIANA
WHO MARRIED SIR EDWARD BURNE-JONES BART.
FREDRICK WILLIAM
WHO BECAME PRESIDENT OF THE WESLEYAN METHODIST CHURCH 1899
AND LAST SPOKE IN THIS CHAPEL AT THE CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS
4TH JULY 1919.
AGNES
WHO MARRIED SIR EDWARD POYNTER, BART, PRESIDENT OF THE
ROYAL ACADEMY.
LOUISA
WHO MARRIED ALFRED BALDWIN AND BECAME MOTHER OF
STANLEY, EARL BALDWIN OF BEWDLEY K.G.
A PRIME MINISTER OF ENGLAND
JUDITH
YOUNGEST DAUGHTER, BORN HERE 14TH SEPTEMBER 1848. AUTHORESS.
