Chairman of the London County Council, 1916 - 1917. Grandson of the first baronet by his son Thomas Fowell Buxton (1822–1908).
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General Haynau, Baron Julius Jacob von Haynau
Born Kassel, now in Germany. Aged 15 joined the Austrian army, served in the Napoleonic wars and rose rapidly. His suppression of revolutionaries in Italy and Hungary including flogging women and ...
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Peter Holford
Governor of the New River Company, in 1786, a Master in Chancery and a director of the East India Company. Died in 1804 ‘immensely rich’. From History of Parliament.
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Deverell-Stone and wife
We think this refers to the businessman Nicholas Philip Deverell-Stone, born 1953, and his wife. Master of the Worshipful Company of Tallow Chandlers. Parents of Mark.
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Sir Arthur Crosfield
Wealthy soap magnate and Liberal MP for Warrington in Cheshire. Married Domini Elliadi, a Greek tennis champion and millionairess, and in 1912 they bought Parkfield in Highgate from Walter Scrimgeo...
Person, Benefactor, Industry, Politics & Administration, France, Greece
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Gyles Brandreth
Writer, broadcaster and former M.P. Born Gyles Daubeney Brandreth in Germany where his father was serving as a legal officer with the Allied Control Commission. Famous for his over the top knitwear...
Person, Literature, Politics & Administration, TV & Radio, Germany
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