Person    | Male  Born 1530  Died 29/2/1604

John Whitgift

Categories: Benefactor, Religion

Elizabeth I's last Archbishop of Canterbury. The palace used as a summer retreat by the Archbishops of Canterbury was in Croydon and here in 1596 Whitgift founded an eponymous school. Memorable date to die.

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John Whitgift

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Hospital of the Holy Trinity

{Beneath the arms of Archbishop Whitgift:} The Hospital of the Holy Trinity f...

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Whitgift statue

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Mahommed Ali, viceroy of Egypt

Mahommed Ali, viceroy of Egypt

Viceroy of Egypt in 1819.  Born in what is now Macedonia.  Regarded as the founder of modern Egypt.  Died Alexandria.  

Person, Benefactor, Politics & Administration, Egypt

1 memorial
Count Simon Woronzow

Count Simon Woronzow

Ambassador. Born Moscow into an old aristocratic family in the Crimea. The third count Woronzow. Russian Ambassador to the UK, 1784 – 1806 (his brother Alexander, having preceded him in that role, ...

Person, Benefactor, Politics & Administration, Russia

1 memorial
P. L. and L. D. Smith

P. L. and L. D. Smith

Daughters of Martha Smith.

Group, Benefactor

1 memorial