Person    | Male  Born 1661  Died 1724

Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford

Statesman. Harley Street was named after him.

Responsible for the creation of the South Sea company and was the first governor. This company later became a major player in the Atlantic slave trade.

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Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford

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Pepys, Harley, Etty, Stanfield

In a house formerly standing on this site lived Samuel Pepys, 1633 - 1703, di...

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John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent

John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent

Naval officer, administrator and trainer. Born Staffordshire.  Defeated the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1797.  Recognised the potential of the young Nelson and brought him on....

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Jonathan Geach Tinner

Jonathan Geach Tinner

Co-churchwarden of St Jude's in 1911. Jonathan Geach Tinner was born in 1847 in Tywardreath, Cornwall, the second of the three children of Richard Tinner (1806-1891) and Mary Ann Tinner née Blowey...

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Arthur Lindo

Arthur Lindo

Chairman of the Building Committee for the Lauderdale Road Synagogue in 1895.

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Francis T. Talbot

Francis T. Talbot

Churchwarden of St Marys Rotherhithe in 1886.

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W. Stott

W. Stott

Medical Officer of Southwark Council in 1936 - 56, at least. Andrew Behan has kindly provided this research: Dr William Stott, MB, BS, DPH was born on 16 June 1891. Electoral registers for 1933 an...

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