Nigel Playfair

Subject: Nigel Playfair

Died 19/8/1934, 91 years ago

Actor and theatre manager. Born Nigel Ross Playfair in London. In 1918 he formed a syndicate to take over the derelict Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith. It became a highly successful drama venue, with ...

Person, Theatre

1 memorial
Col. Edward Popham

Subject: Col. Edward Popham

Died 19/8/1651, 374 years ago

Already a naval lieutenant, he, with his two brothers, supported Cromwell and served as a colonel in the new Model Army. MP for Minehead. Died Dover and was buried Westminster Abbey, where there is...

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration

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Samuel Rabbeth

Subject: Samuel Rabbeth

Born 19/8/1856, 169 years ago

Find a Grave has an entry for Rabbeth, whose grave is in Barnes Cemetery. For more information about this hero click on the picture of his plaque.

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial
William Sidney

Subject: William Sidney

Born 19/8/1865, 160 years ago

Mayor of the Borough of Chelsea in 1906 - 8. Represented Chelsea in the LCC, 1922-34. LondonWiki says: "Following the death of his two elder brothers, the 3rd and 4th Barons De L'Isle and Dudley, h...

Person, Politics & Administration

2 memorials
Alastair Sim

Subject: Alastair Sim

Died 19/8/1976, 49 years ago

Character actor. Born Edinburgh. Only became a professional actor aged about 30. Worked in Shakespeare at the Old Vic and then spent the 1950s making many British films, such as the 1954 The Belles...

Person, Cinema, Theatre, Scotland

1 memorial
Lady Winifred Noel Wilson

Subject: Lady Winifred Noel Wilson

Died 19/8/1977, 48 years ago

Winifred Noel Wilson was born on 20 December 1892, the younger of the two children of James Lee (1850-1917) and Margaret Cowan Lee née Downes (1862-1924). Her birth was registered in the 1st quarte...

Person, Friend / family

1 memorial
Sir Henry Wood

Subject: Sir Henry Wood

Died 19/8/1944, 81 years ago

Conductor and composer.  The first British-born career conductor. Born in London.  He founded the promenade concerts in 1895 at the Queen's Hall.  When this was destroyed in the Blitz the concerts ...

Person, Music / songs

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