Conservative Prime Minister: 1885-6; 1886-92; 1895-1902. Too many names: Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil. Also known as Lord Robert Cecil (before 1865), and Viscount Cranborne (1865-1868). Born...
Princess Sophia Alexandrovna Duleep Singh was a prominent suffragette in the UK. Her father was Maharaja Sir Duleep Singh, who had been taken from his kingdom of Punjab to the British Raj, and was ...
Brought up at the court of Henry VII. A favourite of King Henry VIII. Took possession of the family's estate in Southwark following the death of his uncle Thomas Brandon, in 1510. Henry VIII create...
This drinking fountain, manufactured in cast-iron by 'Andrew Handyside & Co. Ltd. of Derby & London' was presented in 1877 at the...
Engineer, specialising initially in carpentry and wood. Born near Durham.
Chairman of the Savoy Group 1984 - 1994. Born Berkhamsted, died Andover.
Andrew Behan has kindly carried out some research on this man: Serjeant Charles Lush Vinen was born in 1879 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, the only child of William Issac Viven and Frances Sarah Ann...
Andrew Behan has kindly carried out some research on this man: Leading Seaman William Alfred Joshua Walley was born on 22 August 1905 in Gosport, Hampshire, the elder son of William Joseph Walley ...
Born Aigburth, Liverpool, Lancashire. Died Yattendon Court, Berkshire. Most notable buildings are the Natural History Museum, London and many of the major offices of the Prudential Assurance Compan...
Sculptor. Born Staffordshire. Early rheumatic fever made him unfit for active service in 1914 so he served on the home front casting and moulding false limbs for amputees. Died at home in Mayfield,...
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