Social reformer. While curate of St Mary's in Bryanston Square, met Henrietta Barnett and married her in his own church.
The site given as the picture source is a forum where the infamous Jack the Ripper murders are discussed and suspects fingered, including the good Canon. His work with prostitutes in the East End gives credence to the accusation, his position in society gives it zest.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Canon Samuel Barnett
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Henrietta & Samuel Barnett
While they lived there they called this "St Jude's Cottage". Initially it wa...
St Mary Matfelon
Our picture comes from Google satellite view and shows, better than can be se...
Other Subjects
Willy Clarkson
Costumier and wigmaker. He took over his father's business in 1878, and became very successful, including providing costumes and wigs for productions by Queen Victoria's family. It was claimed that...
Jack the Ripper Museum
When this misconceived museum opened, its planning application had described it as a 'Museum of Women's History', so the revelation of its real purpose unleashed numerous protests, focussing on the...
William Ewart Gladstone
Born in Liverpool. Liberal Prime Minister four times. One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition. Queen Victoria moaned that "He speaks to me as if I were a public meeting". Caroline's Misce...
Person, Jack the Ripper suspects, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Seriously Famous
Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence
On his 28th birthday the eldest son of the Prince and Princess of Wales (Edward and Alexandra) and so second in line to the throne, fell ill at his home at Sandringham. He died on 14 January 1892 a...
Francis Thompson
Poet and cricket lover, author of 'The Hound of Heaven'. Born Preston, Lancashire into the middle classes. Went through a period as a down-and-out and opium addict before being discovered as a poet...