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Alice Maud Denman

Alice Maud Denman

Died in a fire at 423 Hackney Road on the night of 19/20 April 1902. For more details see our page for the fire.

Person, Tragedy

2 memorials
Shyamji Krishna Varma

Shyamji Krishna Varma

Born Gujarat, India. Revolutionary, lawyer, journalist. In 1877 he received the title of 'pandit', a Sanskrit scholar, and came to Oxford for a few years. Returned to India, studied law and develop...

Person, Nationalism, Politics & Administration, India

2 memorials
Walter H. Godfrey

Walter H. Godfrey

Walter Hindes Godfrey was born on 2 August 1881, the eldest of the six children of Walter Scott Godfrey (1855-1936) and Gertrude Annie Godfrey née Rendall (1855-1922). His birth was registered in t...

Person, Architecture, History

1 memorial
Arthur P. H. Stride

Arthur P. H. Stride

Co-churchwarden of Chelsea Old Church in 1958. Andrew Behan has researched this man: Arthur Philip Hickman Stride was born on 23 July 1894 in Wimborne, Dorset, the ninth of the eleven children Ch...

Person, Politics & Administration

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John W. Durnford

John W. Durnford

Co-churchwarden of Chelsea Old Church in 1958. Andrew Behan has found someone who seems very likely to be our man - see below. He was living only about 100 yards the church and Andrew cannot find ...

Person, Politics & Administration

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C. E. Leighton Thomson

C. E. Leighton Thomson

Vicar of Chelsea Old Church 1950-92. From 1986 was a canon of St Paul's. Andrew Behan has researched this man: The Reverend Prebendary Clarke Edward Leighton Thomson was born on 25 April 1919 in ...

Person, Religion, Canada, China/Hong Kong, Egypt

1 memorial
Henry Montgomery Campbell, Bishop of London

Henry Montgomery Campbell, Bishop of London

Bishop of London 1956 - 61. His Wikipedia page has many examples of his sharp wit.  Died Westminster Hospital.

Person, Religion

1 memorial
Amelia Edwards

Amelia Edwards

Egyptologist, novelist, journalist, traveller. Born Colebrook Row, Islington. First visited Egypt in 1873 and co-founded the Egypt Exploration Fund in 1882. Never married and bequeathed her collect...

Person, Exploring, History, Egypt

1 memorial
Samuel Beeton

Samuel Beeton

Publisher and journalist. Born 39 Milk Street, Cheapside. At the age of twenty-one, he set up a publishing partnership which immediately had the opportunity to publish 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' by the th...

Person, Journalism / Publishing

1 memorial
Isabella Beeton

Isabella Beeton

Cookery writer. Born Isabella Mary Mayson in Milk Street in the City (according to the ODNB; Wikipedia has her born in Marylebone and her family moving to Milk Street shortly after). Another family...

Person, Food & Drink, Seriously Famous

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