Sir Charles Morgan
In 1792 Charles Gould (1726 – 1806), lawyer and politician, married Jane Morgan and in 1792 inherited her family’s property in Tredegar, Wales. At the same time he changed his name to Morgan and wa...
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Eugen Sandow
Body-builder and entertainer. Born Friedrich Wilhelm Müller in Königsberg, Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia). He left Prussia to avoid military service and travelled through Europe perfecting his p...
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Beryl Brownsword
Architect and conservationist. After WW2 she worked in the architectural practice run by Richard Sheppard. She was particularly active in the Bedford Park Society where she monitored planning appli...
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Archbishop Thomas Herring
Bishop of Bangor 1737-43. Archbishop of York 1743-47. Archbishop of Canterbury 1747-57. Died Yorkshire.
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Hortense Mancini
Born Rome, niece of Cardinal Mazarin. She and her siblings were taken to live in Paris where the girls became renowned beauties and mixed in high circles. In 1659 Charles (II to be) proposed to her...
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Henry Doubleday
Naturalist. Born at 62 (the site of which is now number 271) High Street, Epping, Essex. He was the author of the first catalogue of British butterflies and moths, and named a number of new species...
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Giles Vernon Hart
Telecommunications engineer and trades union activist. Born in Khartoum, Sudan. While working as an executive officer at Trinity House lighthouse authority, he set up a union branch. In the 1980s, ...
Person, Community / Clubs, Politics & Administration, Tragedy, Poland, Sudan
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Dame Maud McCarthy
Army Martron-in-Chief. Born Emma Maud McCarthy in Australia. In England by 1891, training as a nurse at the London Hospital, Whitechapel. Served in the South African War, 1899-1902, with the Army ...
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King Wilhelm II of Germany
William II, the last German Emperor and King of Prussia. Born Berlin, the eldest grandchild of Queen Victoria, and so nephew to King Edward VII. Ruled 15 June 1888 until his abdication on 9 Novembe...
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