Born Brixton. In 1882 founded the Church Army, an evangelical organisation aimed at the poor in London and then during WW1 among the troops in France. Prebendary of St Paul's Cathedral. Known as "the Chief". Died at home in Woking. Memorial plaque in St Pauls.
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Prebendary Wilson Carlile
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Prebendary Wilson Carlile
Prebendary Wilson Carlile, 1847 - 1942, founder of the Church Army, lived her...
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Thomas Reeding
Lay brother at London Charterhouse. Taken Taken to Newgate Prison, chained and left to starve to death.
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Thomas Burnet
Geological theorist. Published "Sacred Theory of the Earth".
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Archbishop Charles Manners-Sutton
Born Charles Manners. In 1762 his father added Sutton to the family surname following an inheritance. Archbishop of Canterbury 1805 - 1828. Died at home, Lambeth Palace.
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Rev. John Corbin
John Corbin was born on 25 May 1811 in Ringwood, Hampshire, the son of William Corbin (1781-1854) and Mary Corbin née Bentley (1783-1853). He was baptised on 23 June 1811 in Ringwood. From 1835 to ...
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John Lindley
Botanist and horticulturist. Born at Catton, near Norwich. He was appointed assistant secretary to the Horticultural Sociery of London in 1827, and in 1827 was Professor of Botany at University Col...
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Henry Valentine Longley
From the parish of St Peter's in Bethnal Green and killed in WW1, a rifleman aged 18.
War dead, WW1
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John Knight
Architect. We only have some ideas about who this might be, from Charles Saumarez Smith. In 1862 he may be the J. McKenzie Knight who designed the lovely Vestry Hall in Bancroft Road E1, and is now...
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Sir Sam Fay
Railway administrator. Born in Hamble-le-Rice, Hampshire, In 1872 he joined the London and South Western Railway as a clerk, and rose to become the last General Manager of the Great Central Railway...
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