Mariner and colonist. His family name appears to have originally been Sicklemore, and why he chose to call himself Ratcliffe remains a riddle. He was captain of the 'Discovery', one of three ships that sailed to found the Jamestown Settlement in Virginia, and later became the second president of the colony. He was killed by the Pamunkey native Americans when he was going to trade with them in 1609.
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John Ratcliffe
This voyage took place 16 years before the Mayflower. The memorial has a his...
Australian explorer. Born Scotland. Trained as a civil engineer and aged 23 emigrated to Australia where 1858 - 62 he made 6 expeditions into the interior searching out new pastures and surveying ...
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
Used c.1709 - 1720 to pump water supplied via the New River from the round pond to the upper pond (now Claremont Square reservoir).
The municipal governing body of the City of London. Officially the 'Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London'. In 2006 the name was changed from just 'Corporation of London' to disti...
The club has provided safe boating for thousands of youngsters on City Road Basin.
Born at 2 Crown Office Row, Inner Temple. Studied at Christ's Hospital where he became friends with Samuel Taylor Coleridge. "Elia" is the pseudonym Lamb used for a series of essays he wrote for th...
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