Merchant and politician. Born in Manchester. Along with Robert Milligan, he was the driving force behind the creation of the West India Docks. MP for Seaford from 1806 to 1812. Helped found the Royal National Lifeboat Institution in 1824.
2023: Londonist drew to our attention this man's slave-owning and trading activities.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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George Hibbert
You have to admire the 1800 skill at sentence construction, and the confidenc...
President of the 12th Executive Committee of London Chinatown Chinese Association. His name appears twice on the lion monument and it may be Uau or Yau.
Person, Commerce, Politics & Administration, Tourism / Traditions, China/Hong Kong
The records of the founders of Fortnum and Mason are not too clear. In 1707 a William Fortnum is said to have become a footman to Queen Anne and at about the same time to have founded a grocery bus...
Businessman. Developed the McDonald's hamburger brand.
The Pickwick Bicycle Club was founded here on 22 June 1870. At that first meeting, it was decided that the Downs Hotel should be the general rendezvous for bi-weekly excursions on Wednesdays and Sa...
Tea merchant, benefactor and politician. Born Frederick John Horniman at Bridgwater, Somerset. He inherited his father's tea business, which by 1891 was described as the biggest tea firm in the wor...
Person, Benefactor, Commerce, Museums / Libraries, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, India, Sri Lanka
Pubwiki have a good page on this pub. A tavern has existed here since at least 1690. Known as the White Horse from at least 1745. Rebuilt c.1868-70 and again 1927-8. Closed and was demolished in 20...
Firewoman with the Auxiliary Fire Service. Killed during an air-raid at Cubitt Town School which was being used as an emergency depot. She was aged 19. Violet Irene Pengelly was born on 4 January ...
Built as Prince's Theatre by Charles Phipps in 1884. Just 2 years later it was renamed as the Prince of Wales Theatre after the future Edward VII. It was rebuilt in 1937, designed by Robert Cromie.
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