Person | Male

Charles Robinson

Categories: Commerce

In 1835 founded C.A. Robinson & Co.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Charles Robinson

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Anchor Iron Wharf - history

{On the base of the monument:} Anchor Iron Wharf In 964 King Edgar granted th...

C. A. Robinson Foundation Stone

C. A. Robinson & Co. This stone was laid by C. A. Robinson Esq. A. C. Rob...

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Group, Commerce

1 memorial

Junius S. Morgan

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Person, Commerce, USA

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Sir Thomas Lipton

A self-made man, company founder, merchant, philanthropist and yachtsman. Born as Thomas Johnstone Lipton in Glasgow to Irish parents who has a small provisions shop. He opened his own shop and th...

Person, Commerce, Food & Drink, Industry, Seriously Famous, Scotland

1 memorial

Worshipful Company of Haberdashers

Group, Commerce, Liveries & Guilds

3 memorials

Finlays

From Finlays we learn that: James Finlay (d. 1790) began his career in Glasgow in the family textile business selling cotton goods. He moved into embroidered muslins and also manufacture. His son K...

Group, Commerce, Food & Drink, Gardens / Agriculture, Africa, Scotland, Sri Lanka

1 memorial

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Smith, Elder & Co.

Publishers at 65 Cornhill (the picture) until 1868. Also at 15 Waterloo Place. Their first big success was Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. They also published: Thackeray, Darwin, Ruskin, Browning...

Group, Commerce, Journalism / Publishing, Literature

1 memorial

Queen Elizabeth I

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Person, Race Issues, Royalty, Seriously Famous

26 memorials

Ellen Terry

Born in Coventry. From an acting family her stage career started at age 8. When 17 she retired from the stage to marry artist G.F. Watts, 30 years her senior. Her desire for the stage was greater t...

Person, Theatre

4 memorials

Thanet House / Shaftesbury House

Nos. 35-38 Aldersgate Street, built by Inigo Jones. From British History Online: “formerly the London residence of the Tuftons, Earls of Thanet. From them it passed into the family of that clever a...

Building, Property

1 memorial

Battersea Arts Centre fire

Built as Battersea Town Hall this building became became a community arts centre in 1974. Wikipedia has a plan of the ground floor showing the Grand Hall at the rear of the building. This, and t...

Event, Tragedy

1 memorial