Coal merchant and co-founder of Rotary International.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Silvester Schiele
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Rotary Armillary
An armillary (or astrolabe) is a model comprising rings showing the positions...
Other Subjects
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Fountain Tavern
Here the political opponents of Sir Robert Walpole met, using the title of the Fountain Club. Since the Kit-Cat Club, Walpole's supporters, also met here, we have to trust that the landlord arrange...
Building, Commerce, Community / Clubs, Food & Drink, Politics & Administration
2 memorials
Sandra Esquilant
Landlady of the Golden Heart pub since 1978 and, in 2002, voted into 80th place in a list of the 100 most powerful figures in contemporary art. See the Telegraph for more.
1 memorial
Cecil Rhodes
Mining magnate and politician in southern Africa. Prime Minister of the Cape Colony 1890-96. As a businessman he founded the southern African territory of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe and Zambia), which ...
1 memorial
John Morley
Manufacturer with premises in Nottingham and a warehouse and offices in London. Father of Samuel Morley. Our Picture Source gives much information about his life and confirms that he was born in ...
1 memorial
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Mrs Frye
Probably the wife of Frederick Frye. Andrew Behan researched this woman, first making a fair stab at which Mrs Frye she is: Firstly, we can discount Mrs Frye being the mother of Frederick Charlwo...
1 memorial
Prince Albert
Born Schloss Rosenau, Coburg, Germany, as Albert Francis Augustus Charles Emanuel. Married his first cousin, Victoria, in 1840. President of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition. Generally in...
21 memorials
Harry Fox
Fox and Henry Moss both had small factories making fashion garments. They met on a cruise and, inspired by the Lord John boutique on Carnaby Street, decided to open a girls and women's boutique on...
1 memorial
United DJs Radio
This was a digital service, fronted by former Radio Luxembourg presenter Tony Prince.
1 memorial
Sir John Isaac Thornycroft
Civil engineer. Son of Thomas and Mary Thornycroft. Born Rome. Studied and began work in Glasgow. Then studied at the Royal School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering at South Kensingt...
1 memorial
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