Statesman. Born Lancashire. Previously known as the Marquess of Hartington, or in the gossip columns as Harty-Tarty. Close friend of Edward VII. Had a serious affair with Skittles in 1859 - 1863 and then for 30 years with Louise Montagu, Duchess of Manchester. They eventually married a respectable 2 years after the death of her husband the Duke. Minister of War and partly responsible for sending General Gordon to Khartoum and the consequences of the siege. Died at the Hotel Metropol in Cannes, on his way back from wintering in Egypt.
There is another statue of the Duke in the Carpet Gardens at Eastbourne where he was mayor 1897 - 1898.
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8th Duke of Devonshire, Spencer Compton
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8th Duke of Devonshire
The carving on the plinth is attractive with a snake knotted into a figure of...
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Basaveshwara / Basava / Basavanna
12th century Indian philosopher, poet, social reformer and pioneer of democracy.
1 memorial
United States constitution
This was partly based on Magna Carta.
1 memorial
Sir M. D. Assheton-Smith
Sir Charles Michael Robert Vivien Duff-Assheton-Smith was born on 3 May 1907 the only son of Sir Robert George Vivian Duff, 2nd Baronet, of Vaynol (d.1914), and his wife, Lady Juliet Lowther (1881–...
War served, WW2
1 memorial
T. B. Chant
Councillor on the Committee for the 1901 Shoreditch Town Hall Extension.
1 memorial
Spencer W. Homewood
Hon. Secretary of of the Council of the Hornsey Central Hospital in 1924 and 1937.
2 memorials
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