Person    | Male  Born 12/2/1809  Died 15/4/1865

Abraham Lincoln

16th President of the USA. Born Kentucky. Assassinated while watching a very popular British play "Our American Cousin" in Ford's theatre, Washington, by John Wilkes Booth, an actor and Confederate sympathizer.

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Abraham Lincoln

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Abraham Lincoln statue

Copy of the statue in Lincoln Park, Chicago (other copies being in Mexico Cit...

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Christ Church, Lincoln Tower

From Pastscape: "... the octagonal spire ... is decorated by two groups of in...

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President Lincoln bust

{Inscribed on the red granite plinth:} Lincoln by Andrew O'Connor Presented t...

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Sir Thomas Hallifax

Sir Thomas Hallifax

Politician. Born in Barnsley. 1753 was one of the three founders of what became Glyn, Mills & Co. Bank. Lord Mayor of London 1776 - 1777, and Member of Parliament for Coventry and then Aylesbur...

Person, Lord Mayor, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Lord George Cavendish Bentinck

Lord George Cavendish Bentinck

Grandson of the 3rd Duke of Portland.  Member of Parliament for Kings Lynn. Private secretary to George Canning, his uncle. Voted for the Reform Bill and as head of the Protectionist Party opposed ...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Sir James Swaffield

Sir James Swaffield

Director General of the GLC 1973-84 and a Trustee of the Jubilee Walkway Trust 1977 - 2012. The Times have a photo of him with County Hall in the background, captioned: "Swaffield, pictured in Lon...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Charles Sackville, Earl of Dorset

Charles Sackville, Earl of Dorset

Poet and politician. Probably born in Essex. Lived in Bow Street. Died at Bath.

Person, Poetry, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Ian Albery

Ian Albery

Chief Executive of Sadler's Wells when the new theatre opened in October 1998.

Person, Politics & Administration, Theatre

1 memorial