Naval officer. Born Aberdeenshire. Governor of Greenwich Hospital, 1853 until his death. 75 years in the navy, he was possibly the model for C. S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower.
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Admiral of the Fleet, Sir James Alexander Gordon, GCB
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Greenwich Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground
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Frank Henry Hider
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F. Watts
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HA2, Clonmel Close, Byron House
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Sir Francis Chichester
SW1, St James's Place, 9
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Benjamin Baker - W8
W8, Kensington Gate, 3
Sir Benjamin Baker, 1840 - 1907, civil engineer, designer of the Forth Bridge, lived here 1881 - 1894. English Heritage
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