Person    | Male  Born 25/2/1780  Died 6/9/1862

Archbishop John Bird Sumner

Categories: Religion

Born Warwickshire. Bishop of Chester 1828 - 48 when he was elevated to Archbishop of Canterbury. Brother to Charles Sumner, Bishop of Winchester. Died at his summer residence in Croydon, Addington Palace.

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Archbishop John Bird Sumner

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Archbishop Sumner's Memorial Schools

These three men must have been the vicars at St Philips, at the years given.

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St Mary Woolnoth

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1 memorial
St Mary on Paddington Green

St Mary on Paddington Green

From Know Your London: "The first parish church existed as a chapel before 1222. It was dedicated to St Catherine and stood on the same site. In 1678 the second parish church of Paddington was buil...

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1 memorial
Rev. Wallace Bird

Rev. Wallace Bird

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1 memorial
David Nasmith

David Nasmith

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Person, Religion, Scotland

1 memorial
Westminster Chapel

Westminster Chapel

Evangelical church.

Building, Religion

1 memorial

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Angus McGill

Angus McGill

Initiated the Evening Standard's appeal to replace London's lost trees. For 42 years McGill was a columnist with the Evening Standard and was co-creator, with the illustrator Dominic Poelsma, of th...

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1 memorial
Ciuffo

Ciuffo

W1, Mount Street, St George's Gardens

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1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Sir Arthur R. Wilmot
War dead, WW2
1 memorial