Person    | Male  Born 1/12/1762  Died 17/4/1820

Captain William Mudge

Categories: Armed Forces, Science

Countries: USA

Surveyor. Born Plymouth, godson of Samuel Johnson. Served in South Carolina. 1791 joined the Ordnance Trigonometrical Survey and became its director in 1798. Thus a very important figure in the work of the Ordnance Survey at this period. Lived at the Tower of London, and then at 4 Holles Street.

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Captain William Mudge

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General Roy's cannon - south

The cannon was installed in 1791 by Mudge. The plaque came later in 1926. Fr...

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David J. Stevens

David J. Stevens

Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
A. E. Shortland

A. E. Shortland

Resident of Hendon who served and died in WW2.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
A. H. Moody

A. H. Moody

Gloucester Regt.. Fought but did not die in WW1

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
Memorable Order of Tin Hats / MOTH

Memorable Order of Tin Hats / MOTH

Founded by Charles Evenden as a brotherhood of South African front-line ex-soldiers. The club-houses are known as shell-holes.

Group, Armed Forces, Community / Clubs, South Africa

1 memorial
John Connolley

John Connolley

Resident of the West Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial

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Rufus Isaacs

Rufus Isaacs

W1, Curzon Street, 32

Greater London Council Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading, 1860 - 1935, lawyer and statesman, lived and died here.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Melanie Klein

Melanie Klein

NW8, Clifton Hill, 42

Klein moved here in 1933 and stayed till 1953 when she moved to a flat in 20 Bracknell Gardens, West Hampstead.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Billy Smart's Circus

Billy Smart's Circus

The first appearance of the Billy Smart Circus was at Southall Park.

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2 memorials
William George Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire

William George Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire

The "Bachelor Duke" after whom the Cavendish banana was named. Born Paris, son of the 5th Duke, who died in 1811. Had a strong interest in gardening and agriculture and gave his estates a lot of a...

Person, Gardens / Agriculture, Politics & Administration

2 memorials
Peter Warlock

Peter Warlock

Born The Savoy Hotel, as Philip Arnold Heseltine. Peter Warlock was his pseudonym. Journalist, music critic and composer. His music was heavily influenced by Elizabethan and Celtic culture. Influen...

Person, Journalism / Publishing, Music / songs, Wales

2 memorials