Person    | Female  Born 30/6/1873  Died 26/12/1961

Caroline Beatrix Bridgeman

Political activist and churchwoman. Née Parker. Supported her husband's political campaign but also worked in her own right, for example as a BBC governor. She was invested as a Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of The British Empire (DBE) in 1924 and became Viscountess Bridgeman when her husband, William Clive Bridgeman, was created at the 1st Viscount Bridgeman in 1929. Our Picture source gives details of her family.

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Caroline Beatrix Bridgeman

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F N Hospital - Duchess of Albany

This stone was laid on January 18th 1909 by HRH the Duchess of Albany. Presid...

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Dr Bob McGuiness

Dr Bob McGuiness

Managing Director of NPL 2000 - 2005.

Person, Politics & Administration, Science, Scotland

1 memorial
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin

Founder of the USSR. Born and died in Russia. Political theorist and Communist revolutionary. Reviewing a book on Lenin in the Observer, 23 October 2016, Nigel Jones wrote: "... once in power Lenin...

Person, Politics & Administration, Russia

6 memorials
William Gibbs

William Gibbs

Co-churchwarden of the Surrey Chapel parish in 1820.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Alderman Jack Gillett
1 memorial
Sir Richard Weston

Sir Richard Weston

Born Buckinghamshire. First Earl of Portland. Charles I's most influential adviser after Buckingham's death in 1628. Lord Treasurer. Died at Wallingford House, where Admiralty House now stands.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

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Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester

Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester

Second son of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester and inherited the title on his death in 1974. Grandson of George V, and son of Princess Alice. Patron of the Silver Jubilee Walkway Trust. 1975 honou...

Person, Royalty

15 memorials
Fountain Tavern

Fountain Tavern

Here the political opponents of Sir Robert Walpole met, using the title of the Fountain Club. Since the Kit-Cat Club, Walpole's supporters, also met here, we have to trust that the landlord arrange...

Building, Commerce, Community / Clubs, Food & Drink, Politics & Administration

2 memorials
William Brindley

William Brindley

Sculptor and carver. Born Derbyshire. Worked with William Farmer. Died Hampshire. Information from Mapping Sculpture.

Person, Sculpture

1 memorial
Edmund Kean

Edmund Kean

Born Gray's Inn. Very successful Shakespearian actor. Led a hectic and debauched life. In 1822 bought Woodend House and land on the isle of Bute in Scotland. Died at home in Richmond, Surrey.

Person, Theatre, Scotland

2 memorials
I. Shrewsbury

I. Shrewsbury

Served in the Army.

Person

War dead, WW1
1 memorial