C. E. Leighton Thomson
Vicar of Chelsea Old Church 1950-92. From 1986 was a canon of St Paul's. Andrew Behan has researched this man: The Reverend Prebendary Clarke Edward Leighton Thomson was born on 25 April 1919 in ...
Vicar of Chelsea Old Church 1950-92. From 1986 was a canon of St Paul's. Andrew Behan has researched this man: The Reverend Prebendary Clarke Edward Leighton Thomson was born on 25 April 1919 in ...
Anti-slavery campaigner. Born Clapham. Successful banker. Good friends with his (indirect) cousin, William Wilberforce, prior to their marriages they shared a house bought by Thornton, Battersea Ri...
Person, Commerce, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Religion
Philanthropist who promoted Christian missionary work. Died following an accident at Bath. He is listed on the plaque as a menber of the Clapham Sect but it did not really get going until his dea...
About 1750 this French Hugeonot church joined La Patente church in Hanbury Street.
Born Yorkshire. Raised as a Methodist. Became a minister in the East End, a chaplain in WW1. Became Superintendent of the Lambeth Mission in London in 1922, and was there 32 years. Wrote many hymns...
International Christian movement. Named after Talbot House, using the army's signaling code for "T". Founded by Tubby Clayton.
Novelist. Born to an aristocratic Russian family. 1870s had a spiritual awakening and become a fervent Christian anarchist and pacifist.
Person, Literature, Politics & Administration, Religion, Seriously Famous, Russia
Cleric and hymn writer. Born Augustus Montague Toplady in Farnham, Surrey. His family moved to Ireland, and he attended Trinity College, Dublin. He was a follower of John Wesley and converted to Me...