Politician and scientist. Born in London and educated at Eton and the University of Geneva, Switzerland. A brief browse on the web brought up Stanhope's name in association with inventions in the field of printing, computing and optics.
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He died, aged 63 years, on 15 December 1816 in Chevening House, Chevening Road, Chevening, Sevenoaks, Kent and was buried in the Stanhope Chapel, St Botolph's Church, Chevening Road, Sevenoaks TN14 6HG.
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Charles 3rd Earl Stanhope
London County Council Charles 3rd Earl Stanhope, 1753 - 1816, reformer and i...
Indian scholar and reformer. Born Bengal. Worked to abolish the Hindu tradition of sati, where a widow joins her husband on the funeral pyre. For his last three years he was the ambassador to Bri...
Treasurer and a governor of Guys Hospital and of St Thomas's Hospital. At Guy's he was on the committee to erect the statue to Guy and in his will he left money for the brass statue of Edward VI at...
One of the managers of the 1873-75 changes at Aske’s Hospital.
Both sea-faring, Protestant nations, relations have been pretty good since William of Orange was invited to take the British throne in 1688.
Event, Community / Clubs, Politics & Administration, Netherlands
Architect. Born Exeter. Knight was a captain in the Bloomsbury Rifles, which probably has something to do with the commission he was given to design their Drill Hall in 1882-3. Later he became an H...
We understand that at least 13 of these names are also on the memorial cross at the United Reform Church.
Husband of Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence. Born London. Campaigned with his wife Emmeline for votes for women. Died at the Manor House Hospital, London.
A large piece of pre-Cambrian granite mounted on three smaller stones, which give it a rather comical stance.
United Kingdom citizen who died in the terrorist attacks in America on 11 September 2001. She was born as Sarah Anne Prothero on 26 July 1966 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, a daughter of the Reverend Dav...
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