Born into a wealthy merchant family and admitted as a child to the Guild of Fishmongers. His will provided for almshouses to be built in the parish of Christchurch, Blackfrars, for poor, single men. These almshouses are now modernised and occupied by couples.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Charles Hopton
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Hopton's Almshouses - left pier
IanVisits's post about these almshouses in March 2011 pictured another plaque...
Hopton's Almshouses - right pier
This plaque, spotted by our colleague Alan Patient, was erected in 2012, some...
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Cass Sculpture Foundation / Sculpture at Goodwood
Previously known as Sculpture at Goodwood this commissions sculpture and displays it in a lovely sculpture park near Chichester.
Paul Percy Harris
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Person, Benefactor, Law, USA
Robert Alger Newbon
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Royal Photographic Society
Initiated by Roger Fenton and founded in London as the Photographic Society of London with Fenton as its first Secretary. The inaugural meeting was held at the, then, Society of Arts. Received Roya...
Abraham Lincoln
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Queen's Head Inn, Southwark
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Jubilee Market Hall
WC2, Southampton Street, Jubilee Market Hall
In our picture the Jubilee Market Traders plaque can be seen on the back wall of the arcade. In front of it, the Queen's stone plaque is...
Queen Anne
Born St James's Palace. Reigned 1702 - 14. Married Prince George of Demark in 1683. From 17 pregnancies only 5 children lived long enough to be christened and the longest surviving died aged 11. An...
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