Person    | Male  Born 22/11/1790  Died 15/8/1874

Charles Sumner, Bishop of Winchester

Categories: Religion

Charles Richard Sumner KG was a Church of England bishop. Consecrated  Bishop of Winchester in 1827. In 1869 he resigned his seat, but continued to live at the official residence in Farnham until his death.

Brother to John Bird Sumner, Archbishop of Canterbury.

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Charles Sumner, Bishop of Winchester

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Royal South London Dispensary for the Working Poor

This stone was laid by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge assisted by t...

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Bow Church

Bow Church

The parish church of St Mary and Holy Trinity, Stratford, Bow. In spite of the sign at the nearby Bow Bells public house, this is not the church with the bells that true Cockneys have to be born wi...

Place, Religion

1 memorial
Catholic martyrs at the Tyburn gallows

Catholic martyrs at the Tyburn gallows

105 Catholic martyrs lost their lives at the Tyburn gallows, 1535 - 1681.  The Tyburn Convent website explains but only lists a few.  We have found other memorials to a few of them: John Houghton a...

Group, Religion, Tragedy

3 memorials
South Place Ethical Society / Conway Hall Ethical Society

South Place Ethical Society / Conway Hall Ethical Society

Possibly the oldest surviving free thought organisation in the world, and the only remaining Ethical society in the UK. Originated as a religious group, allied to the Baptists. By 1793 they had the...

Group, Community / Clubs, Philosophy, Religion

1 memorial
Cardinal John Heenan, Archbishop of Westminster

Cardinal John Heenan, Archbishop of Westminster

Roman Catholic priest.  (Not the American boxer despite what Wikipedia says.)  Born Ilford. Archbishop of Westminster, 1963 - his death.  Died in Westminster Hospital.

Person, Religion

1 memorial
Robert Salte

Robert Salte

Lay brother at London Charterhouse. Taken Taken to Newgate Prison, chained and left to starve to death.

Person, Execution, Religion

1 memorial