Deputy Mayor of Islington and Vice-Chair of Leisure Services until September 1991. Instrumental in the restoration of Grimaldi's grave.
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Councillor Paul Matthews
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Paul Matthews
In memory of Councillor Paul Matthews, Deputy Mayor of Islington and Vice-Cha...
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James Stephen
Anti-slavery campaigner. Born Dorset. Trained in law and worked for a time in the Carribean where he saw the cruelty to slaves and became an abolitionist. The death of his first wife deepened hi...
Person, Law, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Religion, Caribbean Islands
1 memorial
Leo Tolstoy
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
1 memorial
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Benjamin Shaw
Primewarden of the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers in1853.
1 memorial
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Mary Thornycroft
Sculptor. Born Norfolk but in 1823 her family moved to London, 56 Albany Street. Her father, John Francis, was a sculptor and she worked with him as assistant and pupil in Albany Street. In 1840 sh...
2 memorials
Edward Atkinson
Chairman of the Bridge House Estates Committee in 1886.
1 memorial
Chevalier d'Eon
Diplomat and transvestite. Born Tonnerre, Burgundy, France. Full name: D'Éon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée, born of the French nobility. Up until 1763 he had a disting...
Person, Espionage, Gender Issues, Politics & Administration, France
3 memorials
Chris Pullen
N7, Chris Pullen Way
This area used to be covered by the Caledonian Market, a large meat market built by the Victorians to replace Smithfield. It changed over...
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