Marshall of France.
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Count d'Hervilly
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Burdett-Coutts Memorial Sundial
This elaborate piece of high Victoriana was designed by George Highton of Bri...
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Lord Wolfson of Marylebone
Businessman and philanthropist. Leonard Gordon Wolfson was the son of the first baronet, Sir Isaac Wolfson, a businessman who made a fortune with Great Universal Stores and created the philanthropi...
Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford
Statesman. Harley Street was named after him. Responsible for the creation of the South Sea company and was the first governor. This company later became a major player in the Atlantic slave trade.
William Strahan
The Aldersgate printer of John Wesley's Journal. Born Edinburgh. Also printed the works of Samuel Johnson, David Hume, Adam Smith and Edward Gibbon.
Person, Commerce, Journalism / Publishing, Politics & Administration, Religion, Scotland
William Ashworth
Worked for the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society. Was on the building committee for the Abbey Wood branch in 1912.
Jean Vigo
Film director. Born Paris to an anarchist father. Vigo's two important films are Zero for Conduct (1933) and L'Atalante (1934). Vigo's anarchism is discussed at Libcom. Died Paris.
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Rifleman Charles James Howard Hall
Charles James Howard Hall was born on 23 January 1893, the son of Charles James Hall (b. circa 1870) and Sarah Hall (b. circa 1870). His birth was registered in the 1st quarter of 1893 in the Maryl...
James Baldwin Brown
Born 10, Harcourt Buildings, in the Inner Temple, to a barrister father with the same name. Congregational minister. 1846 elected as pastor at Claylands Chapel. 1870/1 Brown took most of his congre...
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