Polish statesman, Ambassador to Great Britain. At external site Rafal Heydel-Mankoo writes:
A marvellous monocled character (he married for the third time at the age of 99) he held the dubious honour of being the first person to inform Churchill that the Second World War had started, telephoning him at Chartwell to notify him that the Germans had crossed the border.
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Arthur P. H. Stride
Co-churchwarden of Chelsea Old Church in 1958. Andrew Behan has researched this man: Arthur Philip Hickman Stride was born on 23 July 1894 in Wimborne, Dorset, the ninth of the eleven children Ch...
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John Cain
41st Premier of the Australian State of Victoria 1982 - 90. Not to be confused with his father of the same name who was the 34th Premier in the 1950s. Our picture source gives details of his life...
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William Thornburgh Brown, Deputy
Commoner on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894.
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Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon, 1st Viscount Goderich
Prime Minister 1827-1828. Secretary of State for the Colonies 1827. Father of George. Died Putney Heath.
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John Burns
Labour leader and politician. Born John Elliott Burns in Vauxhall. in 1889 he played a major part in the London dock strike. Entered parliament in 1892. Appointed president of the Board of Trade in...
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Savoy Peter Statue
WC2, Savoy Court
The magnificent Ornamental Passions explain that the statue was created in 1904 for the classically styled hotel extension behind and was...
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Tom Sayers
NW1, Camden High Street, 257
English Heritage Tom Sayers, 1926 - 1865, pugilist, died here.
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