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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William Thompson
One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition, 1851.
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Charles Palmer
A Commissioner for the 1892 Westminster Public Library.
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William Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
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F. W. Wright (Cnlr)
Member of Housing Committee, Diss Street 1922.
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