An insurance organisation launched by Barber Beaumont in 1807. Beaumont was the managing director and within 20 years it was the fifth largest fire insurer in Britain.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
County Fire Office
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Barber Beaumont - vault stone
Our transcription of this long inscription was aided by the typed Winter 1978...
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1 memorial
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EC4, Mansion House Street, Mansion House
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1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
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415 memorials
Film industry
WC2, Cecil Court, 27, Stephen Poole Fine Books
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3 creators
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