Born Newbury of German parents and worked there briefly. 1643 appointed Prolocutor of the Westminster Assembly, effectively head of the church. Buried Westminster Abbey.
When Charles II was restored to the throne he ordered the disinterment of the bodies of Oliver Cromwell and his supporters, including Twiss, and their reburial in an unmarked pit in St Margaret's churchyard, Westminster.
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Dr William Twiss
When Charles II was restored to the throne he issued Royal Warrant, dated 9 S...
Poplar councillor imprisoned during the 1921 rates protest. George Joseph Cressall was born on 29 August 1880, the eldest of the sixteen children of Thomas Walter Cressall (1856-1927) and Clara T...
Lived on Whitecross Street and was a founder of the Radical Club.
Sir Clarendon Hyde, the deputy chairman of the Metropolitan Railway Company in 1920.
Chair of Lady Workers' Homes Ltd in 1936. A founding member of the Holly Lodge Estate Committee, a plot holder and a Trustee.
Nobleman. Born in Peebles and known as 'Old Q'. He was appointed Gentleman of the Bedchamber to King George III in 1760. Immensely wealthy with a reputation as a gambler, particularly in horse-raci...
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