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...
Architect of the British Legion Hornsey in 1929.
Born Chancery Lane. An unpopular Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Supported Charles I against Parliament and so the Long Parliament impeached him and he was beheaded on Tower Hill.
Chairman of the Bridges Committee of the London County Council in 1902.
At Poplar High Street, Woodstock Terrace corner. Listed Grade 2, architects: Hills, Fletcher and Harstons. Built in 1870 for the Poplar District Board of Works, which in 1900 became the Poplar Boro...
Benjamin Disraeli, Prime Minister in 1868 and 1874 - 1880, worked in this building, 1821 - 1824. The Corporation of the City of London
George Albert Larkin was born on 21 September 1898 in Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland, the third of the ten children of George Albert Larkin (1873-1947) and Mary Teresa Larkin née Kelly (1878-1920). ...
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