Liberal politician. The third son of Hugh Fortescue, 2nd Earl Fortescue. Married his first cousin and had no children. Lady Winifred Fortescue was his cousin John's wife and Lady Emily Fortescue was his cousin Hugh's wife. Arranged for 4 ornate drinking fountains to be installed in East London: St Leonard's Churchyard (lost?); Charles Square (lost?), Albert Gardens (in situ) and The Oval, Windsor Terrace (this Wallace drinking fountain was moved in 1960 to Hertford House).
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Dudley Francis Fortescue
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Wallace drinking fountain
The plaque explains why this fountain look so familiar to anyone who has walk...
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Ada Lewis-Hill
Ada Hannah Lewis-Hill, philanthropist. Born Liverpool but brought up in a large family in Dublin where she married Samuel Lewis in 1867. They lived in Grosvenor Square until his death in 1901, when...
1 memorial
Mary M. Reeder
Connected with the Tower Hamlet Mission and active in 1958. Tower Hamlets Local Library in their records of the Tower Hamlets Mission gives: "File re the estate of Mrs Mary Margaret Reeder decease...
1 memorial
1 memorial
Tubby Clayton
C.of E. clergyman and founder of Toc H. Born Australia, but his family returned to England the next year so he was brought up here. While serving as an army chaplain in WW1 he created a soldiers cl...
3 memorials
Lord Nuffield, William Morris
Motor manufacturer and philanthropist. Born Worcester. Began work in a bicycle shop and designed the first Morris car in 1912. Founder of the Morris Motor Company and founder of the Nuffield Fou...
1 memorial
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Barbara Jessie Burton
Born Sheffield. See Arnold for a photo of the 4 Burton children and details of this family.
1 memorial
Baron Carlo Marochetti
Born Turin. Lived in France most of his life but escaped to London in 1848. Became Victoria and Albert's favourite sculptor. Buried in France. His 1864 statue of Sir Mark Cubbon, created in London...
6 memorials
William Frederick Woodington, ARA
William Frederick Woodington was born on 10 February 1806 at Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, the eighth of the ten children of Thomas Woodington (1767-1819) and Elizabeth Woodington née Styan. On 3...
6 memorials
Hayes Literary Society
We can find little about this group but they were very active in 1992 re. Orwell.
1 memorial
Lady Emily Fortescue
With one clue from a Council document related to the impressive Time Flies clock tower, we searched high and low for a "Mrs Galpin" who could have been the donor but found nothing to substantiate t...
2 memorials
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