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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Toc H
International Christian movement. Named after Talbot House, using the army's signaling code for "T". Founded by Tubby Clayton.
1 memorial
Marguerite Nabers "Wita" Harbert
Marguerite Nabers Jones was born on 24 May 1923 in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA, the younger child of Raymond McAdoo Jones (1889-1955) and Marguerite Jones née Nabers (1894-1987). Her...
1 memorial
Samuel Gurney
Banker, philanthropist, M.P. Set up the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association. Not to be confused with his father, banker and philanthropist, Samuel Gurney Snr, whose sister ...
4 memorials
Samuel Gurney Snr
Banker and philanthropist. Born near Norwich. Father of Samuel and of Catherine who married Edward, the son of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton. Died Paris, returning, ill, from a stay in Nice.
1 memorial
Baron Ferdinand James Anselm de Rothschild
Art collector, politician and philanthropist. Austrian nobleman born Paris, France, into the banking family. He was the sixth of the eight children of Baron Anselm Salomon von Rothschild (1803-187...
Person, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, Austria, France, Germany
1 memorial
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