Politician. Born in the Hanover Square area. Good friend of Pitt the Younger, being his second in Pitt's duel in 1798. 1809 honoured with the title Earl of Harrowby. Lived at (what is now) 44 Grosvenor Square; Walking in Mayfair says he was here 1804-47.
Wednesday dinners at his house have been central to the story of two important historic events: See the Waterloo Way and the Cato Street conspiracy. Died Staffordshire.
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Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby
This is a small plaque, rather cheap-looking, in contrast to the substantial ...
Scientist and statesman. Born Chaim Azriel Weizmann, at Motol, near Pinsk, Belorussia. (Modern day Belarus). He studied in Germany and Switzerland producing a number of patents on dyestuffs. In 19...
Person, Politics & Administration, Science, Germany, Israel/Palestine, Switzerland
Soldier and administrator. Born Shropshire. With the East India Company he effectively founded the British Empire. Spent much of his adult life in India, making his fortune there and becoming Gover...
Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Bengal, India
German Ambassador to the Court of St. James's, 2002 - 2006.
Councillor on the Committee for the 1901 Shoreditch Town Hall Extension.
Alderman in the Borough of Hammersmith in 1948. Our colleague Andrew Behan has researched this man: Frederick Brader was born about 1880 and in late 1914 he married Lilian Soper in Fulham, their s...
Member of the ARP/Civil Defence Services - mobile first aid unit. Andrew Behan has kindly provided this research: Dr. Leonard Moss, MB, BS, MRCS, LRCP, was born on 14 April 1904. He was a son of S...
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