Son of the 2nd Marquess. Created Duke in 1874, mainly it seems for owning large chunks of London and being the head of the richest family in the UK. Country seat in Cheshire.
From this Calendar we know that in 1882 he was the President of the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association.
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Duke of Westminster, 1st, Hugh Lupus Grosvenor
Hugh Lupus, first Duke of Westminster, K.G., lessor to the Improved Industria...
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Duke of Westminster, 1st, Hugh Lupus Grosvenor
Thrust into a corner of the facade and hidden by a bay tree this plaque has t...
St John the Evangelist Westminster This burial ground, having been closed for...
London Temperance Hospital. This foundation stone of the new wing was laid i...
Politician. Former councillor and mayor for the London Borough of Redbridge. Member of Parliament from 1997 to 2005.
Distiller, politician, cricket player, benefactor. Born Upper Holloway into a gin distillery family. They made Lamplighter gin at Three Mills on the River Lea. The business moved into running pu...
On the committee of the Stratford Co-operative and Industrial Society in 1919.
Born Putney. Executed on Tower Hill by order of Henry VIII, while Henry married Katherine Howard, wife number 5. Oliver Cromwell is descended from one of Thomas's sisters, whose husband changed hi...
The plaque on the brick wall in the picture reads: The BBC Star Terrace, "Bring me fun, bring me sunshine, bring me love" Sylvie Dee. De...
The plot consists of 36 graves acquired by the London Fire Brigade Widows and Orphans Fund (founded in1882 by Massey Shaw, who, probably ...
Film director. Born at 517 Leytonstone High Road above his father William’s greengrocery and poultry shop. See Spitalfields Life for an unusual take on his life in Leytonstone. When Alfie was about...
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