Jacobite. Taken prisoner at the Battle of Culloden. Tried and beheaded on the Tower Hill scaffold.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Earl of Kilmarnock
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Tower Hill Martyrs - Kilmarnock & Balmerino
Brenda Cook helpfully suggested we refer to the Newgate Calendar’s account of...
Other Subjects
Able Seaman Richard Ferguson Cummins
Richard Ferguson Cummins was born on 29 November 1919 in Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. In May 1936 he was appointed as a Postman Messenger in Glasgow and on 17 August 1938 he was promoted...
Flying Officer Victor Robert Bono
Victor Robert Bono was born on 16 January 1914 in San Francisco, California, USA, the son of Victor Franz Bono (1890-1975) and Thordis Pederson (1895-1991). He married Stanlee A. Data (b.1915) and...
13th and 14th Wandsworth Battalions
The 13th was part of the East Surrey Regiment garrisoned at Witney. The 14th was a separate battalion which was absorbed into other battalions in June 1916.
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Lillie Read
Sculptor active in 1914. Also worked on Giles Gilbert Scott's Anglican Cathedral in Liverpool, in particular the carved figures of children in C15 Italian Renaissance style, in the Lady Chapel.
Hansom cab
Invented and patented by Joseph Hansom. This horse-drawn carriage, or cabriolet, had larger wheels and a lower cab,with the driver sitting behind, giving it greater stability and increased speed, w...
Dame Sybil Thorndike
Born Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. Actor. George Bernard Shaw wrote his play Saint Joan with her in mind. Created Dame of the British Empire in 1931. She was married to the actor Sir Lewis Casson. Di...
Gainsborough Film Studios
N1, Poole Street
Hackney owns up: "The plaque states that 'The Wicked Lady' was filmed at Gainsborough when it was in fact filmed at the Gainsborough Lime...
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