Tory politician. Born at Knowsley Park, Lancashire. Overcame his early boisterous jollity and three times became Prime Minister, each time a coalition caretaker between the giants: Peel and Gladstone. Longest-serving party leader in modern British history (1846 - 68). Abolished slavery throughout the Empire. One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition. His grandfather founded the Derby race-meeting.
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Edward Geoffrey Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
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Derby statue
The relief panels, by Montford, on the four sides of the plinth show scenes f...
Great Exhibition and Prince Albert
Designed by Joseph Durham with modifications by Sydney Smirke. Inaugurated by...
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Councillor P. O'Brien
Councillor on the Bethnal Green Housing Committee in 1937.
William Henry Pannell, FCA, FSS
Commoner on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894.
James Leighton
Co-churchwarden and trustee of the Lambeth Hayles Estate development in 1894.
Mr H. Wilcox
Administrator and Trustee of the Putney Pest House Charity, 1862.
Edward Kingsbury
Member of the Chelsea Vestry Hall Building Committee in 1885. Member of the Metropolitan Board of Works 1873–85. In 1879 he was Chairman of the Vestry and so played an important role in the ceremo...
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A. R. Thirlwell
Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.
Henry Cotton
SE22, Crystal Palace Road, 47
Henry Cotton, 1907 - 1987, champion golfer, lived here. English Heritage
William Robert Colton
Sculptor. Born Paris but came to England early and made his home in London. The only other public work in London that we know of is the 1897 Mermaid Fountain or Little Nell, in Hyde Park, just nor...
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