Born Wiltshire. His daughter, Anne married the Duke of York, who eventually became James II. His son was Henry.
Close to Charles II even before the Restoration he was appointed his Chancellor of the Exchequer but by 1667 he had lost favour and retreated to France, where he died, at Rouen.
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Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon
SH On part of this site in 1640 was built Worcester House where lived Edward...
Poplar councillor imprisoned during the 1921 rates protest. Given on the mural as ‘Edwin Summer’.
Chairman of the Electricity Committee of the Willesden District Council in 1902.
Radical, MP and temperance advocate, nicknamed "Dry Wilf". Second Baronet of Brayton.Member of Parliament for Carlisle, Cockermouth, Camborne, 1859-1906. President of the United Kingdom Alliance...
Person, Food & Drink, Politics & Administration, Social Welfare
Sportsman and profligate bon vivant, a life-style enabled through his vast inherited wealth. President of the National Sporting Club. Initiated the boxing prize, the Lonsdale Belt. Founder and firs...
MP, Speaker of the House of Commons for 9 years. Born Glasgow. His resignation was part of the fall-out of the 2009 expenses scandal. His Wikipedia page confirms that he died after a short illn...
Novelist and playwright. Born Jerome Clapp Jerome at Bradford Street, Walsall, Staffordshire. He supposedly changed his middle name to Klapka in homage to General George Klapka, a hero of the Hunga...
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