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Edward Pauncfort

Edward Pauncfort

Tory MP. Early in the 1700s he moved into Lauderdale House and took a great interest in Highgate. He became the treasurer and one of the governors of Highgate School and its Chapel. In Southwood Lane he built 12 alms-houses and a school house for charity girls.

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Edward Pauncfort

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Pauncfort Alms Houses

Founded by Sir John Wollaston in 1658.

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Edward Harvist Trust

Edward Harvist Trust

Charity that awards grants to organisations in the London boroughs of Camden, Brent, Barnet, Harrow and Westminster, to assist with one-off projects that will benefit residents in the boroughs. We ...

Group, Benefactor

1 memorial
Deirdre Lynch

Deirdre Lynch

Donor to the Bridge of Aspiration

Person, Benefactor

1 memorial
Ms Benett

Ms Benett

Daughter of William Benett.

Person, Benefactor

1 memorial

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Sir John Gielgud

Sir John Gielgud

Actor. Born 7 Gledhow Gardens, South Kensington as Arthur John Gielgud, great nephew to Ellen Terry. The name indicates his Lithuanian descent. A great Shakespearean actor, he is possibly best know...

Person, Cinema, Seriously Famous, Theatre

4 memorials
Richard de Montfichet

Richard de Montfichet

Birth date approximate.  Essex landowner.  One of the twenty-five barons appointed to enforce the observance of Magna Charta.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Henry Hallam

Henry Hallam

W1, Wimpole Street, 67

LCC Henry Hallam, 1777 - 1859, historian, lived here.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Theresa Cornelys

Theresa Cornelys

Opera singer, actress and adventuress, was born in Vienna, née Imer. First came to England in 1746. In 1760 rented Carlisle House, a large mansion at the south-east corner of Soho Square, where she...

Person, Music / songs, Theatre, Austria

1 memorial
Private Sidney Albert Cownden

Private Sidney Albert Cownden

Private, number 38910 in the Gloucester Regiment. The handwritten notice to him on the Blackheath War Memorial transcribes it as 'Glouetshire'. Killed in action in France aged 16. We requested our...

Person, Belgium

War dead, WW1
1 memorial