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G. R. Craney

G. R. Craney

Co-churchwarden of Chelsea Old Church in 1882. By 1884 he was an ex-churchwarden named on a tablet inside the church.

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G. R. Craney

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Dovehouse Green - Victorian plaque

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Sir Harry Vane (the younger)

Sir Harry Vane (the younger)

Statesman. Born Debden. As a Protestant dissenter he failed to secure the advancements at the King's court for which he had hoped and so set off to the newly established Massachusetts where he was ...

Person, Execution, Politics & Administration, USA

2 memorials
Edward Bostock

Edward Bostock

Bostock.net has an obituary and some photographs, and supplied the information here. Born Hampstead, son of Geoffrey.  Worked as a chartered accountant, a partner in the family firm of Annan Dexte...

Person, Benefactor, Politics & Administration

2 memorials
Samuel Gurney

Samuel Gurney

Banker, philanthropist, M.P. Set up the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association. Not to be confused with his father, banker and philanthropist, Samuel Gurney Snr, whose sister ...

Person, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration

4 memorials
William Henry Anscombe

William Henry Anscombe

Secretary of the Chelsea Temperance Society for over 50 years.  Uncle to Fredrick William Anscombe.  Died before 1908.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
William Dockwra

William Dockwra

Merchant who along with his partner Robert Murray created the first Penny Post in London in 1680. He was also an independent slave trader who attempted to break the monopoly that the Royal African ...

Person, Politics & Administration, Race Issues

1 memorial