Merchant and politician. Born in Manchester. Along with Robert Milligan, he was the driving force behind the creation of the West India Docks. MP for Seaford from 1806 to 1812. Helped found the Royal National Lifeboat Institution in 1824.
2023: Londonist drew to our attention this man's slave-owning and trading activities.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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George Hibbert
You have to admire the 1800 skill at sentence construction, and the confidenc...
Born in London. He amassed a fortune in Turkey, and returning to Britain he joined the East India Company. The near loss of three of his ships prompted him to help merchants who were experiencing d...
Chartered accountants and registered auditors. They are based at the same address as the plaque and presumably contributed to its erection.
Merchant based in Southwark. First treasurer of Southwark Cathedral. He had homes at Clare Lawn, Mortlake, and at Purland Chase in Ross, Herefordshire. This image shows Wigan's memorial in that ca...
This Ruislip website refers to a lost S&P war memorial and gives some historical information, stating "They were well-known wine merchants and railway caterers as well as owning their own resta...
A bar worker, killed in the Ladbroke Grove rail disaster, aged 22. Andrew Behan has kindly carried out further research: Jennifer Marion Carmichael was born on 10 June 1977. Her father was a caret...
The twenty-fifth anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II. This was celebrated all year but particularly on the weekend of 4 and 5 June 1977, the following week and the weekend of the Qu...
Born Ann Mary Burgess on 16 March 1874 in Bethnal Green, she was the daughter of John Burgess and Susan Martha Burgess née Harvey, the fourth of their nine children. Her father was a leather dealer...
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