Newspaper owner. He and his brother Alfred, later Lord Northcliffe, developed the London Daily Mail and Daily Mirror. Born Hampstead. During the lead up to WW2 he was a strong supporter of Oswald Moseley and the British Union of Fascists and of appeasement towards Hitler. In 1940 was asked by the government to go to America to help in the war effort but following a fall he died in a hospital in Bermuda.
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Harold Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere
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Coram's Fields
These grounds, the site of the Foundling Hospital, established in 1739 by Cap...
Harmsworth - IWM
In 1926 Harold Harmsworth, the first Viscount Rothermere, bought the grounds ...
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Gift from Lord Rothermere
This plaque was unveiled a second time, during the 75th anniversary celebrati...
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Stollar family
Alice's husband, their sons David and Howard, daughter Helen, grandchildren and family.
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Royal National Institute for Deaf People
Established in 1911 as the National Bureau for Promoting the General Welfare of the Deaf by Leo Bonn, this organisation's name has evolved somewhat over time.
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Ralph Grigg
Reports, Volume 100, Part 2 Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords 1819 gives the terms of his will, dated 22 March 1679, as it relates to the Latymer School.
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Ellen Craft
Slavery abolitionist. Born in Clinton, Georgia. She and her husband William were enslaved and escaped to the north of America. Although born of mixed-race parents she was very light skinned and, dr...
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