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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Harold Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere
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Gift from Lord Rothermere
This plaque was unveiled a second time, during the 75th anniversary celebrati...
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Marianne Hansler
Marianne Sophia Hansler, née Collis, the daughter of the late Joseph Collis senior Registrar of the High Court of Chancery. Married Captain Robert Hansler and became his widow in 1877.
Keshava Raghuveer
Keshava Raghuveer was born in January 1947 and was a director of several companies including Harndale Shipmanagement Services Limited. Electoral registers from 2003 to 2006 show him listed together...
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Temple Bar memorial - Victoria
EC4, Fleet Street
The south side is the most weathered and sullied by traffic fumes which explains the poor condition of the marble statue of Queen Victori...
Grosvenor Hospital
SW1, Vincent Square, 27
This stone was laid by Lady Kortright, 5 August 1896 and the hospital opened by HRH Princess Louise, 21 July 1897.
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