MP, Postmaster General, in 1886 - 91. One of the first British politicians to have his voice recorded for posterity, by Thomas Edison's British agent.
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Henry Cecil Raikes
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Henry Raikes keystone
Raikes was the Postmaster General who commissioned this building for the Gene...
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Henry Cecil Raikes
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Penny Post - 1890 jubilee
This stone was laid by the Right Honourable Henry Cecil Raikes, M. P., Her Ma...
Other Subjects
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Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh
Politician. Born Dublin to a land-owning politician. Entered government in 1798, first in Ireland, and then from 1801 in Westminster. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1812 - 22. 1821 became ...
1 memorial
Robert Clayton
Born Northamptonshire. Apprenticed as a scrivener (like a secretary). Entered business and then set up a bank. Made a fortune from his connections with the slave trade and entered politics. Lord Ma...
Person, Lord Mayor, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, Race Issues
1 memorial
Ivan Maisky & wife
That looks to us very much like the bust that Maisky and his wife unveiled at Holford Gardens, unfinished of course.
2 memorials
Borough of St Marylebone
Created in 1900 from the parish of St Marylebone. In 1965 it joined Paddington, and Westminster to form the City of Westminster.
4 memorials
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