Prime Minister.
Born London. Died in the house he had had built in 1740-3, now 22 Arlington Street. We think this is probably the house with the plaque overlooking Green Park.
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Henry Pelham
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General Haynau, Baron Julius Jacob von Haynau
Born Kassel, now in Germany. Aged 15 joined the Austrian army, served in the Napoleonic wars and rose rapidly. His suppression of revolutionaries in Italy and Hungary including flogging women and ...
Lord Sandberg CBE
Trustee of The Memorial Gates Trust. Michael Graham Ruddock Sandberg was born on 31 May 1927, the youngest of the three children of Gerald Arthur Clifford Sandberg (1882-1954) and Ethel Marian Cli...
Dick Whittington
Born in Pauntley, Gloucestershire, second son of a wealthy man. Thrice Lord Mayor of London: 1397, 1406 and 1420 (actually four times but two were consecutive). Three times Master of the Mercers' C...
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V. K. Krishna Menon
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Person, Nationalism, Paranormal, Politics & Administration, India
Alfred Purssell
Commoner on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894.
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Louise Soloway
Sculptor. Born and educated in London. The picture shows her at the Mendoza unveiling in 2008. See Topic Asia for more information.
PC Nina Mackay
Born as Nina Alexandra Mackay, c.1972. Working in the Metropolitan Police she went to a flat to arrest a wanted man. He was a paranoid schizophrenic who had previously attacked a PC and expressed h...
Heritage Foundation
We believe this group now encompasses Comic Heritage, Musical Heritage, Sports Heritage and Films and Television Heritage. Its aim is to pay tribute to Britain's entertainers and raise funds for go...
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Foundling Hospital
England's first home for abandoned children. Established in 1739 by Captain Thomas Coram. From the Museum's Friends Update: "On the afternoon of Wednesday 25 March {1741}, the coat of arms designe...
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