Cousin to the wife of Captain James Cook, with whom he sailed to the South Pacific. Inherited Merton Abbey in the 1820s. His great nephew, J. Mackerell, gave land to commemorate Nelson.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Isaac Smith
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Poet. Born Southgate. Named 'James Henry Leigh Hunt' after the Duke of Chandos, James Henry Leigh, who was employing Hunt's father, a preacher, as tutor to his nephew at the time of Hunt's birth. F...
Nazikan Nasim would also appear to have been known as Nazira Begum Nasim. Her death was registered as Nazikan Nasim in the 2nd quarter of 1975 of the London City Registration District but unfortun...
Born India. Called to the bar by the Inner Temple in 1882. Travelled extensively, settled in Singapore where he made his fortune in property. Returned to England in 1905. In 1915 he gave his Singap...
An armillary (or astrolabe) is a model comprising rings showing the positions of astronomical objects. See Simon Wolff for others in London.
Architect who works close to the site of Min Joo Lee's death, and regularly cycles through the junction. He worked with the local cycle shop, Cyclesurgery, to produce the ghost bike and organised ...
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