Father of Charles Dickens, was imprisoned in Marshalsea for debt from February to March (or May, according to Wikipedia) 1824. His wife Elizabeth and 4 youngest children joined him. It was only the death of his mother, and the subsequent inheritance that effected their release. He is said to be the model for his son's Mr Micawber in Great Expectations.
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John Dickens
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Marshalsea 6 - stone - John Dickens
John Dickens, the father of Charles Dickens, was imprisoned here for debt fro...
Other Subjects
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Charles Grant
Anti-slavery campaigner. Born Scotland. Made a fortune working for the British East India Company of which he became Chairman. The death of two of his children brought about a religious conversi...
Person, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Religion, Scotland
1 memorial
Eric Vernon Sansom
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Was killed serving in HM forces in WW2.
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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The Vintners
EC4, Little Trinity Lane
Believed to be the first public sculpture in London commissioned by a Livery Company. We would have expected the inscriptions (WDR and W...
1 subject commemorated,
3 creators
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
2 memorials
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Jonathan Carr
Jonathan Thomas Carr. Founder of Bedford Park, the first garden suburb, in 1875. He lived in the suburb, first at Tower House, since replaced by St Catherine’s Court flats, which he left in 1904 to...
2 memorials
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