Person    | Male  Born 1732  Died 21/2/1795

John Sawbridge

Politician. Member of Parliament from 1768 to 1780. A supporter of John Wilkes, he opposed parliament's right to tax America. Elected Lord Mayor of London in 1775.

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David Hartley obelisk

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Sir Paul Henry Newall

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Thomas Sainsbury

Thomas Sainsbury

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John James Baddeley

John James Baddeley

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Sir William McArthur

Sir William McArthur

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Robert Hanbury

Robert Hanbury

Nephew to Sampson Hanbury (1769-1835) from a family of Quaker merchants, bankers and brewers.  Sampson had taken on the brewery in Brick Lane which had been there since the 17th century. Robert joi...

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W. G. R. Sprague

W. G. R. Sprague

Born in Australia the son of an actress.  Worked for Matcham for a time.  Designed many famous London theatres, including the Notting Hill Gate Coronet (1898), Wyndhams (1899), the Albery (1903) an...

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Henry Charles Fehr

Henry Charles Fehr

Sculptor.  Born Forest Hill into a family of Swiss origin.  Died London.  Other work in London: Passmore Edwards Library E3, Methodist Central Hall (with Henry Poole) and the 1893 Perseus Rescuing ...

Person, Sculpture

13 memorials
Ebenezer Church - Prince Oscar

Ebenezer Church - Prince Oscar

SE16, St Olav's Square, St Olav's Church

This is the foundation stone from the Norwegian church that preceded St Olavs, at another site.

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