Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
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John Sullivan
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John Franklin statue
{On the front of the plinth:} To the great arctic navigator and his brave co...
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Henry Wilson (Capt)
Sea captain. He was commander of the packet ship The Antelope, which was part of the fleet of the East India Company. In 1783 he was shipwrecked off the island of Ulong. After some initial animosit...
Henry Wilks
Role on the lost expedition: Royal marine on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
George Chambers
Role on the lost expedition: Boy on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
Sir Hugh Willoughby
Sea captain. Looking for a trade route, the North-East Passage, a 3 ship expedition set sail, from Harwich, with Willoughby in charge and captain of the 'Bona Esperanza'. The Esperanza and the 'Bo...
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
Diplomat, poet, hedonist and traveller. Born Petworth House, Sussex. Advocated anti-Imperialism, and supported Irish nationalism. Legendary womaniser, one being William Morris's wife, Jane. Married...
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Sir William Reid Dick
Born Glasgow. Reid was his mother's maiden name. Other work in London: 1936 - Boy with Frog fountain in Regent's Park and The Herald at 85 Fleet Street. Died at home in 16 Maida Vale in the house...
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin
Founder of the USSR. Born and died in Russia. Political theorist and Communist revolutionary. Reviewing a book on Lenin in the Observer, 23 October 2016, Nigel Jones wrote: "... once in power Lenin...
Tonbridge Club
WC1, Cromer Street, 120
Foundation Stone laid by Raymond Denham Poland Esquire, master of the Worshipful Company of Skinners, 22 October 1932. Sir Horace Hamilt...
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