Philanthropist who promoted Christian missionary work. Died following an accident at Bath. He is listed on the plaque as a menber of the Clapham Sect but it did not really get going until his death so it's probable that his support was through Henry's, his son's, inheritance.
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John Thornton
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Cecil Rhodes
Mining magnate and politician in southern Africa. Prime Minister of the Cape Colony 1890-96. As a businessman he founded the southern African territory of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe and Zambia), which ...
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Great Exhibition
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Zaehnsdorf bookbinders
From the research published by the Seven Dials Trust: "Zaehnsdorfs was founded in London in 1841 by Joseh Zaehnsdorf. In 1862 he received an honourable mention at the London International Exhibitio...
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Ray Green
First Chairman and Trustee of the Jubilee Market Traders Committee.
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Mrs Baldwin at Kingsgate Community Centre
NW6, Kingsgate Road, 105 to 107, Kingsgate Community Centre
Only a foundation stone but the delightful carved border means that we'd collect this plaque whatever it commemorated.
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Marina, Duchess of Kent
Born Athens into the Greek, Danish and Russian royal families, amongst others. 1934 she married George, Duke of Kent, and their son is Edward, Duke of Kent. Died Kensington Palace.
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British and Foreign Sailors' Society
Sailors’ Society is an international Christian charity working in ports across the world. After the Napoleonic Wars ended, the need for ships declined, and many former seafarers became destitute. ...
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Bartolomeu Dias
Portuguese nobleman who sailed around the Cape of Good Hope, the southern tip of Africa, in 1488, the first European known to do so since ancient times.
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