Regent: 1811 - 1820. Reigned: 1820 - 1830. After secretly marrying Mrs Fitzherbert, he then officially married Princess Caroline of Brunswick. Built the Royal Pavilion at Brighton. A statue of him once stood at the junction of Pentonville Road, Euston Road, Gray's Inn Road and Caledonian Road. The area and then King's Cross station took their name from this statue.
Was governor of the South Sea company whose trade had been slavery.
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King George IV
On their withdrawal the French deliberately destroyed their cannons. The Spa...
Holly Road Garden of rest This garden was first laid out for public use in 19...
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King George IV
Modelled on the statue of Dioscuri in Rome. A gay friend of ours is fond of ...
From their website: "The Equiano Society was founded by Arthur Torrington and Samuel B. King in London in November 1996. Its main objective is to publicise and celebrate the life and work of Olauda...
Merchant and politician. Born in Manchester. Along with Robert Milligan, he was the driving force behind the creation of the West India Docks. MP for Seaford from 1806 to 1812. Helped found the Roy...
In the mid 1970s, New Cross and surrounding areas became the focus of racist activity by neo-Nazis and the National Front (NF). This culminated in an attempted march by 500 members of the NF. Vario...
London headquarters of the African National Congress, 1978 - 1994 were at 28 Penton Street.
They have an address at 182 Hammersmith Road, but the only website we can find (Dec 2011) is in Japanese. Something fishy going on.
Member of the Fishmongers Company. Elected Treasurer in 1699. Primewarden in 1724. Will dated 26 February 1741.
Cornetist and trumpeter. Born in Great Yarmouth. When he was in the merchant navy, he jumped ship in Mobile, Alabama and travelled to New Orleans where he joined the George Lewis band. He was event...
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