Born Glyde, County Louth, Ireland as Chichester Samuel Parkinson-Fortescue. Elected to parliament as a liberal in 1847 and rose to prominence under Gladstone, but fell from grace over the question of Irish home rule. Created Baron Carlingford in 1874 and succeeded his brother as second Baron Clermont in 1887. Died Marseilles.
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Lord Carlingford
Unveiled in the subject's lifetime - see Brockway for others.
Mayor of Bermondsey 1929-1930 and then for a period of 3 terms during WW2: 1941-44. Our photo shows a group of officials from the United States during their tour of the Civil Defence Services at B...
Born Ireland. Brother to William. Emigrated to Australia, arriving in 1842. A devout Methodist he created a business exporting gold from Australia and became a successful colonial businessman in B...
Person, Commerce, Politics & Administration, Australia, Ireland
Illegitimate son of Nell Gwynne and Charles II. Born at his mother's house in Lincoln's Inn Fields. Served the monarch as a soldier in a number of battles. Died at Bath.
Former Labour leader of the Royal Borough of Greenwich.
The masons did very well out of the post-fire rebuilding of London. From their website: "The focus of our Livery Company is to preserve and encourage the use of natural stone in the built environme...
Forgive us for the length of this entry. The history of the various buildings is complicated. In 2015 the Buddists very kindly allowed us to look around their building and that resolved most of our...
Founded in 1829 by Robert Peel under the Metropolitan Police Act 1829 and on 26 September of that year, over 1,000 men were sworn in in the grounds of the Foundling Hospital. (From Sarah Wise's boo...
Socialist and pacifist. Born Ada Brown at Raunds, Northamptonshire. She joined the West London Mission to work among the London poor, and in 1897 transferred to the Bermondsey Settlement, where she...
Not to be confused with the Stonebridge Estate in Brent which sounds very rough but if you believe Iain Sinclair, in 1991 the one in Haggerston was not much better. Wikimapia shows the boundaries...
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