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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Born at Boston, Massachusetts. Assassinated at Los Angeles, California while campaigning for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States.
J.P. and member of the Electric Lighting and Tramways Committee, West Ham, 1905. 'Post-primary education in West Ham, 1918-39' by Kim Lorraine O'Flynn refers to an Alderman, and later, Councillor,...
Very successfully pioneered bookshops on railway stations with the business name Horace Marshall and Son. The son being Horace Brooks Marshall, Jnr. Snr. was a Commoner on the Bridge House Estates...
Established to maintain London Bridge. Named after Bridge House, the original administrative and maintenance centre located where St Olaf House now is. Originally funded by tolls from London Bridge...
Clerk for the managers that ran the 1873-75 changes at Aske’s Hospital. May be "Jnd.", either way we can't think what it might stand for.
Ceramic manufacturing company. Began with a factory at Vauxhall Walk, Lambeth. Initially a partnership of John Doulton, Martha Jones, and John Watts, Jones left in 1820 leaving the company name as ...
The quotation comes from a school morning prayer much quoted on the net but we could find no source.
Mosaic artist active in 2012. Andrew Behan has provided the following research: former artist at Southbank Mosaics C.I.C. from October 2007 to May 2013. She has subsequently worked at King's Coll...
From Wikipedia: a literary award given by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The award is given to the author of the most disting...
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