Second son of 1st Duke of Abercorn. Educated at Harrow. 1872 became a Director of the Great Eastern Railway and was Chairman, 1893 - 1922.
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Elizabeth I statue - Harrow
Harrow School was founded in 1572 under a Royal Charter of Elizabeth I so thi...
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Samuel Henry Dauncey
Vice-President of the Chelsea Temperance Society in 1908.
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Human Rights International Project
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Sir Francis Crossley
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Hugh Parker
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Tour de France
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Abolition of slavery
The British abolition of slavery came in two parts: first the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act became law on 25 March 1807, which left slavery itself still permitted until the Slavery Abolition Act...
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Battle of Britain
As part of WW2 the Germans set out to gain supremacy over the RAF in the British skies. This, the Battle of Britain, was the first time that a major campaign took place in the air. The Luftwaffe at...
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