Politician. Born Hugo Richard Charteris in Scotland. Entered parliament first in 1883 and again in 1886. He gained the titles 11th Earl of Wemyss and 7th Earl of March.
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Rotherhithe Tunnel - north - 2
Rotherhithe Tunnel commenced in 1904 and opened in 1908 by His Royal Highness...
Rotherhithe Tunnel - south - 2
Rotherhithe Tunnel commenced in 1904 and opened in 1908 by His Royal Highness...
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Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
Youngest and longest-serving Prime Minister, 1812–27, thus overseeing victory in the Napoleonic Wars at the Battle of Waterloo. Home Secretary 1804-06 and 1807-9. Born Westminster. Died at his home...
3 memorials
Guiseppe Pinelli
Anarchist. Born Milan, Italy. Worked as a railroad fitter. One of a number of anarchists who were taken in for questioning following a bomb that went off in Milan killing 17 people. Pinelli was see...
1 memorial
John Thurloe
Oliver Cromwell's Secretary of State 1645-1659. Bencher of Lincoln's Inn 1654. Born Essex. Died in his chambers in Lincoln's Inn and was buried in the chapel.
1 memorial
Eleanor Rathbone
Politician and social reformer. Born Eleanor Florence Rathbone at 14 Prince's Gardens, according to the ODNB, our trusted source; others say Liverpool. She made an extensive study of the position o...
2 memorials
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Chelsea Physic Garden
Originally established in 1673 as The Apothecaries Garden. The word ‘physic’ in this context means ‘healing’. In 1983 the garden became a registered charity and opened to the public for the first t...
1 memorial
John Dumphreys
Born Bermondsey as John Molesworth Thomas Dumphreys. Member of the Commissioners of the 1890 Bermondsey Library. Mayor of Bermondsey in 1907. A Conservative, he briefly replaced Dr Cooper as MP f...
1 memorial
Palingswick House
W6, King Street, 241, Palingswick House
From Fulham SW6: "Palingswick House was originally built around 1849 as a family home, but over the years has been used as an orphanage a...
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Major General, Lord Cheylesmore
Herbert Francis Eaton, 3rd Baron Cheylesmore. Born London. Chairman of the London County Council, 1912-13. Soldier in WW1, specialising in court-martials. Died in hospital at Englefield Green, fr...
3 memorials
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