Whig politician. Grandson of the first Baron, and nephew of Charles James Fox. Born Wiltshire and orphaned by the age of 5.
Owned 401 slaves. Express Informer provides "‘By the unexpected death of his wife’s first husband in 1800, Holland found himself the reluctant, but effectual proprietor of the Vassall plantations in Jamaica." He claimed to abhor slavery, but apparently not enough to free the slaves as soon as they came into his ownership.
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Lord Holland, Henry Richard Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland
Yet anonther lazy London statue - see Peabody for our log of all the seated s...
William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle. See Guy Fawkes for Monteagle's role in the Gunpowder Plot.
Daughter of Marcus Grantham. Married 1952 Mario Uziell-Hamilton. Autodidact barrister and circuit judge. Left school aged 16 due in part to her parents' divorce. Mother of Fabian Hamilton, Labo...
Politician and diplomat. Born Edward Frederick Lindley Wood at Powderham Castle, Devon. He served in parliament from 1910, until he became Lord Irwin in 1925. Viceroy of India from 1926 to 1931. In...
Robert William Dibdin was born on 15 June 1848 in Bloomsbury, the second of the six children of the Reverend Robert William Dibdin (1805-1887) and Caroline Dibdin née Thompson (1812-1897). His pate...
Born Archibald Davis Dawnay. Mayor of Wandsworth 1908 - his death in 1919. We can find nothing about the man but here's some information about his company, from the magnificent Grace's Guide, in 19...
Thomas Cambell Beswick was born on 18 August 1920, the youngest of the three children of Thomas Beswick (1873-1961) and Mary Beswick née Cambell (1877-1932). His elder siblings were: Mary Beswick (...
Alderman and President of St Barts Hospital in 1842.
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