Landowner, Conservative politician, socialite, local benefactor and agriculturalist. 1st Baron Llangattock. Based in Wales, at the Llangattock estate. Prominent member of the Anti-Vivisection Society. His paternal ancestry, going back to at least 1735, came from The Grange, Bermondsey.
Father of John Llangattock and Charles Rolls. Wife: Lady Llangattock.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Lord Llangattock, John Rolls
Borough of Camberwell Lady Llangattock laid this foundation stone of these pu...
Borough of Camberwell Public Library This foundation stone was laid July 25 1...
Companion of the Star of India, a wealthy Parsi gentleman of Bombay. His grandfather and two great-uncles had made their names, literally, in the opium trade with China (facilitated by the British)...
Person, Engineering, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, India
Born Scotland. Emigrated to Canada in 1838 to work with the Hudson's Bay Company. He worked his way up the company and entered politics, made his fortune and was knighted in 1886. Died 28 Gros...
Person, Commerce, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, Canada
From the Picture source: "In 1890 Sir Edward Guinness set up The Guinness Trust, donating £200,000 to the Trust in London, with an additional £50,000 for the Dublin Fund, which later became the Ive...
Businessman and politician. Born at 71 York Road, Lambeth (demolished), the son of Dr Henry Stephens. Known as 'Inky', he developed the writing fluid invented by his father. He served as member of ...
Southwark St Saviour was a civil parish and part of the ancient Borough of Southwark. It was formed in 1541 from the union of the parishes of St Margaret and St Mary. In 1899 it lost its governanc...
Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could not abide its left-wing politics, nor its leader, Ken Livingstone. On its 50th anniversary Diamond Geezer posted a goo...
Soldier and administrator. Born Bernard Cyril Freyberg in Richmond, Surrey. He spent his early life in New Zealand, and at the outbreak of WWI enlisted in Britain and fought in Gallipoli and France...
Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, France, New Zealand, Turkey
The Borough of Lewisham was formed as an amalgamation of the Metropolitan Boroughs of Deptford and Lewisham.
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