Liberal politician. Born as Robert Collier. He entered the House of Lords as the Second Lord Monkswell on his father's death in 1886, and later served in the government of William Ewart Gladstone and briefly as Under-Secretary of State for War under Lord Rosebery.
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Lord Monkswell
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Born in London or Kent. Principle Secretary and 'Spymaster' to Queen Elizabeth I 1573 - 1590. He secured the execution of Mary Queen of Scots. Died at home in Seething Lane.
Politician. Born Essex. Grandson of the first baronet. Governor of South Australia. Died in a cottage at Cromer, rather than in his nearby family seat, Colne House, because at the time, WW1, that ...
Person, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Social Welfare, Australia
Chair of the Electric Lighting and Tramways Committee in 1905. London Wikia records a Willaim Ivey who we think in our 'Alderman Ivey': Mayor of the Municipal Borough of West Ham 1897-8, and memb...
Councillor and member of Housing Committee, Parmiter Street, 1926.
Politician, philanthropist and slavery abolitionist. Born in High Street, Hull. Entered parliament in 1780 and became a close ally of William Pitt the Younger. He converted to evangelical Christian...
Person, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Seriously Famous
