Born 20 Charles Street. Prime Minister, 1894-5, and first Chairman of the London County Council (1889-90, 1892-3). On the death of his wife, Hannah, he was subjected to accusations of homosexuality, especially dangerous from Lord Queensbury, the one who made Oscar Wilde's life a misery.
Died at home in Epsom, Surrey to the accompaniment, as requested, of a recording of the Eton Boating Song.
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Lord Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose
London County Council Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, 1847 ...
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Lord Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose
Controversy over who, if anyone, should fund this statue was overcome by the ...
Quill pen in hand. Unveiled by Lord Rosebery. This statue is one of 3 copies ...
Chairman of the Westminster Joint Works and Sanitary Committee in 1893. He is referenced in Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, The United Parishes of St. Margaret and St. John...
Grew up in Wapping. A spokesman for the Levellers and a colonel in the New Model Army. Killed by a Royalist raiding party during the siege of Pontefract. The Levellers arranged for his funeral, ...
British diplomat, civil servant and sinologist who served as British Ambassador to the People's Republic of China 1978 - 83, playing a significant role in the Sino-British negotiations which led u...
Traveller, archaeologist, writer and diplomat, Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell, CBE, explored, mapped, and became highly influential to British imperial policy-making due to her knowledge and cont...
Person, Exploring, History, Politics & Administration, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Middle East, Syria
This plaque is attached to the railings of the building for the British Medical Association. On that dreadful morning medical staff from ...
Station Officer - One of two men (with Frederick Mitchell) who gave their lives at Soho Fire Station on 7th October 1940. London Fire Journal gives his name as William Wilson. See Mitchell for som...
Henry Watts Wilkinson Goudge was born on 3 June 1852 the fourth of the six children of Alexander Goudge (1818-1879) and Clarinda Goudge née Inman (1822-1893). His birth was registered in the 2nd qu...
Blogging Woolf quote Woolf's diary: "Wednesday 9 January [1924] At this very moment, or fifteen minutes ago to be precise, I bought the t...
Chemist. One of chief pioneers of physical organic chemistry. Born 142 Windsor Road, Forest Gate. Brought up on the Isle of Wight. Working in the Chemistry department, University College London, du...
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