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 ...
Politician and Prime Minister. Born at Kelvinside, Glasgow. He entered parliament in 1868, becoming leader of the Liberal party in 1899 and Prime Minister from 1905 to 1908. His was the last Libera...
Managing Director of the Savoy Group in 1979 - 1994.
Member of Parliament. When Charles II was restored to the throne he ordered the disinterment of the bodies of Oliver Cromwell and his supporters, including Stroud, and their reburial in an unmarke...
George Joseph Cooper. First a medical doctor then councillor for Bermondsey, then Liberal MP for Bermondsey. Member of the Commissioners of the 1890 Bermondsey Library.
Prominent member of the Fitzroy Park Association and past Dean of the Royal Free School of Medicine. Our colleague Andrew Behan has kindly researched this lady: Born Frances Violet Gardner, a daug...
Actor. Born near Smithfield, North Carolina, USA. Married: Mickey Rooney, Artie Shaw, Frank Sinatra (divorced 1957). This last was a famously stormy and passionate romance. Aged 33 moved to Madrid,...
Designed by Joseph Durham with modifications by Sydney Smirke. Inaugurated by the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VII. Sharp-eyed Cha...
As secretary of the Admiralty in November 1805 it was Marsden who was the first to receive the news of the Battle of Trafalgar. Born County Wicklow. Sent by the civil service to work in Sumatra a...
London Pavilion On this site between 1885 and 1934 stood the re-sited London Pavilion built following the demolition of its predecessor ...
Odd that the plaque gives the 19th and not the 18th as the date.
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