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.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
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 ...
Deputy of the ward of the parish of St Mary the Virgin Aldermanbury. The Story of a Victorian House has some details on Sir Robert since he once lived at Laurel House near Bexley, Kent. He was Chai...
It was amalgamated under the London Government Act of 1963, with the Metropolitan Borough of Kensington to form the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
Historian, author and public servant. Born in Lewisham. He served in the War Office for forty years and was rewarded with an M.V.O. (Member of the Victorian Order) and an O.B.E. His interest in loc...
District Officer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, Metropolitan Corps, 1891-1936. Officer in the Order of St John.
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
Joint Secretary London Awami League, a major political party in Bangladesh.
Born Edinburgh to a German immigrant lithographer. Via Stoke on Trent he moved to London in 1888. Often worked with the architect Henry Hare. Speel provides a lot of information including that Sche...
Between Paddington and Farringdon. A grand opening on the 9th preceded the opening to the public on Saturday 10 January 1863. “That afternoon Hetta trusted herself all alone to the mysteries of th...
Ralph Edwin Booth was born in 1924, the youngest of the six children of Harry Alfred Booth (1877-1965) and Lizzie Cornelia Booth née Langford (1884-1977). His birth was registered in the 2nd quarte...
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