Businessman and philanthropist. Leonard Gordon Wolfson was the son of the first baronet, Sir Isaac Wolfson, a businessman who made a fortune with Great Universal Stores and created the philanthropic Wolfson Foundation. Leonard, the second baronet, followed in his father's footsteps, becoming chairman of GUS and of the Foundation.
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Lord Wolfson of Marylebone
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Lord Wolfson bust
Lord Wolfson of Marylebone, 1927 - 2010, businessman and philanthropist.
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William Francis Dewey
Islington Town Clerk in 1894, 1897 and 1906. Was interviewed by the Charles Booth survey of London. Our colleague Andrew Behan provides: "William Francis Dewey was born in Portsea, Hampshire, the...
4 memorials
Henry Jermyn, Earl of St Albans
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1 memorial
William Thompson
One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition, 1851.
1 memorial
County of London
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1 memorial
Vice-Admiral, Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy, GCB
Naval officer. Born Dorset. Present on Nelson's ship at the Battle of Trafalgar. This is the Hardy of "Kiss me, Hardy" fame. Governor of Greenwich Hospital, 1834 until his death.
1 memorial
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W1, Piccadilly, Royal Academy
This building is commonly known as the Royal Academy (of Arts). The wings of the building are occupied by a number of learned societies, ...
War dead | WW1
37 subjects commemorated, 3 creators
37 subjects commemorated, 3 creators
William Burman, VC
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War served, WW1
1 memorial
Martin Chuzzlewit
Novel by Charles Dickens. Originally published in serial form 1843–4. The picture is an ilustration by Fred Barnard from the 1870s.
2 memorials
Saint Volodymyr
W11, Holland Park Avenue
{Front of plinth:} St. Volodymyr, ruler of Ukraine 980-1015, erected by Ukrainians in Great Britain in 1988 to celebrate the establishme...
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
Lord Porchester tree
E8, Mare Street, Hackney Town Hall
It would have helped if the plaque had said what the tree was commemorating.
1 subject commemorated
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