One of the Special Commissioners for the Great Exhibition 1851.
Born in Bengal. Chemist. 1st Baron Playfair. Died at home in South Kensington.
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Lyon Playfair
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Great Exhibition and Prince Albert
Designed by Joseph Durham with modifications by Sydney Smirke. Inaugurated by...
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Bethnal Green Neighbourhood
British History has a map showing how in 1986 Tower Hamlets divided itself up into seven neighbourhoods with responsibility for housing, one being Bethnal Green. This structure seems to have lasted...
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Captain William Browell
Naval officer. 1799, in command of the Sanspareil, was crippled in an accident, and rendered unfit for active service. RN Lieut-Governor of Greenwich Hospital, 1809 until his death.
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Edward Somerset, second Marquess of Worcester
Courtier and scientist. Called Lord Herbert. Catholic. In the court of King Charles I.
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Lord Ailwyn
A member of the British Parliamentary Mission to China in 1942. In December 1943 a Mission of prominent Chinese delegates made a return visit to London. From 1943 to 1948, Lord Ailwyn was President...
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Theodore H. Bryant
Co-owner and director of the Bryant and May match factory.
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