Person    | Male  Born 1818  Died 1898

Lyon Playfair

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

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Capt. L. H. R. Claydon, Late RAMC (V)

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H. N. B. Spink

H. N. B. Spink

A Commissioner for the 1892 Westminster Public Library. The plaque gives him "M.L.S.B." after his name but we don't recognise the qualification.

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Thomas J. Russell

Thomas J. Russell

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