The Kensington Gardens Management Plan informs that the fountain was the gift of 'Mrs Galpin'. We researched this claim, extensively, and could find no Mrs Gilpin who satisfies the evidence, so we think this might be a mistake. See Lady Emily Fortescue, for our evidence.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Mrs Galpin
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Time Flies clock tower and drinking fountain
This inscription fails to name the person(s) who erected this substantial mem...
Other Subjects
G. W. Palmer
We can find nothing on this man but think he was probably a Primitive Methodist who donated for the Caladonian Road Chapel.
1 memorial
Harndale Group
Harndale Shipmanagement Services Limited was one of several companies formed by Keshava Raghuveer and Harini Raghuveer. It was incorporated on 31 January1984 with a company registration number of 0...
1 memorial
Henry Charles Richards
Born Hackney, youngest son of Frederick Richards. Barrister, Queen's Counsel from 1898, Treasurer of Gray's Inn 1904 - 1905. MP for East Finsbury 1895 - 1905. Educated at the City of London School ...
2 memorials
Roger Jefcoate
From The Woodland Trust: "Roger Jefcoate has spent 30 years secretly planting his beloved black poplars.... As a scientist and engineer, Roger developed Possum, the first remote control to help dis...
1 memorial
R. McCheane
The Newspaper Archive, London Mid Surrey Times and General Advertiser, 1 April 1893, has a "Mr. R. McCheane, 90, Palace Gardens-terrace". That is close enough to the original location of the water ...
1 memorial
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Bolton House / 71 Russell Square
UCL has an extremely helpful page on Bolton House: Built in 1759 for Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore (1731-71) as Baltimore House and in 1770 leased by the Duke of Bolton when it changed its...
1 memorial
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