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.
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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...
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Edward Harvist Trust
Charity that awards grants to organisations in the London boroughs of Camden, Brent, Barnet, Harrow and Westminster, to assist with one-off projects that will benefit residents in the boroughs. We ...
Roy Strasburger
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G. W. Palmer
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Fenner Brockway
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Pierre Rouve
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Harold Mugford, VC
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Duke of Wellington
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