At 74 - 75 St Martin's Lane. Mentioned in Thackeray's "Vanity Fair".
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Old Slaughters Coffee House
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Roy. Soc. for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
The following text comes from RSPCA-Australia: On the evening of the 16th Jun...
Other Subjects
William Isaac Palmer
Manufacturer and philanthropist. Member of the Palmer family in the Huntley and Palmer biscuit company. He funded a free library in Reading. In 1876, he purchased Hoxton Hall in Hackney on behalf o...
Thomas Coutts
Banker. Born Edinburgh. With his brother, James, came to London and worked in a bank founded in 1692 by John Campbell. James married Campbell's grand-daughter and through her inherited the bank. Th...
Swan Wharf & Swan Inn
In the 19th century Swan Wharf was the site of a brewery and public house 'Swan Inn', destroyed by fire in 1871. The image, an 1878 photo by William Reid, shows the tower of All Saints behind. Th...
St Pancras Basin
Formerly known as the Midland Railway Basin (though we could find nothing under thatn name). Opened as a coal wharf. 1958 converted to a pleasure craft area. Now home to the St Pancras Cruising C...
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Australian air crew lost over Europe in WW2
On the monument as "5397 Australian air crew lost in action over Europe during the Second World War 1939 - 1945".
David Alfred Griffin
Member of the Ealing District Council in 1899. From the 2018 'Structures, Experiences and Discourses’: The Middlesex Military Service Tribunals and their Appellants, 1916-1918. Peter John Harris: ...
Robert Burns
Born Alloway, Ayrshire. Wrote in the Scots language, and also in a Scots dialect which is accessible to English speakers. Also collected traditional songs. Scots the world over celebrate his birth ...
A. E. Orchard-Lisle
Property expert and Vice-Chairman of the Board of Guy's Hospital in 1964.
Colin Richard Anthony
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Was killed serving in HM forces in WW2.
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