Person | Male Born 1203 Died 1268

Peter of Savoy

Ninth Earl of Savoy and first earl of Richmond. Uncle to Eleanor of Provence, Henry III's wife. Henry gave him the land on which, in 1263, he built the Savoy Palace.

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Peter of Savoy

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Savoy - crown

SH Within these precincts stood the Palace of Savoy, the erection of which w...

Savoy Peter Statue

The magnificent Ornamental Passions explain that the statue was created in 19...

Savoy - rose

We can add nothing to this tale of 13th century upper crust marriage brokerage.

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Joseph Sebag Montefiore

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Canon Douglas Webster

Precentor and Chapter Treasurer of St Pauls in 1979.

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Samuel Walters

Co-Warden of the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers in 1724.

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T. B. Smithies

Active in 1864.

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Fred Britcher

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War dead, WW1

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