Ambassador from the court of Sardinia to that of Spain.
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Phillippo Nepumeceno Fontanae
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Burdett-Coutts Memorial Sundial
This elaborate piece of high Victoriana was designed by George Highton of Bri...
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Peasants' Revolt
The revolt grew out of the increasing severity of the poll taxes imposed on the people of England. The Kentish rebels led by Wat Tyler met with those from Essex at Blackheath. It was here that the ...
Dr. L. M. Singhvi
High Commissioner for India in the UK, 1991-7: after V. K. Krishna Menon, he was the second-longest-serving. Described on the web as "a great planter of trees. In England he has been planting trees...
Freedom Press
Anarchist publishing house in Whitechapel. Co-founded by Peter Kropotkin as an outlet and meeting place for the radical and anarchist thinkers of the day and has operated, with short breaks, ever s...
Group, Commerce, Community / Clubs, Politics & Administration
John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster
"Old John of Gaunt, time-honoured Lancaster" - first line in Shakespeare's Richard II. Fourth son of Edward III. Younger brother to the Black Prince. Uncle to Richard II. Born in Ghent. Lived at th...
William Stroud
Member of Parliament. When Charles II was restored to the throne he ordered the disinterment of the bodies of Oliver Cromwell and his supporters, including Stroud, and their reburial in an unmarke...
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Jon Pertwee
Actor. Born 3 Sheffield Terrace, Kensington. Having served in the Royal Navy and the Naval Intelligence Division during WW2 he became widely known during his 18 years (1959–77) playing Chief Petty...
Person, Cinema, Theatre, TV & Radio, USA
Marta Krawiec
Dr Krawiec was killed by a left-turning HGV at the junction with Theobald’s Road and Southampton Row. She was aged 41 and worked as a paediatrician and and allergy expert at a clinic in Clapham and...
Eva Hubback
Feminist and suffragette. Born Eva Marian Spielman. In 1911 she married Francis Hubback, who was killed in WW1, leaving her with three children. 1916 - 17 director of economic studies at Newnham an...
Rolling Stones
The line up has included: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts, Ian Stewart, Mick Taylor, Ronnie Wood. The first public performance with Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts...
Freddy Randall
E4, Old Church Road, 184
Freddy Randall, 1921 - 1999, a trumpet-hero and true legend of British jazz, lived in this house. Waltham Forest Heritage
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