Person    | Male  Born 24/7/1725  Died 21/12/1807

Rev. John Newton

A slave-trader turned preacher and abolitionist. Born Wapping. Began his ecclesiastical career at Olney in Buckinghamshire where he wrote the words to 'Amazing Grace' and published the hymn in a collection with William Cowper.  Rector of St Mary Woolnoth 1780 – 1807, where he delivered an anti-slavery sermon that inspired William Wilberforce. Died at home, Coleman Street Buildings.

 

 

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Rev. John Newton

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Gilt of Cain - Slave trade

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Percy Grainger

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Johann Strauss, senior

Johann Strauss, senior

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Reverend Augustus M Toplady

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1 memorial
Albert Barff

Albert Barff

Head of the choir school at St Pauls.  When he died he was vicar of St. Giles's, Cripplegate, and Prebendary of St. Paul's. Andrew Behan and kindly researched this entry for us: Born 2 Paradise Pl...

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