Priest and social reformer. Born Australia to parents who were there as missionaries. Educated in England. Vicar of Christ Church, Watney Street from 1929-48. Held left-wing views that he acted upon to the extent of suffering a broken nose at the Battle of Cable Street. 1948 he became warden, and later master, of the Royal Foundation of St Katharine, Died at Oxford.
The drawing of Groser is by Ronald Searle and the picture source website gives a full biography of Groser.
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Reverend St John Groser
The Reverend St John Groser, 1890 - 1966, priest and social reformer, lived h...
Samuel Garcia Asher was born about 1868 in Russell Square, Bloomsbury. His birth was registered in the 1st quarter of 1868 in the St Giles registration district and his parents were Dr Asher Asher ...
Third and last white Rajah of Sarawak. Born Albemarle Street. Died at his flat at 13 Albion Street, Paddington. Sarawak is on the Island of Borneo. In 1841 Sarawak was proving troublesome and ...
A group who campaigned for adult male suffrage, at the time limited to adult males who rented propertied land of a certain value. The Reform Act of 1867 (the Second Reform Act) largely gave them w...
Co-churchwarden of St Mary Abbots, Kensington in 1894. Tom Ferrers Guy was born on 18 May 1844 in Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland, the eldest of the seven children of Thomas Guy (1819-1900) and...
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