Political economist and Liberal MP. Born near Midhurst, Sussex, into a large and very poor family. One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition. Spoke repeatedly to Parliament against war with France. Outstanding figure in the Anti-Corn Law League (working with John Bright). His daughter, Ellen, married Walter Sickert. From the picture source website: He took up "on Palmerston's behalf, negotiations which led to the Anglo-French (Cobden-Chevalier) commercial treaty of 1860. This involved lengthy detailed diplomacy in Paris and a good working relationship with Emperor Napoleon III". Died of an acute attack of bronchitis at 23 Suffolk Street.
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Richard Cobden
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Anti-Corn Law League
On this site in the years 1844-1846 were situated the London offices of the A...
Cobden House
Cobden House This block was built in 1958 by the London County Council and wa...
Great Exhibition and Prince Albert
Designed by Joseph Durham with modifications by Sydney Smirke. Inaugurated by...
Richard Cobden statue
Sicilian marble. W. and T. Wills of 12 Euston Road were the sculptors. Still ...
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Alfred Beit
Co-founder and funder (with Sir Julius Wernher) of the Royal School of Mines building. Born Hamburg, learnt the diamond trade in Amsterdam and went to Kimberley where he met Wernher and Cecil Rhod...
Person, Industry, Philanthropy, Race Issues, Africa, Germany, South Africa
1 memorial
Robert H. Selbie
General Manager and one of the Directors of the Metropolitan Railway Company,
1 memorial
garment and textile industries in the East End
The origins of the East End textile industry can be traced to the 14th century when Flemish artisans set up dye works on the River Lea. In the late 17th century the Huguenots arrived in Spitalfield...
4 memorials
Jahncke Ltd
From National Archives: "Tin box manufactures of Canonbury Works, Dorset Street, Islington {later renamed Dove Street}. Founded in 1873 by Ernest Jahncke and incorporated in 1893. Bryant and May ac...
1 memorial
Bernhard Baron
Tobacco manufacturer and philanthropist. Born in what is now Belarus. His father took him to the United States when young; and there, after working at a tobacco factory, he began making the newly p...
1 memorial
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Daily Courant
First daily newspaper to be published in England. Published by Elixabeth Mallet from rooms above the White Hart in Fleet Street. 2022: Londonist, rightly, draws attention to the fact that this, Br...
2 memorials
HGS residents killed in WW2 - gate
NW11, Temple Fortune Hill/Big Wood
From HGS Heritiage: "On 28th April 2001, a group of Suburb residents led by the Reverend Tony Spring formerly {sic} opened a new Memoria...
3 subjects commemorated
Robert Napier
Indian army officer. Born Ceylon, the son of an army officer. Also served in China and Abyssinia. Field Marshal and Constable of the Tower of London. Died at home 63 Eaton Square. Not as far a...
1 memorial
Burghers of Calais
SW1, Abingdon Street, Victoria Tower Gardens
Created for the town square in Calais following France's devastating defeat in the Prussian War. Erected there in 1895. There are twelve...
1 subject commemorated,
4 creators
Charles Square mural - Catherwood
N1, Old Street
One of the tiles near the right hand end reads: "Mural designed by Neil Irons with help from the residents of Charles Square. Made at Ha...
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
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