Statesman. Harley Street was named after him.
Responsible for the creation of the South Sea company and was the first governor. This company later became a major player in the Atlantic slave trade.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford
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Pepys, Harley, Etty, Stanfield
In a house formerly standing on this site lived Samuel Pepys, 1633 - 1703, di...
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Richard Courtney Balding
Born Camberwell. Employed as an insurance company director. Edwin Richard, his father, was MD of United Friendly Insurance Company. A 1938 London Gazette refers to UF at 42 Southwark Bridge Road. H...
1 memorial
Anne Winifrede O'Reilly
Schoolteacher. Headteacher at Peckham Emergency Central School, 1940 - 46, and the first head at Walworth's first comprehensive school, 1947 - 55, when she retired. Founding member of the All En...
1 memorial
Jewish expulsion and resettlement
In 1290 Edward I expelled Jews from England and for centuries, apart from those that practised their religion in secret, there were no Jews in England. In 1657, following a petition to Cromwell an...
4 memorials
Raymond Denham Poland
Master of the Worshipful Company of Skinners. Andrew Behan has researched Poland, using Find A Grave, but taking his date of birth from the Civil Registration of Births Index: Raymond Denham Polan...
1 memorial
1 memorial
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Mayflower Compact
The first governing document of Plymouth Colony. Written by the 'Separatists' who were passengers on the Mayflower. It was signed by forty-one members while the ship was anchored in what is now Pro...
1 memorial
John Lennon
Musician and songwriter. Born Liverpool. One of the four Beatles. Shot dead in the steet in New York City by Mark Chapman. One of the few people commemorated with more than one English Heritage-m...
6 memorials
Narrative Eye
A very elusive organisation as all we can find about them is that they are committed to promoting African-British history and literature.
1 memorial
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