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S. Burdett-Coutts

S. Burdett-Coutts

Chairman of Governors of the Burdett-Coutts and Townshend Foundation School in 1924 and still alive and laying plaques in 1953. Nephew to William Burdett-Coutts.

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S. Burdett-Coutts

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Burdett-Coutts School

These improvements were carried out with trust funds in memory of the late Ri...

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Chauncy Hare Townshend Schools - war damage

This plaque is on the central cotagey-looking building which looks undamaged....

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Poplar Rates Rebellion

Poplar Rates Rebellion

Tax protest led by George Lansbury supported by the councillors of Poplar Borough Council.  On behalf of Poplar, an extremely poor borough, they held back taxes and were taken to court for non-paym...

Event, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
G. Morris

G. Morris

Co-church warden of St James & St John, Clerkenwell in 1890.

Person, Politics & Administration

2 memorials
Sam Osborn, FRCS

Sam Osborn, FRCS

District Chief Surgeon in the St John Ambulance Brigade, Metropolitan Corps, 1887-1907. Knight Grace in the Order of St John.

Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
May Day demonstration in Hyde Park, 1890

May Day demonstration in Hyde Park, 1890

Paste Tense describes why and how the 1st of May became the International Workers' Day, how the first such day, in 1890, was planned in the United Kingdom, and goes on to describe: "The main demons...

Event, Community / Clubs, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Robert Clayton

Robert Clayton

Born Northamptonshire. Apprenticed as a scrivener (like a secretary). Entered business and then set up a bank. Made a fortune from his connections with the slave trade and entered politics. Lord Ma...

Person, Lord Mayor, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, Race Issues

1 memorial

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William Lovely

William Lovely

W12, Askew Road, 1

A rejected planning application provides some history for the house: "The building dates from pre-1860 and would have formed part of the ...

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