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.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
S. Burdett-Coutts
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Burdett-Coutts School
These improvements were carried out with trust funds in memory of the late Ri...
Chauncy Hare Townshend Schools - war damage
This plaque is on the central cotagey-looking building which looks undamaged....
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S. G. Porter
Alderman on the Committee for the 1901 Shoreditch Town Hall Extension.
Sir Mansfield Cumming
First Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service, or MI6. Born as Mansfield George Smith. Began his career in the navy aged 13, but suffering severe sea-sickness he was retired in 1885, and married...
Edward Bostock
Bostock.net has an obituary and some photographs, and supplied the information here. Born Hampstead, son of Geoffrey. Worked as a chartered accountant, a partner in the family firm of Annan Dexte...
Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope
Philip Henry Stanhope was a historian, statesman and a founder of the National Portrait Gallery.
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John Nash
Born in London. Notable works: Regent Street, Royal Opera Arcade and the Royal Pavilion, Brighton. Much of his work was for the Prince Regent but we've heard that Mrs Nash gave birth to an illegiti...
Frank Matcham
Theatre architect. Born Newton Abbot, Devon. Never qualified as an architect but designed at least 80 theatres and did some work on about the same number again. About 24 of his theatres survive rea...
Queen Alexandra
Wife of Edward VII, mother of George V. Born at the Amalienborg Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark. As an adult gradually became profoundly deaf. It is said the Queen Victoria learnt the British Sign La...
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