Publican of The Intrepid Fox in Wardour Street where he died. An ardent supporter of the politician, Charles Fox he named his pub after him.
A family tree website carries a transcription of "The Life of Sam House" published a short while after Sam's death in 1785. It's quite long so we've only scanned it but he appears to have been very active socially and politically, and an eccentric.
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David Norman
Businessman and management consultant. He has held posts at many companies, and has been chairman of the Royal Ballet School and the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew. This photo comes from the Kew A...
Person, Commerce, Dance, Gardens / Agriculture, Politics & Administration
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Twinning
Wikipedia explains about twin towns, etc. Londonist have thoroughly researched the twin towns of London boroughs, which, thank heavens, means we don't have to.
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Sir John Lyon
Sir John Lyon was a wealthy City merchant and a grocer, and Lord Mayor of London 1554-5. He was first cousin to John Lyon who founded The John Lyon School.
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Bostall Estate
In 1887 Bostall Farm was bought by the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society and run to provide vegetables for the Co-op shops and food for the Society’s horses and pigs. By 1899 it had been decided t...
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Futurecity
From their website: "We add value to the built environment. We create alliances & build bridges. We put new places on the cultural map. We create distinct, memorable, marketable identity.
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Reformers tree / Reform tree
The text on the memorial says that the original tree was burnt by the people at the Reform League meeting at the tree on that day in 1866 but we can find no confirmation of that. Wikipedia has qui...
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Baroness Flather
Chairman {sic} of The Memorial Gates Trust. She was born as Shreela Rai on 13 February 1934 in Lahore, Punjab, British India (now Pakistan), the daughter of Aftab Rai (d.1972) and Krishna Rai (d.1...
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Christ Church Spitalfields - wall - engine-house
E1, Commercial Street, Christ Church Spitalfields - crypt entrance
In our photo both these plaques are behind, and to the right of, the modern standing sign, with the paving stone in the ground directly b...
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War dead, WW1
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Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford
In 1631 commissioned Inigo Jones to build the residential square at Covent Garden, with a piazza at the centre.
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