Person    | Male  Born 3/9/1834  Died 8/5/1911

Samuel Knight

Categories: Architecture

Architect. Born Exeter. Knight was a captain in the Bloomsbury Rifles, which probably has something to do with the commission he was given to design their Drill Hall in 1882-3. Later he became an Honorary Major.

1891 - 1901 he lived at 7 Downe Terrace, Richmond Hill. Died at West Ham Union Infirmary, Leytonstone,

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Samuel Knight

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Drill Hall - foundation stone

This corner stone was laid by Lt Colonel S. Richards, commanding Bloomsbury R...

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William Edward Trent

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William Butterfield

William Butterfield

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St James's Gardens, W11

St James's Gardens, W11

RBKC and British History Online have a lot of information about the creation of this square, with plans and drawings.

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Stephen Gardiner

Stephen Gardiner

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1 memorial
Viacheslav Bukhaev

Viacheslav Bukhaev

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Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin

Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin

Born Bloomsbury. A treasured only child he had minimal education, never learning to spell. Indoctrinated by his father into the architecture of the Middle Ages, he became a religious fanatic who dr...

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Francisco Ferrer

Francisco Ferrer

Catalan free-thinker and anarchist.  Born near Barcelona.  Executed for armed rebellion in Barcelona.

Person, Politics & Administration, Spain

1 memorial
Trade Union sculpture

Trade Union sculpture

WC1, Great Russell Street, Congress House

From TUC: "The front of the building is dominated by a bronze sculpture by Bernard Meadows representing the spirit of trade unionism with...

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Louis de Soissons

Louis de Soissons

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2 memorials
G. H. Franks

G. H. Franks

Limehouse man who died in WW1.

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War dead, WW1
1 memorial