Engineer and politician. Born Derby. He saw the potential of refrigeration and developed equipment that was used extensively both on land and on ships. Knighted by Queen Victoria in 1891 he funded three statues of her: in Newcastle under Lyme, Derby and at Blackfriars, all based on a marble original erected in India. Died at the St Pancras Hotel, London while on a business trip.
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Sir Alfred Seale Haslam
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Queen Victoria statue - Blackfriars
{On the front of the plinth in gilded lettering:} Victoria R.I. 1896 {for "Vi...
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Robert McCurrey
Son of James & Margaret McCurrey. Left a legacy towards the cost of the hall for the Chelsea Temperance Society. See his parents' page for some more info.
1 memorial
Walter Daniel Cronin
Master of the Innholders 1920 - 21.
1 memorial
1 memorial
1 memorial
John Cornelius Park
From The Teddington Society: "a prominent builder and land owner. He was born in Wootton-under Edge, Gloucestershire but by the 1851 Census was living in Teddington. He bought the Lordship of the M...
1 memorial
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Muses - Euterpe
WC2, Trafalgar Square, National Gallery - Staircase Hall - Half-way Landing
Christabel, Lady Aberconway as Euterpe the muse of music.
1 subject commemorated
Unity Theatre inscription
NW1, Charlton Street
This memorial is on the first floor facade of the building, to the left of the windows. The style, with the lettering carved into the bri...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Ralph Vaughan Williams - NW1
NW1, Hanover Terrace, 10
Ralph Vaughan Williams O.M. 1872 - 1958 composer, lived here from 1953 until his death. Greater London Council
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Frederic Edward Hilleary
Frederic Edward Hilleary was born on 13 December 1841 in Stratford, Essex, the son of Gustavus Edward Hilleary (1806-1890) and Susan Hilleary née Mount (1820-1903). On 12 January 1842 he was baptis...
2 memorials
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