Person    | Male  Born 27/10/1844  Died 13/1/1927

Sir Alfred Seale Haslam

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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Lady Walston

Lady Walston

Chairman of the Pulford Street Site Committee.  Her generosity enabled the building of a new social centre (Walston House) on the Tachbrook Estate. We haven't managed to prove it but we believe th...

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Baptist Noel, 3rd Earl of Gainsborough

Baptist Noel, 3rd Earl of Gainsborough

Probably inherited the title in 1690. Mother was Susanna Noel.

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Edward Lumbrozo Mocatta

Edward Lumbrozo Mocatta

Born London.  Treasurer of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews Hospital.  One of the Mocatta family but, unlike Frederic David Mocatta, not one of those there's much info on. Since first publishing th...

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1 memorial