Art patron. Horticultural editor. Born London. 1st baronet. Known as Wentworth to distinguish him from his father of the same name. Pity this care in naming did not extend to the next generation. A member of the Executive Committee for the Great Exhibition 1851. He collected all the printed items relating to the Exhibition that he found and gave this collection to the V&A Museum. Died St Petersburg, Russia while representing England at a horticultural exhibition there.
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Sir C. Wentworth Dilke (Snr)
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Great Exhibition and Prince Albert
Designed by Joseph Durham with modifications by Sydney Smirke. Inaugurated by...
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Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford
Interested in rural science and one of the chief patrons of the Bath and West Agricultural Society of which he was President at the time of his death. His youngest politician brother, William (176...
1 memorial
Kew Gardens
Officially, The Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. They originated in the garden of Kew Park formed by Lord Capel John of Tewkesbury. They were extended by Augusta, Dowager Princess of Wales and further...
4 memorials
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
1 memorial
William Andrews Nesfield
The Regent's Park plaque has the date of birth as 1794 but this contradicts all the other sources we have found, which have 1793. Nesfield was a significant Victorian garden designer who had a rep...
1 memorial
Bishop Henry Compton
Bishop of London from 1675 to 1713. Born Warwickshire. After a period in Charles II's army he chose the church and within 5 years was made a bishop and a member of the Privy Council. His strong op...
1 memorial
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John Tweed SW10
SW10, Cheyne Walk, 108
The plaque gives his birth year as 1863, when, according to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, it was 1869.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Sir Stafford Cripps
SW10, Elm Park Gardens, 32
English Heritage Sir Stafford Cripps, 1889-1952, statesman born here.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Sir Henry Rider Haggard
W14, Gunterstone Road, 69
Sir Henry Rider Haggard, 1856 - 1925, novelist, lived here 1885 - 1888. Greater London Council.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Michael Norman Finn
Known professionally as Mickey Finn he was a percussionist who joined Marc Bolan in late 1969 on bongos/percussion, replacing Steve Took, & was with T-Rex until 1975. It is said he was chosen ...
1 memorial
Lord Lugard
SW7, Rutland Gate, 51
Greater London Council Lord Lugard, 1858-1945, colonial administrator, lived here, 1912-1919.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
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