Carpet manufacturer, politician and philanthropist. Born in Halifax, Yorkshire. He worked at his father's massive carpet factory before entering parliament in 1852. He erected twenty-one almshouses in Halifax, with an endowment of six shillings a week to each occupant. Died at his home, Belle Vue, Halifax.
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Sir Francis Crossley
Upon this spot, formerly the site of Westminster Hospital, a house of god for...
Wealthy banker. One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition, 1851. Banker. Born 43 Lothbury, London. Died at home, 2 Carlton Gardens.
Master mariner. Born Southampton. From Hellfire Corner : Captain of the Great Eastern Railway Company's steamer Brussels, he in utter defiance of the Germans continued to work the Rotterdam-Briti...
Manufacturers of printing ink for the newspaper industry. Its head office was at Wine Office Court off Fleet Street.
The Ivy, opened by Abele Giandolini, as an unlicensed Italian cafe in 1917 in a building on the same site. Famous as a theatrical-celebrities haunt, possibly due to its late closing time of near-mi...
Scrap metal dealers in Greenwich, founded by Charles Robinson. In 1953 leased the land that became Anchor Iron & Crowley's Wharf, and moved there. The principal cargoes were scrap iron, lead i...
