Politician. Born George Samuel Knatchbull Young. Elected to parliament in 1974. Served as Secretary of State for Transport, Leader of the House, Lord Privy Seal and Chief Whip. Created Baron Young of Cookham in 2015.
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Sir George Young
The Old Fire Station Rotherhithe {By an image of two WW2 firemen:} Restored b...
Constable of Baynard's Castle. Led the 25 barons who negotiated with King John to create the Magna Carta. Our image shows his seal.
Orator, writer and elocutionist. Born in Covent Garden. It was as a political activist that he became well known. He was tried for treason and spent some time in the Tower of London and Newgate. He...
Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organisation in September 2001.
Brought up at the court of Henry VII. A favourite of King Henry VIII. Took possession of the family's estate in Southwark following the death of his uncle Thomas Brandon, in 1510. Henry VIII create...
One of the two sources of the Tyburn river, the other being in the grounds of Belsize Manor (now the area called Belsize Park). The picture shows the well in 1820. In 1878 Edward Walford wrote " ...
The last line on the board suggests that this used to be on display at the front of the building. Perhaps the large empty space was used ...
Originally built to hold prisoners being tried by the Marshalsea Court and the Court of the King's Bench. Its first site, from at least 1329 was on Borough High Street on the block now bordered...
Oboist. Born Léon Jean Goossens in Liverpool. Son of Eugene Goossens. At the age of 15, he became a member of the Queen's Hall Orchestra under the baton of Sir Henry Wood. In 1932, he joined Sir T...
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