Statesman. Born Debden. As a Protestant dissenter he failed to secure the advancements at the King's court for which he had hoped and so set off to the newly established Massachusetts where he was elected Governor. Returning to England he joined in the revolution against Charles I but opposed the execution of the King and so fell out with Cromwell as well. On the restoration of the monarchy he was charged with treason, arrested at his Hampstead home, and beheaded at Tower Hill.
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Sir Harry Vane (the younger)
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Harry Vane
Sir Harry Vane, statesman, lived here. Born 1612. Beheaded 1662. {Almost hid...
Tower Hill Martyrs - list
{5 plaques, in total listing 27 names, each with their year of death, the fir...
Other Subjects
Earl of Kilmarnock
Jacobite. Taken prisoner at the Battle of Culloden. Tried and beheaded on the Tower Hill scaffold.
1 memorial
Guy Fawkes
Born a protestant in York but became a Catholic when his widowed mother married a Catholic. A professional soldier, he fought for Spain but when he realised that Spain would not invade Britain and ...
1 memorial
Section Officer Yolande Elsa Maria Beekman, Croix de Guerre
Yolande Elsa Maria Unternahrer was born on 28 October 1911 at 13 Avenue de la Grande Armée, Paris, France, one of the six children of Swiss nationals Michelangelo Mercurio (1872-1953) and Berthe Ly...
Person, Espionage, Execution, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Arpad Weisz
Weisz, Árpád. Footballer. Born in Solt, Hungary. As well as Hungary, he also played for Czechoslovakia and Italy. He was part of the Hungarian squad in the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. A serious ...
Person, Execution, Sport / Games, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Italy, Poland
1 memorial
Lyon Cawch
Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for his Protestant beliefs.
1 memorial
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Giuseppe Lund
Metal sculptor active in 1993. 2012 Lund is looking for commissions to fund a solo row across the Atlantic to raise money to provide fresh-water wells. Go on, you know you need a decorative gate!...
1 memorial
Joseph Smith
Translated Pepys's diary (written in one of the versions of shorthand used at the time) in 1819 - 22.
1 memorial
Havelock Ellis
SW9, Canterbury Crescent, 14, Dover Mansions
Henry Havelock Ellis, 1859 - 1939, pioneer in the scientific study of sex, lived here. Greater London Council
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Caesar's Camp
Iron-age fort, established circa 250 BC. Although Roman artefacts have been found at the site, any connection with Caesar (Julius or otherwise) is purely fanciful. Nothing tangible of the fort rema...
2 memorials
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
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