Person    | Male  Born 8/11/1824  Died 30/9/1912

Sir John George Tollemache Sinclair

Categories: Politics & Administration

Countries: Scotland

Born Edinburgh, grandson of Sir John Sinclair. Caithness Landowner and 3rd Baronet. MP, 1870 - 1885, with a fascination for Mary Queen of Scots and a liking for theatrical gothic. The earliest born person to make a disc recording, in 1906: "The adieu of Mary Queen of Scots" (what else?)

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Sir John George Tollemache Sinclair

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Mary Queen of Scots statue

{On the base of the statue in gothic script:] Mary Queen of Scots

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W. H. Dixon

W. H. Dixon

A commissioner of Limehouse Library in 1900.

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1 memorial
George Robinson, 1st  Marquess of Ripon

George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon

Born 10 Downing Street. Politician, son of Prime Minister, Frederick John Robinson. He served in every Liberal cabinet from 1861 until his death. Knighted 1869 and created 1st Marquess of Ripon in ...

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Dugald Trystan Julius Herbert Gonsal OBE

Dugald Trystan Julius Herbert Gonsal OBE

Camden's chief engineer and assistant director of environment: 1966- 2001 when he retired. From the Burghers In The UK website we learn that he was born on 12 April 1935 in Colombo, Ceylon (now ca...

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1 memorial
Reg Freeson

Reg Freeson

Born in St Pancras as Reginald Yarnitz Freeson. Served in the army in WW2. Labour politician, MP 1964-87, for Willesden East and later Brent East, with 14 years on the front bench. Died Salisbury. ...

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2 memorials
Charles de Gaulle

Charles de Gaulle

Born Lille, France. Height 6 ft, 5 inches, nicknamed Le Grande Asperge. President of France 1958-69. Just like Queen Wilhelmina, while in London he used the BBC to send popular messages of resistan...

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Imperial Hotel - statue 04

Imperial Hotel - statue 04

WC1, Russell Square

On this site there used to be a sister hotel to Hotel Russell, also designed by Charles Fitzroy Doll and erected in 1898. It was demolish...

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John Procter, the younger

John Procter, the younger

Grandson of Mary and John Procter, died aged 9 months. We don't actually know that his surname was Procter since John had one daughter as well as three sons.

Person, Children, Friend / family

1 memorial
George Arnold

George Arnold

Parishioner of St James Upper Edmonton killed in WW1.

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War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Richard Claude Belt

Richard Claude Belt

Sculptor. Born Westminster. At Mapping Sculpture we learnt that Belt was twice caught up in significant court cases, one of which had the Byron statue at its centre. Belt's former employer, Charles...

Person, Sculpture

2 memorials
Palmerston statue

Palmerston statue

SW1, Parliament Square

{On the front of the plinth and repeated on the back:} Viscount Palmerston {On the base of the statue:} T. Woolner, RA, Sc. 1876 R. Mas...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator