Director of George Wimpey Plc, amongst others.
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Col. Robert Slingsby
Naval officer and administrator. Died of typhus at home in Lime Street. Some information at Pepys' Diary.
Richard Fitzalan, 11th Earl of Arundel
Had been one of the group who arranged for the execution of Simon Burley. King Richard never forgave that, and when Fitzalan joined Gloucester to oppose the King's peace with France the King took ...
Mrs R. M. Cohen
Director of Lady Workers' Homes Ltd in 1936. The initials "R. M." are almost certainly her husband's.
Black Consciousness Movement of Azania
Organisation that was the external arm of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM). An anti-apartheid activist movement that emerged in South Africa in the mid-1960s after the banning of the African ...
Mr Robert Aviss
Administrator of the Putney Pest House Charity, 1862.
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Patrick MacDowell
R.A., sculptor. Born Belfast. Works include: "The reading girl" and the group "Europe" at the Albert Memorial.
Sir Arthur Eddington
SE3, Bennett Park, 4
Sir Arthur Eddington O.M., 1882 - 1944, mathematician and astrophysicist, lived here. Greater London Council
Frieze of Parnassus - Veronese
SW7, Kensington Road
The monument, officially titled the Prince Consort National Memorial, celebrates Victorian achievement and Prince Albert's passions and i...
Pimlico Hostelry and Pleasure Gardens
N1, Pitfield Street, Arden House
The Pimlico Tavern was in Hogsden (now Hoxton), close to The Curtain, The Theatre, and The Fortune playhouses, which explains Jonson's pr...
Arthur James Jones
Member of the ARP/Civil Defence Services - stretcher bearer. Andrew Behan has kindly provided this research: Arthur James Jones was born on 16 April 1893. Electoral registers from 1931 onward sh...
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