Director of George Wimpey Plc, amongst others.
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John Bright
Politician. Worked closely with Richard Cobden in the campaign for the repeal of the Corn Laws. As a Quaker he was opposed to inequalities between individuals and groups; as a member of a mill-ow...
Lord Monteagle
William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle. See Guy Fawkes for Monteagle's role in the Gunpowder Plot.
Ian Stuart
Musician, leading skinhead, far right-wing fund-raiser. Born Ian Stuart Donaldson in Lancashire. Singer of white power rock band Skrewdriver and co-founder of Blood and Honour, a very successful n...
Leyton Town Hall (second)
There are two adjacent buildings on High Road Leyton, both of which have served as the Town Hall. The first was the yellow brick building on the corner with Ruckholt Road. When this was outgrown th...
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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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