Person    | Male  Born 26/1/1837  Died 28/10/1915

Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton (d.1915)

Politician. Born Essex. Grandson of the first baronet. Governor of South Australia. Died in a cottage at Cromer, rather than in his nearby family seat, Colne House, because at the time, WW1, that was being used as a hospital for soldiers.

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London Borough of Haringey

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Camille Pissarro

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Sir George Joseph Woodman

Sir George Joseph Woodman

Commoner on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894.  1904-5 Sheriff of the City of London.

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