Person    | Male  Born 23/2/1722  Died 7/2/1789

Sir Thomas Hallifax

Sir Thomas Hallifax

Politician. Born in Barnsley. 1753 was one of the three founders of what became Glyn, Mills & Co. Bank. Lord Mayor of London 1776 - 1777, and Member of Parliament for Coventry and then Aylesbury. Died at his apartment above the banking house in Birchin Lane.

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Sir Thomas Hallifax

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Robert Besley

Robert Besley

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Sir Stephen Henry Molyneux Killik

Sir Stephen Henry Molyneux Killik

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Sir George Wyatt Truscott

Sir George Wyatt Truscott

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Sir Leonard Hutton

Sir Leonard Hutton

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Paul Richardson

Paul Richardson was born on 7 December 1972, one of the three children of Derek A. Richardson (b.1949) and Joan Elizabeth Richardson née King (1951-2021). His birth was registered in the Stepney re...

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The Barnett School

The Barnett School

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This is the foundation stone for the second wing of the Institute. She returned on 31 May 1924 to open the Institute.

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F. Styles
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Blackheath Station

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SE3, Blackheath Station, Platform 1

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