Born Wiltshire. His daughter, Anne married the Duke of York, who eventually became James II. His son was Henry.
Close to Charles II even before the Restoration he was appointed his Chancellor of the Exchequer but by 1667 he had lost favour and retreated to France, where he died, at Rouen.
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Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon
SH On part of this site in 1640 was built Worcester House where lived Edward...
Formed in 1984 by Mark Ashton and his friend Mike Jackson, this group was only wound down in 2015. The London group used the bookshop Gay's the Word as their HQ. The largest fund-raising event was ...
Member of the Building Committee to build the 1909 Bethnal Green Town Hall.
Philip Dormer Stanhope was born in St James's. Died at Chesterfield House Grosvenor Square. Statesman, diplomat and wit. Knight of the Garter. Wrote long letters to his son and godson, giving advic...
Entrepreneur, the organiser of England's first lottery. Known as 'The Great Projector' although the layout of the Seven Dials area is his only surviving London project. Neal Street and Neal's Yard...
12th century Indian philosopher, poet, social reformer and pioneer of democracy.
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