Person    | Male  Born 1120  Died 29/12/1170

Thomas Becket

Chancellor, Archbishop and Martyr. Born Cheapside of French parents. son of Gilbert Becket, mercer. Archbishop of Canterbury, 1162 to his death. Assassinated after his erstwhile friend, Henry II, declared "Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?"

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Thomas Becket

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Thomas Becket

{On the lower edge of the bust:} S. Thomas  [On a modern plaque lower on the...

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Thomas Becket statue

Not bronze but a resin which Copnall coloured to simulate bronze. More photo...

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Alfred Edward Reneson Coucher, OBE

Alfred Edward Reneson Coucher, OBE

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Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk

Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk

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Frederick Purchese

Frederick Purchese

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Andrew Young

Andrew Young

First valuer to the London County Council, 1889 - 1914. FSI (Fellow of the Surveyors Institute). Andrew Behan has researched this man: Andrew Young was born on 28 June 1848 in Westminster, the son...

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Giles Shepard

Giles Shepard

Managing Director of the Savoy Group in 1979 - 1994.

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