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...
Thomas Becket statue
Not bronze but a resin which Copnall coloured to simulate bronze. More photo...
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J. W. Sanders, FRCS
Corps Surgeon in the St John Ambulance Brigade, Metropolitan Corps, 1887-1890.
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
1 memorial
Henry J. Wright
President of the Chelsea Temperance Society in 1908.
1 memorial
Sir John Lubbock
Banker, politician and scientific writer. Born at 29 Eaton Place. He went into his father's banking business at the age of 14 and became a partner in 1856. Entered parliament in 1870, and succeeded...
1 memorial
Vice-Admiral, Sir Thomas Boulden Thompson, GCB
Naval officer. Born Kent. Treasurer of Greenwich Hospital, from November 1816 until his death. His tomb monument is close to the monument for the Old Burial Ground.
1 memorial
1 memorial
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