Wesleyan minister and benefactor. Born at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He entered the Wesleyan ministry in 1860. In 1869 he founded the Children's Home (now known as the charity Action for Children) to provide accommodation for destitute children. Died at his home, Clare Bank, Dollis Hill.
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Thomas Bowman Stephenson
Plaque unveiled by actress Shirley Anne Field (who spent part of her childhoo...
Member of the Highbury Quadrant Congregational Church who funded the landscaping of the church grounds. Had died by 1991.
Naval officer. Governor of Greenwich Hospital 1720 to his death, there.
Master of the Innholders 1920 - 21.
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Craigie Aitchison, RA, CBE, 1926 - 2009, painter, lived in this house from 1963 and died here.
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