Born as Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn. Labour politician. Inherited a title in 1960 on his father's death, Viscount Stansgate. This forced him out of the House of Commons so he fought to have the law changed to enable him to renounce the title, which he managed in 1963. The term 'Bennite' came to mean someone who shared his radical left-wing views.
On his death his son Stephen, a scientist, inherited the Stansgate title.
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Tony Benn
See Davison's page for an explanation of this plaque. While still thinking a...
Thomas Rainsborough was buried in this churchyard on the 14th November 1648 a...
Railway manager. Born Talbot Road, Paddington. London & South Western Railway General Manager 1911 - 1923. Southern Railway General Manager 1923 - 1937. Director 1937 - 1947. In charge of the d...
Founder member and Treasurer of Westminster Housing Trust. This may be the Arthur E Marsh referred to at G. Campbell Morgan Archive. He came from Westminster and was working as a private secretar...
Founding Master of the Worshipful Company of Firefighters. Buckingham Covers has a short biography.
From Art in the Park: "The North Camberwell Radical Club performed two functions. Firstly, it was a forum for political debate. Secondly, it was a social club for its members. The club band headed ...
Member of the Electric Lighting and Tramways Committee, West Ham, 1905.
Novelist and poet. Born as Marguerite Radclyffe Hall in Bournemouth into a wealthy family. From 1917 until her death Hall lived with Una Troubridge but had a number of affairs with other women. T...
Dramatist, composer, writer and theatre proprietor. Employed Grimaldi at Sadler's Wells. Charles Isaac Mungo Dibdin was known professionally as Charles Pitt or Charles Dibdin the younger. Born in R...
From the website: "Travel in comfort Between Scotland and London, allowing you to arrive refreshed The Caledonian Sleeper is the most civilised way to travel between Scotland and London, allowing ...
London Pavilion On this site between 1885 and 1934 stood the re-sited London Pavilion built following the demolition of its predecessor ...
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