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...
One of the Special Commissioners for the Great Exhibition 1851. Born in Bengal. Chemist. 1st Baron Playfair. Died at home in South Kensington.
Person, Politics & Administration, Science, Bengal, Scotland
The English Civil War was a series of civil wars and political machinations between Parliamentarians ("Roundheads") and Royalists ("Cavaliers"), mainly over the manner of England's governance and i...
Lawyer, business woman and broadcaster. Born Jamaica, came to England aged 3. Chief Executive of London Boroughs of Merton and Lambeth, she has been a campaigner against corruption and for human ri...
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