Non-conformist preacher. Born Radnorshire, Wales. Buried in Bunhill burial ground.
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Vavasor Powell
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Landed aristocrat, industrial magnate, antiquarian, scholar, philanthropist, and architectural patron. Born Scotland. His vast inheritance, aged 6 months reportedly made him the richest man (actual...
A church was first built on the site in Saxon times. It was restored by St Dunstan in 950 AD. Badly damaged by the Great Fire, it was patched up and then a steeple by Wren was added in 1701. In 181...
Vicar of the church of St. Mary, The Boltons, Kensington. He served at the church between 1868 and 1909. Little more is known of him, except that under his tenure he rearranged the layout inside th...
Up until the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 Britain and France had been at war on and off for centuries. The Entente Cordiale ('cordial agreement' doesn't really do it justice) settled a number...
Born New York City into an extremely wealthy family. Lived in Rome in his mid-thirties where he developed a life-long taste for the arts. On his father’s death in 1890 he built the luxury Waldorf...
Person, Journalism / Publishing, Philanthropy, Property, Italy, USA
Born San Francisco. A self-made, extremely wealthy newspaper man. The model for Citizen Kane.
Seeing a plaque in this 1970s photo of Brook Street at Spitalfields LIfe we investigated and identified the buildings in the photo as num...
Portrait painter. The Artist Rifles was formed at his studio, 1860. Died Sydenham.
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