Born Bedford. Inherited the title from his father, the first Viscount, in 1865. Was killed in a collision with a horse-drawn carriage and while all the family and staff were away at the funeral his ghost was photographed in the family library. We kid you not - here's the photo.
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Viscount Combermere, Wellington Stapleton-Cotton
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Dairy Supply Company - Directors
These panels are above a door which we guess leads to the offices above with ...
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Sir Thomas Graham Jackson
Architect (and writer of ghost stories). Born Heath Street, Hampstead. Much of his work is of educational buildings, quite a few in Oxford. Died at home at 49 Evelyn Garden.
The Theosophical Society
Formed in New York City by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Henry Steel Olcott, William Quan Judge and others. The society's initial objective was the study of Occultism, the Cabala and Eastern religions...
Francis Smith
The Hammersmith ghost started haunting Black Lion Lane and St Paul's Churchyard in 1804. One night an excise officer, Francis Smith, filled his blunderbuss with shot, and himself with ale before ki...
Bram Stoker
Novelist and theatre manager. Born Dublin. Came to London in 1878 with his new wife Florence Balcombe, previously Oscar Wilde's squeeze. Wrote Dracula whilst he was Irving’s acting manager at the ...
Air Chief Marshal Lord Dowding
Air Chief Marshal Lord Dowding, GCB, GCVO, CMG, RAF, Baron of Bentley Priory in the county of Middlesex. Commander-in-Chief Fighter Command Royal Air Force from its formation in 1936 until Novembe...