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
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Lydia Rogers
Supposed witch. The wife of carpenter John Rogers, she belonged to a radical religious sect called the Anabaptists. She was accused of making a blood pact with the devil, who was said to have cut a...
1 memorial
Harry Houdini
Escape artist. Born Erik Weisz in Budapest. Later names include: Ehrich Weiss, Harry Weiss. The family moved to the US in 1878. He had a very close relationship with his mother, to whom he alwa...
1 memorial
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 ...
3 memorials
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett married Robert Browning in the St Marylebone Church facing York Gate in Euston Road, on 12 September 1846. Keen participant in spiritual séances, taking Robert with her, but he wa...
3 memorials
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...
5 memorials