Person    | Male  Born 24/6/1825  Died 6/10/1891

W. H. Smith

William Henry Smith. Bookseller and politician. The son in "W. H. Smith and Son". He introduced the W. H. Smith stalls at railway stations and the business thrived. Entered politics in 1868.  Appointed First Lord of the Admiralty when he had little naval experience and so thought to be the model for Sir Joseph (ruler-of-the-Queen's-Nav-ee) Porter in Gilbert & Sullivan's 'H.M.S. Pinafore'. Promoted the Baconian Theory, the idea that Francis Bacon wrote the plays commonly attributed to Shakespeare. Father of Lord Hambleden

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W. H. Smith

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W. H. Smith - W2

London County Council W. H. Smith, 1825 - 1891, bookseller and statesman, li...

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Thomas Baring

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The Three Cripples public house

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Pub in Charles Dickens's "Oliver Twist".

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Edward Latymer

Edward Latymer

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Anglo-Dutch friendship

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Guardsman Frank Leslie Harman

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