A wealthy banker and art collector, who bought Aubrey House in 1873 for about £15,000. He was an important patron of Whistler. He died when he fell down the stairs of his country home Heathfield House in Sussex.
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William Cleverly Alexander
London County Council Aubrey House stands on the site of Kensington Wells an ...
Sculptor, painter, illustrator. Born Watford, son of the photographer, Henry Dixon, who specialised in animal photographs taken at London Zoo, near where they lived. So it's interesting that Harry ...
Artist. Born David Garshen Bomberg in Birmingham. His family moved to the east end of London, and he studied at the Slade School of Art, where his fellow pupils included Mark Gertler and Stanley Sp...
Born Bold Street, Liverpool. Son of the painter William Henry Hunt. Poet and landscape painter associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. He won the Newdigate Prize in 1851 for his poem ‘Nine...
Painter. Born Birmingham, his mother dying as a result of his birth. Met his life-long friend, William Morris, at Oxford University. Dropped out of his degree and went to London to become a pupil o...
Nonconformist minister and teacher. Born Devon. Buried in Bunhill burial ground.
The first recorded Mayor of London: 1189 to 1212. Alternative spelling: Fitz-Ailwyn. His father was known as Eylwin de Londenstane (of London Stone).
Soldier and politician. Born Clackmannanshire, Scotland. Lieutenant-general in the army. Served in the Napoleonic Wars. Died following a hit at a battle, a victory, near Alexandria.
Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, Egypt, Scotland
We can find no confirmation that More lived at Eltham, though he probably visited his daughter, Margaret Roper, at her home there. From e...
Inked date stamps were at first called 'Bishops marks' after their inventor, Henry Bishop, Postmaster General, 1660-1663. The post office was receiving complaints about late arrival of the post. ...
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