Merchant who along with his partner Robert Murray created the first Penny Post in London in 1680. He was also an independent slave trader who attempted to break the monopoly that the Royal African Company held in the trade.
We cannot find an image of Dockwra so have used his postmarks instead.
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William Dockwra
Near this place William Dockwra founded the London Penny Post in 1680. Corpo...
Founded the Mothers’ Union in 1876. Born as Mary Elizabeth Heywood in Lancashire. 1848 she married George Henry Sumner, son of C. R. Sumner, Bishop of Winchester, and a second cousin of William Wi...
Worked for the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society. Was on the building committee for the Bostall Estate in 1900 and was Chairman of the building committee for the Abbey Wood branch in 1912.
Author and Governor-General of Canada. Born at Perth, Scotland. He entered the diplomatic service, becoming private secretary to the High Commissioner for Southern Africa. Created Baron Tweedsmuir ...
Person, Literature, Politics & Administration, Canada, Scotland, South Africa
Treasurer of the Pulford Street Site Committee. This is possibly Sir John Humphrey Davidson (1876–1954), who was a military man until 1922 when he left the army and then became MP in Fareham, Ken...
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