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.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
William Dockwra
Near this place William Dockwra founded the London Penny Post in 1680. Corpo...
Younger son of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. Not a handsome man, the first monarch he served called him "my pygmy" and the second "my little beagle". A statesman noted for his direction of th...
Colonial administrator for Egypt. Grandson of the bank founder Sir Francis. Recipient of the telegrams sent by General Gordon during the siege of Khartoum, 20 or 30 every day. Died London. 2018: A...
Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal and 1st Count of Oeiras was born in Lisbon, Portugal, on 13 May 1699. In 1738, he received his first public appointment as the Portuguese ...
Trustee of the Lambeth Hayles Estate development in 1894. We hope the Geo. Howlett Jun. in this photo is our one. The photo comes from an 1855 group shot: "An early photograph of seven Lambeth Geo...
Director of the Brilliant Sign Company in 1938.
By resolution of the University College Committee of the Sixth of June 1933 this part of the College is henceforward known as Foster Cour...
Explorer and naval administrator. Born Devon. Elder brother to William. Sailed in the same North-East Passage expedition as Willoughby, as captain of the 'Edward Bonaventure', the ship that had ...
Royal Garrison Church of St. George, destroyed by flying bomb on 13th July 1944. Consecrated ground preserved as a memorial garden and co...
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