Probably born in Dorset. Clergyman who worked at St Dunstan in the West, Westminster Abbey, and St Margaret's Westminster. Also spoke before the Houses of Parliament. Buried Westminster Abbey.
When Charles II was restored to the throne he ordered the disinterment of the bodies of Oliver Cromwell and his supporters, including Strong, and their reburial in an unmarked pit in St Margaret's churchyard, Westminster.
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William Strong
When Charles II was restored to the throne he issued Royal Warrant, dated 9 S...
Lord Mayor, 1990 - 91. Alderman in the City of London in 1996. Made Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) in 1990.
Politician. Born Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy near Sneek in the Netherlands. He was a professor at the Vrije University of Amsterdam in 1930 and entered politics later in the decade, becoming Minister ...
Electred Speaker of the House of Commons in 1728, a post he held for a record-setting 33 years. Born Chelsea. View from the Mirror credits Onslow with the invention of kerbstones.
A Commissioner for the 1892 Westminster Public Library.
Hon. Secretary of the Committee for the erection of the Florence Nightingale Hospital in 1909. Possibly cousin to Caroline Bridgeman.