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William Thompson

William Thompson

One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition, 1851.

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William Thompson

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Great Exhibition and Prince Albert

Designed by Joseph Durham with modifications by Sydney Smirke. Inaugurated by...

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William Sidney

William Sidney

Mayor of the Borough of Chelsea in 1906 - 8. Represented Chelsea in the LCC, 1922-34. LondonWiki says: "Following the death of his two elder brothers, the 3rd and 4th Barons De L'Isle and Dudley, h...

Person, Politics & Administration

2 memorials
Michael Collins

Michael Collins

Irish nationalist and politician. Born Woodfield, County Cork. He moved to London in 1906 with his sister, spending over nine years there. An activist in the Sinn Féin movement, he was imprisoned i...

Person, Nationalism, Politics & Administration, Ireland

1 memorial
Sir Hugh Bidwell, Lord Mayor
2 memorials
Anti-Corn-Law League

Anti-Corn-Law League

Founded in Manchester by Richard Cobden with the objective of having the Corn Laws abolished.  This achieved, the League was dissolved. The Corn Laws imposed a high import tax on foreign grain, th...

Group, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Vladimir Kara-Murza

Vladimir Kara-Murza

Vladimir Vladimirovich Kara-Murza is a Russian-British political activist, journalist, author, filmmaker, and former political prisoner. A protégé of murdered Russian dissident Boris Nemtsov.  Fol...

Person, Journalism / Publishing, Politics & Administration, Russia

2 memorials

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Leighton Fund

Leighton Fund

Originated as the bequest left by Lord Leighton in 1896. Bob Speel provides some useful information about what the fund has bought. The newspaper article quoted at Sloane Square fountain contains:...

Group, Art, Benefactor

3 memorials
Royal Society of Arts Murals

Royal Society of Arts Murals

Painted by the artist James Barry. They show, 'Orpheus', 'A Grecian Harvest-Home', 'Crowning the Victors at Olympia', 'Commerce or the Triumph of the Thames', 'The Distribution of Premiums in the S...

Group, Art

1 memorial
South Place Chapel

South Place Chapel

A radical nonconformist congregation, led by William Johnson Fox moved from Bishopsgate premises into this purpose-built Chapel at South Place, Finsbury. In 1926 the South Place Ethical Society sol...

Building, Religion

1 memorial
Stollar family

Stollar family

Alice's husband, their sons David and Howard, daughter Helen, grandchildren and family.

Group, Benefactor

1 memorial
W. G. Lamb

W. G. Lamb

Name on one of the main panels of the East Ham WW1 memorial.

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War dead, WW1
1 memorial