Schoolar and theologian. Born Limehouse. Educated at Westminster School. Headmaster of Westminster School 1788-1802. Dean of Westminster 1803-15. Responsible for enclosing what is now Vincent Square thus saving it from development and keeping it as playing fields for the school. Died Islip, Oxfordshire, where he had become rector in 1807.
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William Vincent
The terracotta plaque and Nabresina stone tablet, were commissioned by the re...
He succeeded to his father's baronetcy in 1738. MP. Birth date approximate. Died Millbank.
Married to Robert Trotter and widowed in 1877. See Robert's page for more information.
Installers of very attractive plaques.
The palace of Westminster has been the home of Parliament since a meeting there in 1295. It split into two "houses" in 1341 but, having been built as a royal residence, the palace had no suitable m...
Norma Elaine Williamson came to London from Jamaica as a young girl and lived, initially with her mother, in Stockwell, her home for the rest of her life. She had a variety of careers, the final on...
Reigned: 1910 - 1936. Born third in line to the throne, after his father (who became King Edward VII) and his elder brother Prince Albert Victor, who died early. Crowned on 22 June 1911. Married ...
Born Helena Horn in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Wife to Lehmann. Their eldest son was Samuel (1821-73), the co-founder of Salmon and Gluckstein. Helena died in Soho. See Lehmann Gluckstein for m...
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