USA President 1829 - 1837. Officially recognised Texas as an independent republic on 3 March 1837 by appointing an ambassador.
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Urban Hall
Prime Warden of the Fishmonger Company in 1716, 1717. Lived in Broad Street.
Richard Gordon Scriven, JP
Commoner on the City Lands & Bridge House Estates Committee, 1994.
Manor of Rotherhithe
First recorded in Norman times as part of the royal demesne. It had a long succession of owners and tenants who held rights over the area.
Ealing Town Hall
Designed by Charles Jones, and built by Hugh Knight. It replaced a smaller town hall, that had also been designed by Jones. They are both in the same Gothic revival style; this one a whale compared...
Mr J Minchin
Trustee of the Putney Pest House Charity, 1862.
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John Thurloe
WC2, Chancery Lane
Thurloe lived at No. 24 Old Buildings, near the Gatehouse, during the time of his office,1645-59. The ‘Thurloe State Papers' were disco...
Tin Pan Alley
‘Tin Pan Alley’ originally, 1885, referred to the section of New York City where music publishers and songwriters were based. In 1920s London music shops congregated in Denmark Street and the term...
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