Person (8,216 subjects)

Edward Harley

Edward Harley

Politician and patron of the arts. MP for Radnor from 1711 to 1714, and for Cambridgeshire from 1722 until he succeeded his father in 1724, and entered the House of Lords as the Second Earl of Oxfo...

Person, Politics & Administration, Property

1 memorial
Alan Brace

Alan Brace

Architect active 1927 and 1937. An Alan Brace was the architect for Rio Tinto Company Limited and carried out work for them in south west Spain, though if this was in the late 1800s, then he was ei...

Person, Architecture

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P. F. Story

P. F. Story

Surveyor active 1937. A 1927 letter gives him the rank 'Lt Col.'. In a 1918 military list for the 20th (Light) Division he appears as 'Major P.F. STORY, D.S.O.'. As we researched the Bingham Court...

Person, Property

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William Compton, 6th Marquess of Northampton

William Compton, 6th Marquess of Northampton

Eldest son of the 5th Marquess. Achieved the rank of Major and was awarded the DSO after WW1. Then rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel before retiring in 1932. Was in local government in Northam...

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration

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Norma Elaine Williamson

Norma Elaine Williamson

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...

Person, Community / Clubs, Social Welfare, Jamaica

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Sir William Powell

Sir William Powell

Politician and philanthropist. Born as William Hinson circa 1624. His uncle, Sir Edward Powell, 1st Baronet of Pengethly, left him his estates on condition that he changed his name to Powell. In 16...

Person, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration

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Madge Gill

Madge Gill

Artist. Born in a flat at the site of the plaque as Maude Ethel Eades. Being illegitimate she was an embarrassment to her family, who sent her to a Dr Barnado's orphanage. She later went to Canada ...

Person, Art, Paranormal, Canada

2 memorials
William Charles Lovely

William Charles Lovely

Royal Navy Fleet Paymaster. The National Archives has a reference with the same name and profession (appointed 18/3/1856), so it seems almost certain that this is the same person. Digital Spy Foru...

Person, Armed Forces

1 memorial
R. Mackay

R. Mackay

Chairman of the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society in 1900.

Person, Commerce, Politics & Administration

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J. Steer

J. Steer

Worked for the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society. Was on the building committee for the Bostall Estate in 1900.

Person, Commerce, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
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