Emily Carpenter, daughter of a Bromley gamekeeper, met George Sparkes while working as his housekeeper. In 1865 she became his second wife. "He is said to have educated the lively and intelligent Emily to share his intellectual and philanthropic interests." Widowed in 1878 she erected the fountain to commemorate her husband 2 years later. She remarried to become Mrs Dowling, but less happily. Information from London Parks and Gardens Trust.
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Emily Sparkes
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George Sparkes memorial
{Inscribed in the granite of the north, pavement, side of the plinth:} In aff...
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Meg Davis Allen
Co-funder of the Reagan statue; trustee of the Heritage Foundation, an American think-tank.
1 memorial
1 memorial
1 memorial
Baron George Allardice Riddell
Newspaper proprietor, The News of the World in particular. Chairman of the Royal Free Hospital, Gray's Inn Road, in 1926 when he, together with George Eastman, and Sir Albert Levy, funded the cons...
2 memorials
1 memorial
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Czechoslovak Government in Exile
The informal title of the Czechoslovak National Liberation Committee. It was originally created by the former Czechoslovak president Edvard Beneš in Paris, in October 1939. Unsuccessful negotiation...
Group, Nationalism, Politics & Administration, Czechoslovakia, France
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