Born Dublin, Ireland as Abraham Gottheimer. The King of Italy conferred the title of Baron Grant - for improvement schemes in Milan. He was also MP for Kidderminster. His financial dealings were never straight forwarded and he ended as a bankrupt.
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Albert Grant
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Albert Grant & Shakespeare
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Henry James Felton
Chairman of Cripplegate Institute in 1894. Henry James Felton is listed as a churchwarden at St Giles Cripplegate in 1885 and as a vestryman in 1887. His son, Charles Page Felton, attended City of...
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Edward Acheson
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Oakley Works
In 1899 the Wilkinson Sword factory moved from the City to Chelsea where it was known as the Oakley works and in 1903-4 it moved to Acton, retaining that name. Chelsea Despite the name, the Chelse...
Andrew Carnegie
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Royal Docks' workers and their families
During the 126 years of its working life the Royal Docks, the largest enclosed docks in the world, must have employed a huge number of people.
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Social Democratic Federation
Founded by Henry Hyndman in 1884, this was the forerunner of the British Labour Party, the Independent Labour Party and the Communist Party of Great Britain.
Geoffrey Chaucer
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