Politician. Born Essex. Grandson of the first baronet. Governor of South Australia. Died in a cottage at Cromer, rather than in his nearby family seat, Colne House, because at the time, WW1, that was being used as a hospital for soldiers.
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William Proctor
Co-Warden of the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers in 1724.
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William Marsden, Secretary of the Admiralty
As secretary of the Admiralty in November 1805 it was Marsden who was the first to receive the news of the Battle of Trafalgar. Born County Wicklow. Sent by the civil service to work in Sumatra a...
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Samuel Gurney
Banker, philanthropist, M.P. Set up the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association. Not to be confused with his father, banker and philanthropist, Samuel Gurney Snr, whose sister ...
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Dr George Cooper
George Joseph Cooper. First a medical doctor then councillor for Bermondsey, then Liberal MP for Bermondsey. Member of the Commissioners of the 1890 Bermondsey Library.
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