Barrister, Liberal MP, Postmaster General 1892-5. From Ornamental Passions:
Morley has gone down in history for a staggeringly wrong assessment of the market potential of a new technology. In in 1895 he told the House of Commons: "There is a great distinction between telephone companies and gas and water companies. Gas and water are requisites for every inhabitant in a district, but the telephone cannot, and never will be, an advantage which can be enjoyed by large masses of the working classes." Wrong and sneering. Brilliant.
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Arnold Morley
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Morley opened this building. With the pupil-less eyes this looks like a death...
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Wat Tyler
Leader of the Peasants' Revolt of 1381. Killed at Smithfield by the Mayor of London, William Walworth.
3 memorials
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Charles Buxton
MP. Born Surrey. Son of the anti-slavery campaigner first baronet, he entered the family brewing business. He later published his father's memoirs and a history 'Slavery and Freedom in the Britis...
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Richard Savage, fourth Earl Rivers
Governor of the Tower of London, soldier who fought in Ireland for William III and notorious womanizer. Birth date uncertain. Died at home at Ealing Grove, Middlesex.
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Kit-Cat Club
18th century London club with political (Whig) and literary interests. Tending to the clandestine it met, at different periods, at the Trumpet Tavern, the Fountain Tavern and at Barn Elms. In sum...
Group, Community / Clubs, Literature, Politics & Administration
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