Person    | Male  Born 1736  Died 1812

Captain Henry Penton, MP

Captain Henry Penton, MP

MP for Winchester who gave his name to the Pentonville area of London by building in the late 1700s The Penton Estate.

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Captain Henry Penton, MP

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Penton Estate

{A stone plaque is laid into the wall, low down below the capital:} On this ...

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Dr Isaac Dorislaus

Dr Isaac Dorislaus

Born in the Netherlands. A distinguished anti-royalist scholar, for Charles I's trial he was assistant to the Solicitor General but did not sign the death warrant. Murdered in the Hague in 1649 by ...

Person, Politics & Administration, Netherlands

1 memorial
Jean Scott

Jean Scott

Founder of The Finchley Society.  Andrew Behan found their website very informative: Jean Leslie Scott, The Finchley Society’s founder, was born on 21 March 1921 and lived in Finchley since her ch...

Person, Community / Clubs, Politics & Administration, Science

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David Ben-Gurion

David Ben-Gurion

Politician. Born David Grüen in Ptońsk, Russian Empire (modern day Poland). In Palestine in 1919 he founded a socialist party and led the Mapai (Labour) party from 1930. He participated in the St J...

Person, Politics & Administration, Israel/Palestine, Russia

1 memorial

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Dr. Edward Adrian Wilson

Dr. Edward Adrian Wilson

Born Cheltenham. One of Scott's four companions who died with him, returning from the South Pole. Cheltenham honours Wilson with a statue on the Promenade and an exhibition in the town museum.

Person, Exploring, Medicine, Arctic & Antarctic

2 memorials