Surveyor. Born Plymouth, godson of Samuel Johnson. Served in South Carolina. 1791 joined the Ordnance Trigonometrical Survey and became its director in 1798. Thus a very important figure in the work of the Ordnance Survey at this period. Lived at the Tower of London, and then at 4 Holles Street.
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Captain William Mudge
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General Roy's cannon - south
The cannon was installed in 1791 by Mudge. The plaque came later in 1926. Fr...
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Rifleman Alfred William Forder
Alfred William Forder was born on 14 June 1880 in Paddington, Middlesex, (now Greater London), the eighth of the eleven children of Edward Forder (1851-1937) and Rachel Forder née Thain (1850-1934)...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Flying Officer Hugh Hamilton Roe Browne
Hugh Hamilton Roe Browne was born on 10 April 1902 in Alderley Edge, Cheshire, one of the four children of Peter Otho Watkin Browne (1866-1955) and Jessie Browne née Carver (1862-1933). On 18 May 1...
War served, WW2
1 memorial
Lieutenant Ernest Harold Canning D.F.C.
Ernest Harold Canning was born on 10 August 1895, the fifth of the seven children of Frederick George Canning (1860-1921) and Janet Canning née Barnes (b.1854). His birth was registered in the 3rd ...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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