Politician and scientist. Born in London and educated at Eton and the University of Geneva, Switzerland. A brief browse on the web brought up Stanhope's name in association with inventions in the field of printing, computing and optics.
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He died, aged 63 years, on 15 December 1816 in Chevening House, Chevening Road, Chevening, Sevenoaks, Kent and was buried in the Stanhope Chapel, St Botolph's Church, Chevening Road, Sevenoaks TN14 6HG.
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Charles 3rd Earl Stanhope
London County Council Charles 3rd Earl Stanhope, 1753 - 1816, reformer and i...
Born Bedford. Inherited the title from his father, the first Viscount, in 1865. Was killed in a collision with a horse-drawn carriage and while all the family and staff were away at the funeral his...
Co-churchwarden of Chelsea Old Church in 1958. Andrew Behan has found someone who seems very likely to be our man - see below. He was living only about 100 yards the church and Andrew cannot find ...
Town Clerk of the Ealing District Council in 1899. In a page about 2 old houses in Brentford, including ".. at the corner of Boston Road and Windmill Lane ... the demolished New Grove House ... b...
From Trinidad. Director of the Notting Hill Carnival 1973-1975. He found sponsorship, recruited more steel bands and reggae groups and introduced static sound systems, live music stages and genera...
Person, Community / Clubs, Politics & Administration, Caribbean Islands
Commoner on the City Lands & Bridge House Estates Committee, 1994.
Poet and dramatist. Born in Dublin to John Butler Yeats. A member of The Rhymers' Club. Died in Roquebrune, France.
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