Born Bengal, his father being Chairman of the East India Company. Secretary of State for War and the Colonies 1835-39. Never married. Died at Cannes where he had lived his final years.
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Charles Grant, 1st Baron Glenelg
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Richard Cobden
Political economist and Liberal MP. Born near Midhurst, Sussex, into a large and very poor family. One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition. Spoke repeatedly to Parliament against war with...
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T. Higgs, Esq.
One of the managers of the 1873-75 changes at Aske’s Hospital.
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Mary Tidy
Lady Superintendent and Trustee of the Committee for the erection of the Florence Nightingale Hospital in 1909.
1 memorial
Stephen Lushington
Doctor of Civil Law, judge, MP, supporter of the campaigns for the abolition of slavery and of capital punishment. Born Berkshire. Died Surrey.
1 memorial
William Wilberforce (abolitionist)
Politician, philanthropist and slavery abolitionist. Born in High Street, Hull. Entered parliament in 1780 and became a close ally of William Pitt the Younger. He converted to evangelical Christian...
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W1, Hollen Street
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Turkish baths in Russell Square
WC1, Russell Square
Just looking at the building who would have thought there was something interesting at this corner? 2017: A London Inheritance has, yet ...
2 subjects commemorated
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