This patriotic committee of women, led by Lady Lavinia Spencer, ordered the Achilles statue unadorned. It was the men that insisted on the covering.
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Countrywomen of the soldiers that fought with Wellington
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Achilles statue
Modelled on the statue of Dioscuri in Rome. A gay friend of ours is fond of ...
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Marian Mangini Brown
Lived in Hertford Street near (Old) Park Lane in the 1870s. Married but possibly a widow. Did not approve of the opening up of Hamilton Place but still gave money for the Poets' Fountain to be erec...
1 memorial
Miss Ellen Reardon
At the ever-informative MDFCTA we find: Ellen Reardon of 2 New Terrace, Islington died on 4 February 1880. Her sister Margaret Reardon died 13 January 1876. In her will, Ellen Reardon bequeathed so...
2 memorials
J. Mackerell
Gave land in commemoration of Nelson in 1905. Great nephew of Isaac Smith through whom, it seems likely, he may have inherited the land of Merton Abbey but how and when he acquired Merton Place a...
1 memorial
1 memorial
Lord Richard Attenborough, CBE
Actor, director, producer. Born Cambridge. Older brother of TV wildlife presenter Sir David. Died, aged 90 years, on 24 August 2014.
1 memorial
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