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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John Cyril Lees Collingham
John Cyril Lees Collingham was born in 1865, the second of the six children of Joseph Mawer Collingham (1832-1902) and Jane Eliza Collingham née Lees (1836-1919). His birth was registered in 2nd qu...
1 memorial
Marianne Hansler
Marianne Sophia Hansler, née Collis, the daughter of the late Joseph Collis senior Registrar of the High Court of Chancery. Married Captain Robert Hansler and became his widow in 1877.
1 memorial
Mary Gray Ratray
Miss Mary Gray Ratray of 41 Tavistock Square. Died St Pancras leaving a legacy of £23,000 to the charities of the metropolis. This was administered by her executors Edwin Bedford and Charles Jellic...
1 memorial
John Gordon Crawford
A wealthy, early member of the Burns Club of London (founded 1868). Undiscovered Dundee by Brian King informs: "... retired Glasgow merchant, who had lived in London for many years, had met the cos...
1 memorial
Robert Trotter
Initially we could find nothing about Trotter but shortly after publishing the Clapham trough we were contacted by Andrew Behan who told us about a Trotter fountain in Fulham with, crucially, his d...
2 memorials
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