Irish leader,'The Liberator' or 'The Emancipator'. Born Ireland. Campaigned for the right for Catholics to vote and sit as MPs and also for Ireland to be separated from Great Britain. Came to London first to study at Lincoln's Inn but then repeatedly as part of his campaigning work. Ill, he was advised to go to a warmer clime so he set off on pilgrimage to Rome but he died on the journey, in his hotel rooms in Genoa.
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Daniel O'Connell
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Daniel O'Connell
O'Connell lived here with his wife and children from February 1833 for up to ...
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Francisco de Miranda
Born Caracas, Venezuela. Died in jail in Cadiz, Spain.
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4 memorials
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian politician, instrumental in India's independence. Born as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi at Porbunder in Gujarat. Assassinated in Delhi on the way to prayers. There is another statue of Gandhi i...
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10 memorials
1 memorial
Shyamji Krishna Varma
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2 memorials
Thomas Flamank
Lawyer, born in Bodmin, Cornwall. In 1497, King Henry VII needed to raise money for a war against Scotland, and imposed a country-wide tax. Cornishmen couldn't see that the war was anything to do w...
1 memorial
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