Prison reformer. Born as Elizabeth Gurney in Norwich into a Quaker banking family. Priscilla Wakefield was her aunt. She first visited Newgate prison in 1813 and was appalled at the conditions of female prisoners. She campaigned and was influential in the introduction of the Prison Act of 1823. She is represented on the English £5 note.
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Elizabeth Fry
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Elizabeth Fry
Mrs Elizabeth Fry, 1780 - 1845, prison reformer, lived here, 1800 to 1809. T...
New Lansdowne Club
The Elizabeth Fry Refuge, 1849 -1913, to help women in need. Elizabeth Fry, 1...
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Eleanor Jane Chute
She was born as Eleanor Jane Portal on 13 May 1854 in Oakley, Basingstoke, Hampshire, the second daughter and the third of the seven children of Sir William Spencer Portal, 1st Baronet (1822-1905) ...
1 memorial
1 memorial
Mark Ashton
Irish political, community and gay rights activist. Born Oldham but grew up in Northern Ireland. With his friend Mike Jackson he formed and raised funds for the Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners...
Person, Community / Clubs, Gender Issues, Politics & Administration, Social Welfare, Ireland
1 memorial
Owen Gordon, SBSTJ
Appointed as Serving Brother in 1983. The date of birth given on the memorial is 19XX.
1 memorial
Rosehaugh Stanhope self-build housing initiative for the unemployed
Rosehaugh Stanhope Developments was responsible for a number of high-profile developments in the City, such as Broadgate. The Independent's 1992 report on the failure of the Rosehaugh company descr...
1 memorial
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W. L. Thirlwell
Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
1 memorial
M Digby Wyatt
Secretary to the Executive Committee for the Great Exhibition 1851.Architect and writer on art. Born near Devizes, Wiltshire. Died Dimlands Castle, Glamorgan.
1 memorial
Henry Holland
Architect. Born Church Row, Fulham, to an architect father, also Henry. Laid out sections of Knightsbridge and Chelsea, including Sloane Square. Also built the original Brighton Pavilion, although ...
1 memorial
Brunel at IC
SW7, Prince Consort Road, Imperial College
This building, the Royal School of Mines, (1906, Aston Webb). has 34 memorials: a foundation stone, 2 busts and 30 scientists' surnames p...
1 subject commemorated
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