Served as the secretary of the Western Dispensary for 26 years. His daughter, Edith, succeeded him.
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Francis Charles Morgan
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Francis Charles Morgan
"Consols", from "Consolidated stock", were government bonds, a type of financ...
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William Cotton
William Cotton FRS was an inventor, merchant, philanthropist, and governor of the Bank of England 1842-5. He helped build St John's Church Leytonstone in 1833, and 75 other churches in London. He ...
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John Thwaites
First Chairman of the Metropolitan Board of Works and thus the first Leader of local government in London. Born Westmorland. Came to London in 1832, trained as a draper and set up his own business...
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D. F. Johnson
Chairman of HMV Shops Limited in 1984. If the web is anything to go by, unveiling the Nipper plaque is the only significant action Johnson ever took.
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Emily Carr-Gomm
She was born as Emily Blanche Carr on 4 July 1849 at Lownes Street, London, SW1. She was the fourth daughter, and youngest of the six children of Andrew Morton Carr (1799-1852) and Emily Caroline F...
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8th Duke of Devonshire, Spencer Compton
Statesman. Born Lancashire. Previously known as the Marquess of Hartington, or in the gossip columns as Harty-Tarty. Close friend of Edward VII. Had a serious affair with Skittles in 1859 - 1863 an...
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George Peabody statue
EC4, Royal Exchange Buildings
Unveiled by the then Prince of Wales, unusually in the subject's lifetime. Too ill to attend the ceremony Peabody died 3 months later. At...
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Rahere
Founded St Bartholomew's Hospital and Priory in 1123, including the church of St Bartholomew the Great, following a vow made while sick on a pilgrimage to Rome. Prior to that he had been a courtier...
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War dead, WW2
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Commissioners of Sewers
The City of London was well in advance of other parts of London when it came to sewerage.
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Sir Alfred Seale Haslam
Engineer and politician. Born Derby. He saw the potential of refrigeration and developed equipment that was used extensively both on land and on ships. Knighted by Queen Victoria in 1891 he fund...
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