Publicist and businessman. Born and died London. Nephew to Sir Osbert and Dame Edith. At one time was chairman of the Park Lane Group. Literary executor to Dame Edith. From his Independent obit. he sounds an eccentric.
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Francis Sitwell
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Mozart statue
{Front of plinth:} Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, born Salzburg 27th January 1759,...
Other Subjects
Sir John Philipps
Politician and patron. His date of birth is approximate. Member of Parliament for Pembroke Boroughs from 1695 to 1702, and later for Haverfordwest. He was responsible for the introduction of severa...
1 memorial
Epping Urban District Council
Successor to the Epping Rural District Council, which in turn became Epping Town Council.
1 memorial
Samuel Baylis
Lived on Whitecross Street and was a founder of the Radical Club.
1 memorial
Stoke Newington Borough Council
Formed from the Vestry of Stoke Newington Parish in the County of London, and the South Hornsey Urban District Council in Middlesex. In 1965 it became part of the London Borough of Hackney.
3 memorials
Arthur Onslow
Electred Speaker of the House of Commons in 1728, a post he held for a record-setting 33 years. Born Chelsea. View from the Mirror credits Onslow with the invention of kerbstones.
2 memorials
Previously viewed
1 memorial
PC Alfred Smith
From Islington Tribune: "PC Smith heard the German Gotha G.V aircraft approaching and warned panicking factory workers in Central Street, Finsbury, to stay inside. He died when a bomb exploded a fe...
War dead non-military, WW1
2 memorials
George Tinworth
Ceramic artist. Born 6 Milk Street, SE5. The whole area has been rebuilt but Milk Street used to run parallel to Red Lion Row, just to the east. From Mapping of Sculpture: "... enrolled at Lambeth...
4 memorials
Alan C. Barber
Auxiliary Fireman Alan Charles Barber was born 15 May 1914 in West Norwood, Surrey, the son of William Charles Edward Barber (1881-1967) and Ethel Barber née Langton (b.1882). His father was a Car...
War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
Charlie Paynter
Football Manager. Born in Swindon. His family moved to London, where he played with the Victoria Swifts. He first became involved with West Ham Football Club as unpaid help in 1897. He was appointe...
1 memorial
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