Poet and cricket lover, author of 'The Hound of Heaven'. Born Preston, Lancashire into the middle classes. Went through a period as a down-and-out and opium addict before being discovered as a poet. Died at the Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth, NW8. The University of Manchester shows a memorial to him in their John Owens Building where he studied medicine, unsuccessfully. The picture source website explains why Thompson has been a suspect for Jack the Ripper. We're convinced by the picture alone.
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Francis Thompson
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Pillars of Hercules public house
The Pillars of Hercules, Soho, W1. 'The Pillars of Hercules' has occupied th...
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George Chapman
A barber/surgeon, who at the time of the murders lived in the cellar of the White Hart pub. He was later found guilty of poisoning his three wives for which he was hanged in Wandsworth Prison. Bor...
2 memorials
William Ewart Gladstone
Born in Liverpool. Liberal Prime Minister four times. One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition. Queen Victoria moaned that "He speaks to me as if I were a public meeting". Caroline's Misce...
Person, Jack the Ripper suspects, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Seriously Famous
10 memorials
Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence
On his 28th birthday the eldest son of the Prince and Princess of Wales (Edward and Alexandra) and so second in line to the throne, fell ill at his home at Sandringham. He died on 14 January 1892 a...
3 memorials
Lord Randolph Churchill
Politician. Father of Winston. Born at 3 Wilton Terrace, son of the 7th Duke of Marlborough of Blenheim Palace. 1874 married an American Jennie Jerome and Winston was their first child. (After ...
1 memorial
Canon Samuel Barnett
Social reformer. While curate of St Mary's in Bryanston Square, met Henrietta Barnett and married her in his own church. The site given as the picture source is a forum where the infamous Jack the...
2 memorials
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King Harald V and Queen Sonja of Norway
Harald: Born Norway, son of King Olav V. King of Norway since 1991. Sonia: Born in Oslo as Sonja Haraldsen on 4 July 1937, a commoner. They married in 1968.
1 memorial
John Stears
Film special effects expert. Born Michael John Stears in Uxbridge. He produced effects for eight of the James Bond films. He was invited by George Lucas to work on the Star Wars films, where he cre...
1 memorial
Wanstead District Urban Council
Merged with Woodford Urban District Council in 1934. Merged with Ilford and in 1963 became the London Borough of Redbridge.
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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