Fought to free Corsica from France. Born Corsica. Exiled in London 1770 - 1780 and again 1795 until his death in London. At the Burdett-Coutts memorial, where his name is given as "Paschalis de Paoli of Corsica" you can read why his bones were dug up, and then in 1889, returned to Corsica and reburied there.
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General Pasquale Paoli
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Burdett-Coutts Memorial Sundial
This elaborate piece of high Victoriana was designed by George Highton of Bri...
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Shyamji Krishna Varma
Born Gujarat, India. Revolutionary, lawyer, journalist. In 1877 he received the title of 'pandit', a Sanskrit scholar, and came to Oxford for a few years. Returned to India, studied law and develop...
2 memorials
1 memorial
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
Wandsworth Council EMAS
Wandsworth Ethnic Minority Achievement Service. it works in partnership with schools, governors, parents and colleagues in the Wandsworth Children and Young People's Services Department to ensure h...
1 memorial
Gyorgy Krasso
Hungarian patriot. New York Times obituary. Krasso's widow, Agnes Hay, has kindly allowed us to use this photograph.
1 memorial
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