Served in India and South Africa. He named Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape after his wife, who had died in India, and built a pyramid-shaped memorial to her there. He returned to England and married again but took his own life on the anniversary of Elizabeth's death. Buried at St Pancras Churchyard with her embalmed heart. Ahhh.
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General Sir Rufane Donkin, KCB, GCH
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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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War dead, WW1
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War dead, WW1
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Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex
Born in Essex House. Â He was the son of Queen Elizabeth's Essex, and the last in the line.
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War dead, WW2
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