Architect. Son of John Callcott Horsley. His best known buildings are in a Baroque style. He designed St Paul's Girls' School in Hammersmith, and a few stations for the North Western Railway such as Hatch End.
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Gerald Horsley
This (Wrenish style) building by Gerald Horsley was built in 1911 on the site...
Architect. "George Hornblower was born in 1858, the son of Lewis Hornblower and younger brother of Frederic W Hornblower. He was educated at Birkenhead School and articled to his father and brother...
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Master Carpenter. Designed the Ripley block of the present Admiralty building in 1726.
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Politician and diplomat. Born Edward Frederick Lindley Wood at Powderham Castle, Devon. He served in parliament from 1910, until he became Lord Irwin in 1925. Viceroy of India from 1926 to 1931. In...
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Swedish botanist. Came to London in June 1760 to promote Carl Linnaeus’ taxonomy and used it to catalogue the natural history collections at the British Museum. Travelled with Joseph Banks on Capta...
London borough formed by the merger of the Municipal Borough of Sutton and Cheam, with the Municipal Borough of Beddington and Wallington and Carshalton Urban District which had previously been par...
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