One of the Special Commissioners for the Great Exhibition 1851.
Born in Bengal. Chemist. 1st Baron Playfair. Died at home in South Kensington.
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Lyon Playfair
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Great Exhibition and Prince Albert
Designed by Joseph Durham with modifications by Sydney Smirke. Inaugurated by...
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Edmund Burke
Economist, philosopher, author and statesman. Born in Dublin. MP 1766-94 with the Whig Party.
3 memorials
Peter Mandelson
Labour politician. Born Hampstead Garden Suburb grandson of Herbert Morrison.
1 memorial
Sir Thomas Gresham
Created the Royal Exchange in 1566 where the Gresham family crest, a grasshopper, can be seen. Son of Richard Gresham who was a Lord Mayor of London but Thomas never was.
3 memorials
1 memorial
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