Eighth US President. Born in Kinderhook, N.Y., USA.
For a list of all the US presidents that appear on London Remembers see John F. Kennedy.
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Martin van Buren
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Martin van Buren
Martin van Buren, 1782 - 1862, eighth US President, lived here. Greater Londo...
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Charles Robertson
Worked in the civil service, 1902 - 1925, in the Egyptian Ministry of Education. At the 1931 London County Council election, Robertson was elected for the Labour Party in Islington East. He lost th...
Person, Education, Politics & Administration, Egypt, Scotland
1 memorial
John Henry Brass
President of the Chelsea Temperance Society from 1885 to 1894.
1 memorial
Sir Charles Morgan
In 1792 Charles Gould (1726 – 1806), lawyer and politician, married Jane Morgan and in 1792 inherited her family’s property in Tredegar, Wales. At the same time he changed his name to Morgan and wa...
1 memorial
James Clements
JP, elected to Brentford Council in 1895 and was the Chairman of the Council a number of times.
1 memorial
Sir Benjamin Hawes
From British History Online: Master of the Haberdashers Company 1833-4 and leading force in the rebuilding of Aske’s Hospital 1826. We have found some links between this politician and the Haberda...
1 memorial
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Ellen Wilkinson
NUWSS in Manchester, Labour MP for Jarrow. As Jarrow MP she played a prominent role in the 1936 Jarrow March. Minister of Education from July 1945 until her death. Born Manchester. Had a close per...
1 memorial
Edith Martineau
Daughter of keen Unitarian Frederick Nettlefold and his wife Mary. Married Sydney Martineau (1863 – 1945, British Olympic fencer). From 1929 was the lay president of the General Assembly of Unitar...
1 memorial
Michael Faraday
Experimental physicist, especially electro-magnetics (remember Faraday's Law?). Born in Newington Butts but brought up near Oxford Street. Trained as a bookbinder and here he was given tickets to s...
9 memorials
Finchley Society
Formed to protect, preserve and improve buildings, transport, roads and open spaces in Finchley and Friern Barnet and their environs, and to explore the history and the special features of the area...
9 memorials
English Heritage
English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that manages over 400 historic monuments, buildings and places. These include prehistoric sites, medieval castles, Roman forts,...
415 memorials
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