Not everyone was happy that Hackney named a block of flats after this anarchist.
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Peter Piaktow
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Peter Piaktow and Sidney Street Siege
Peter House This block was built in 2006 by Tower Hamlets Community Housing a...
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Gregory de Rokesley
Eight times Mayor of London, 1274 - 1281 and 1285.
1 memorial
John Adams
Second President of USA. 1783 signatory to the Treaty of Paris. Minister to the Court of St James's: May 1785 to March 1788. Then Vice President to George Washington. For a list of all the US pres...
2 memorials
Michael Collins
Irish nationalist and politician. Born Woodfield, County Cork. He moved to London in 1906 with his sister, spending over nine years there. An activist in the Sinn Féin movement, he was imprisoned i...
1 memorial
Manny Shinwell
Trades unionist and politician. Born Emanuel Shinwell in Spitalfields. He first entered parliament in 1922. He campaigned for Britain to support the Popular Front government in Spain against Franco...
1 memorial
Sidney Herbert
Son of the 11th Earl of Pembroke, grandson of Count Simon Woronzow. Sidney's elder brother, Robert, was a bad 'un: absconded to live in Paris and failed to provide a legitimate heir so, although R...
1 memorial
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