Birth date approximate. Essex landowner. One of the twenty-five barons appointed to enforce the observance of Magna Charta.
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Richard de Montfichet
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Magna Carta fountain
Interesting that no artist is named for this sculpture. As far as we can tel...
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James Richard Stanhope
He served with the Grenadier Guards in the Second Boer War. Entering the House of Lords on the death of his father, he became 13th Earl of Chesterfield and 7th Earl Stanhope.
Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, South Africa
1 memorial
James Gibson
A Commissioner for the 1892 Westminster Public Baths and Wash-houses. Andrew Behan has kindly carried out some research on this man: James Gibson was born about 1833 in Crowland, Lincolnshire. He ...
1 memorial
Estates Governors of Alleyn's College at Dulwich
The management of the College sounds complicated. For 1882 Wikipedia has "Two Boards of Governors came into being. Both Dulwich College and Alleyn's School were to be managed by the college Governo...
1 memorial
British Empire League
Formed in London with the purpose of promoting trade, communication, defence, etc. between the UK and the various colonies and India. We can find little information about the BEL; it may even stil...
1 memorial
Sir Robert Walpole
First Prime Minister of Great Britain. An early political victim of satire, the target of Swift, Pope, Fielding, Johnson, Hogarth and Thomas Gay. Walpole responded by setting up the office of the...
3 memorials
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Epping Urban District Council
Successor to the Epping Rural District Council, which in turn became Epping Town Council.
1 memorial
Sir John Gielgud
Actor. Born 7 Gledhow Gardens, South Kensington as Arthur John Gielgud, great nephew to Ellen Terry. The name indicates his Lithuanian descent. A great Shakespearean actor, he is possibly best know...
4 memorials
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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