Merchant, slave trader, and diplomat. Born Scotland. 1746 he moved to London and began his own business initially in tobacco but quickly moved into the slave trade. His London base was at Philpot Lane. An important business associate in America was Henry Laurens.
His knowledge of trade with North America meant he became an advisor to the British government and in 1783 was a British negotiator for the Treaty of Paris.
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Richard Oswald
The spelling is probably a good indication of which country funded this memor...
Works director of the Brilliant Sign Company in 1938.
The Vestry of Bermondsey was incorporated in 1855. In 1889 it became part of the County of London and then in 1900 the Vestries of Bermondsey and Rotherhithe were joined to form the Metropolitan Bo...
Politician, lawyer, ornithologist and amateur archaeologist. Magistrate and Chairman of the Middlesex County Council. Born Paddington. Knighted in 1922 and became a Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Middle...
Person, Benefactor, History, Law, Politics & Administration, Romans
Treasurer of St Luke's School in 1870 and had a new wing named after him in 1887.
Co-churchwarden of Mary Abbots Church, Kensington, August 1817.
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