Engineer and politician. Born Derby. He saw the potential of refrigeration and developed equipment that was used extensively both on land and on ships. Knighted by Queen Victoria in 1891 he funded three statues of her: in Newcastle under Lyme, Derby and at Blackfriars, all based on a marble original erected in India. Died at the St Pancras Hotel, London while on a business trip.
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Sir Alfred Seale Haslam
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Queen Victoria statue - Blackfriars
{On the front of the plinth in gilded lettering:} Victoria R.I. 1896 {for "Vi...
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1 memorial
1 memorial
Sir John Isaac Thornycroft
Civil engineer. Son of Thomas and Mary Thornycroft. Born Rome. Studied and began work in Glasgow. Then studied at the Royal School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering at South Kensingt...
1 memorial
Royal Docks Trust
From the website "It works to provide community benefits to the Docklands part of Newham between the A13 and the River Thames."
1 memorial
Charles Thomas Page Metcalf
Charles Thomas Page Metcalf was born on 4 June 1809 the eldest of the eight children of Joseph Metcalf (1785-1839) and Sarah Elizabeth Metcalf née Cubitt (1787-1855). He was baptised on 30 June 180...
1 memorial
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Wellington Arch - Quadriga
SW1, Hyde Park Corner
While still Prince of Wales, Edward VII saw a plaster version of this sculpture and initiated the idea of a bronze version being erected ...
3 subjects commemorated,
2 creators
Peele Memorial Almshouses
SE16, Lower Road, Helen Peele Cottages
The plaque could be interpreted to say that '1901' was the year of Helen Peele's death and/or the year the plaque/houses were erected, th...
3 subjects commemorated
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