This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Temporary library opened
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George VI and the library
The opening of a temporary library seems a rather minor event for which to ge...
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Sir Ashton Lever
Natural history collector. Born at the family seat near Manchester where he also died. His museum was at Leicester House on the northern side of Leicester Square and called the Holophusikon, or Hol...
F. W. Clifford
District Officer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District, 1920-1942. Officer in the Order of St John. Nature, No. 3806, 10 October 1942 carries Clifford's obituary. At the time of his sud...
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Museums / Libraries, Politics & Administration
Shoreham Aircraft Museum
Founded by local enthusiasts, whose passion for the Battle of Britain period resulted in the establishment of a permanent display in 1988. It houses hundreds of relics excavated by the group from c...
Sir Sidney Colvin
Born Norwood, Surrey. Art and literary scholar and museum administrator. He was director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge from 1876 to 1884, and then keeper of the department of prints and draw...
Frederick Horniman
Tea merchant, benefactor and politician. Born Frederick John Horniman at Bridgwater, Somerset. He inherited his father's tea business, which by 1891 was described as the biggest tea firm in the wor...
Person, Benefactor, Commerce, Museums / Libraries, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, India, Sri Lanka
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett married Robert Browning in the St Marylebone Church facing York Gate in Euston Road, on 12 September 1846. Keen participant in spiritual séances, taking Robert with her, but he wa...
victims of the Hungarian uprising of 1956
Thousands died fighting, others were tortured and executed. 200,000 were forced to flee.
Henry Williamson Society
The Henry Williamson Society possesses a small archive, consisting chiefly of collections of letters from Henry Williamson that have been donated to it over a number of years.
Dartford Borough Council
Formed by the merger of the Municipal Borough of Dartford, Swanscombe Urban District and part of Dartford Rural District.
Raymond Montague Burton
Led the modern development of Burtons Menswear, and was a generous benefactor of the Jewish Museum in London and the University of York. Identical twin to Arnold - see there for a photo of the 4 B...
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