Chancellor, Archbishop and Martyr. Born Cheapside of French parents. son of Gilbert Becket, mercer. Archbishop of Canterbury, 1162 to his death. Assassinated after his erstwhile friend, Henry II, declared "Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?"
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Thomas Becket
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Thomas Becket
{On the lower edge of the bust:} S. Thomas [On a modern plaque lower on the...
Thomas Becket statue
Not bronze but a resin which Copnall coloured to simulate bronze. More photo...
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Michael Mackintosh Foot
Politician and journalist. Born Plymouth. Leader of the Labour party 1980-1983. Married to feminist film-maker and author, Jill Craigie (1911-1999), who appears with him in our picture. His Wikipe...
3 memorials
W. H. Walkley
Churchwarden at Mary Magdelene Church, Islington 1894.
1 memorial
Free Russian Press
Established by Herzen in London 1853. See our plaque page for its various addresses around Bloomsbury. See the picture source for much more information.
Concept, Journalism / Publishing, Politics & Administration, Russia
1 memorial
The Right Honourable Gerard James Noel, PC, DL, JP
The Honourable Gerard James Noel was born on 28 August 1923, in Barham Court, Teston, Maidstone, Kent, the second of the four children of Charles Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough and 3rd Baron Barham...
1 memorial
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