Supporter of Charles II. After the Restoration was appointed Lord High Treasurer. Southampton Row was named after him.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton
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Bedford House
"Dined at my Lord Treasurer's, the Earle of Southampton, in Bloomsbury where...
Other Subjects
Lord Teignmouth, John Shore
Anti-slavery campaigner. Born St James Street, Piccadilly but brought up in Romford. 1769 went to work in Bengal where he was one of the first to learn a number of the local languages. Like many...
Person, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Religion, Indian Sub-continent
1 memorial
James Lane
Second Viscount Lanesborough. Possibly born in Ireland. Had a country house built at what is now Hyde Park Corner in 1719, Lanesborough House.
2 memorials
Richard Coppock
Trade unionist and politician. Labour politician for Limehouse in the LCC. Parks Chairman in 1934. Elected in Limehouse 1937. Chairman of the Highways Committee of the LCC in 1937. LCC Chairman in ...
1 memorial
George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham
English statesman. Appointed Lord High Admiral in 1619. Favourite of King James I of England (possibly more) and then of Charles I but so unpopular with others that he was murdered, leaving behind ...
3 memorials
John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford
Born in Essex. Caught supporting the wrong side when Edward IV assumed the throne, he was arrested and convicted of high treason which led to the loss of his head at Tower Hill.
1 memorial
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