Benefactor. The 'Carpinter' on the plaque is thought to indicate his livelihood rather than his surname.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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William Abbot
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Hopkin Morris cottages
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Robert Alger Newbon
Governor of the Royal Northern Hospital, 1887-9, who died having bequeathed £15,000 consolidated 2 ¾ per cent Stock to endow the same. The Newbon Ward was named for him. Find My Past has Robert Al...
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Countrywomen of the soldiers that fought with Wellington
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Lionel Barnett
When we first listed these memorials in 2014 we could find no information about "Mrs" but the Encyclopaedia Judaica listed a Lionel Barnett that could be our Lionel and Wikipedia adds some details:...
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The Honble. Mrs Rashleigh
We were very pleased to find this miniature portrait of Mrs Rashleigh, even though the auction house selling it is rather circumspect with the identification of the sitter: "The present lot possibl...
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Francis Crick
Molecular biologist. Born Francis Harry Compton Crick at Holmgarth, Holmfield Way, Weston Favell, near Northampton. He met James Watson at Cambridge in the early 1950s where they worked on the stru...
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David Garrick
Actor, dramatist and theatre manager. Born Hereford. Left home and travelled to London with Samuel Johnson. As a friend of the Adams brothers he was in 1772, one of the first residents in their new...
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Eduardo Menem
Born Argentina. Brother of President Carlos Menem. He was President of the Senate 1989-99 and effectively deputy to his brother when there was no Vice-President in office.
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James Bradley
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