Bishop of Winchester, Chancellor of England and founder of Winchester College. Reconstructed Windsor Castle for King Edward III. Click on external site for more information. And see Winchester geese for the seamier side of the bishopric.
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William of Wykeham
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James Robb Scott
Architect. Born Glasgow. Also designed Richmond station. In addition to the information contained in his biography on the Scottish Architects website, he was shown in the April 1891 census as a sc...
2 memorials
Samuel Knight
Architect. Born Exeter. Knight was a captain in the Bloomsbury Rifles, which probably has something to do with the commission he was given to design their Drill Hall in 1882-3. Later he became an H...
1 memorial
Sacred Heart School, Hammersmith
The origins of the school date back to a nunnery in 1609. In 1869, Cardinal Manning decided to convert it into a seminary, and had John Francis Bentley (the architect of Westminster Cathedral) draw...
1 memorial
Frank Matcham
Theatre architect. Born Newton Abbot, Devon. Never qualified as an architect but designed at least 80 theatres and did some work on about the same number again. About 24 of his theatres survive rea...
9 memorials
Edward Middleton Barry
Third son of Sir Charles Barry. Born 27 Foley Place. Work in London: St. Saviour's Church Hampstead, Charing Cross Hotel, new chambers at Inner Temple and at Middle Temple, the colonnade at Borough...
1 memorial
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