Probably born in Dorset. Clergyman who worked at St Dunstan in the West, Westminster Abbey, and St Margaret's Westminster. Also spoke before the Houses of Parliament. Buried Westminster Abbey.
When Charles II was restored to the throne he ordered the disinterment of the bodies of Oliver Cromwell and his supporters, including Strong, and their reburial in an unmarked pit in St Margaret's churchyard, Westminster.
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William Strong
When Charles II was restored to the throne he issued Royal Warrant, dated 9 S...
USA President 1829 - 1837. Officially recognised Texas as an independent republic on 3 March 1837 by appointing an ambassador.
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
Warden of the Carpenters Company in 1956. Andrew Behan has researched this man: Commander Alan Westbury Preston was born on 11 July 1898 in Wedderburn House, Wedderburn Road, Hampstead, the son of...
District Officer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, Metropolitan Corps, 1891-1936. Officer in the Order of St John.
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
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