Meredith White Townsend
Journalist. Born in Bures, Suffolk. In 1848 he went to India and became editor of 'The Friend of India'. Returning to England in 1860, he jointly, with Richard Holt Hutton, purchased The Spectator ...
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Dr John Arnoud Bell
Thame Cyclex have a page for a dentist of this name. Perhaps he was connected with, possibly had his surgery in, the Harley Street building at the time the Townsend plaque was erected.
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John Hervey 1st Earl of Bristol
Politician. Nephew to John Hervey. He was MP for Bury St Edmunds, 1694 - 1703. In 1703 he was created Baron Hervey of Ickworth, and Earl of Bristol in 1714. Confusingly Hervey was the second 1st ...
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John Hervey
Courtier and politician. He fought for the royalists in the English Civil War, and served as MP for Hythe, 1661-79. From 1662 until his death, he was treasurer and receiver to Queen Catherine of Br...
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Robert Bosch
German industrialist, engineer, inventor, entrepreneur and founder of the multinational engineering and technology company Bosch. In 1898 Bosch partnered with Frederick Simms, a Hamburg-born Briti...
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Sir Austin Bradford Hill (Tony)
Discovered the link between smoking and cancer. Born Hampstead, son of Sir Leonard Hill and great-great nephew of Sir Rowland Hill. The family moved to Loughton in 1902. Served in WW1 as a pilot i...
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Sir Leonard Hill
Sir Leonard Erskine Hill was a medical researcher. Born Bruce Castle School (his father owning the school). Professor of physiology in the University of London. Contributed to the understanding of ...
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Basil Ionides
Architect and designer. Depending on source he was born in either London or Scotland (but see below). He studied at the Glasgow School of Art, and during his apprenticeship, designed his first buil...
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Sir Christopher Hatton
Politician. On leaving Oxford he enrolled in the Inner Temple. He attracted the attention of Queen Elizabeth I and became one of her favourites, possibly one of her very favourites. He had several ...
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