Albert William Ashmore
Salvationist and Christmas carol concert founder. Our colleague, Andrew Behan, has discovered that the year of his death on the memorial plaque attached to the Fairfield Halls, Park Lane, Croydon ...
1 memorial
David Blakely
David Blakely was a racing driver engaged to one woman and also in a relationship with Ruth Ellis. Ellis shot Blakely dead outside the Magdala pub, in front of witnesses. More information at Motor...
2 memorials
Ruth Ellis
Ruth Ellis, née Neilson, was a British nightclub hostess who was convicted of murder and became the last woman to be hanged in the UK following the fatal shooting of her lover, David Blakely, on 10...
2 memorials
J. W.
"J. W." does not give us much to go on. Possibly John Waggett who set up a water fountain in Notting Hill?
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Robert Sadler
Silk printer, pugilist, publican and property developer, active in the mid-1800s. Son of a prominent Summerstown family. He ran a local beer house, The Sir Jeffrey Dunstan at 47 Summerstown, and in...
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Sir James Carmichael, K.B.E.
Owned the building firm James Carmichael Ltd in Trinity Road Wandsworth Common. Director-General of Housing in England and Wales. He was a generous benefactor and in his lifetime gifted £40k to th...
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William Shepherd
A "philanthropically minded builder" who had died by 1925. We cannot source that quote nor discover anything else about Shepherd. Source: Lost Hospitals of London.
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Reverend Canon John Erskine Clarke
Clergyman. He issued the first parish magazine and established several other religious publications. Responsible for founding churches, schools and hospitals in Battersea. Born in India to an offi...
Person, Education, Journalism / Publishing, Philanthropy, Religion, India, Scotland
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Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife
Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife was the third child and eldest daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra; she was a younger sister of King George V. On her marriage in 1889 she bec...
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William Robert Bellenie Walker M.V.O.
Diver. Born William Robert Bellenie in Newington, SE1 (but we can't find the address). Began diver training at Portsmouth Dockyard and qualified in 1892. He is famous as the saviour of Winchester C...
1 memorial
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