Statesman. Born Lancashire. Previously known as the Marquess of Hartington, or in the gossip columns as Harty-Tarty. Close friend of Edward VII. Had a serious affair with Skittles in 1859 - 1863 and then for 30 years with Louise Montagu, Duchess of Manchester. They eventually married a respectable 2 years after the death of her husband the Duke. Minister of War and partly responsible for sending General Gordon to Khartoum and the consequences of the siege. Died at the Hotel Metropol in Cannes, on his way back from wintering in Egypt.
There is another statue of the Duke in the Carpet Gardens at Eastbourne where he was mayor 1897 - 1898.
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8th Duke of Devonshire, Spencer Compton
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8th Duke of Devonshire
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Ewan MacColl
Folk singer, songwriter, dramatist, Marxist. Born James Miller in Salford, Lancashire. Three wives: theatre director Joan Littlewood, movement teacher Jean Newlove (with whom he had Kirsty MacColl)...
Person, Literature, Music / songs, Politics & Administration, Theatre
2 memorials
Lady Walston
Chairman of the Pulford Street Site Committee.  Her generosity enabled the building of a new social centre (Walston House) on the Tachbrook Estate. We haven't managed to prove it but we believe th...
Person, Benefactor, Politics & Administration, Social Welfare, USA
1 memorial
Sir George Joseph Woodman
Commoner on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894. Â 1904-5 Sheriff of the City of London.
1 memorial
Rev. T. N. Rowsell, MA
Elected Guardian of the Lewisham Union - Eltham in 1894.
1 memorial
Paul Goodman
Writer, psychotherapist, social critic and anarchist philosopher. Born New York City. Came to London to teach and for congresses. Died at home in New Hampshire.
1 memorial
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