Political activist and churchwoman. Née Parker. Supported her husband's political campaign but also worked in her own right, for example as a BBC governor. She was invested as a Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of The British Empire (DBE) in 1924 and became Viscountess Bridgeman when her husband, William Clive Bridgeman, was created at the 1st Viscount Bridgeman in 1929. Our Picture source gives details of her family.
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Caroline Beatrix Bridgeman
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F N Hospital - Duchess of Albany
This stone was laid on January 18th 1909 by HRH the Duchess of Albany. Presid...
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Chartists
Chartism was a working-class movement for political reform in Britain, which took its name from the People's Charter of 1838. It began among skilled workers in small shops, and handloom workers in ...
2 memorials
Gerald Clarkson
Founding Master of the Worshipful Company of Firefighters. Â Buckingham Covers has a short biography.
1 memorial
F. Claridge
District Staff Officer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District Metropolitan Corps, 1902-1950. Commander in the Order of St John.
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
1 memorial
Henry Grissell
Active in 1864.  Prompted by London Details we think this school committee man might be "Iron Henry".  Born in London he set up an iron foundry with his brother at Regent's Canal Ironworks, Eagle W...
1 memorial
Boris Johnson
Elected Mayor of London in 2008. Â Born in New York City, but his family returned to the UK soon after and he was brought up in the UK.
4 memorials
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