Soldier and statesman. Born in present-day Argentina. An officer in the Spanish army but then a major player in the battle for independence from Spain for Argentina in 1812 and Chile in 1818. He fo...
Person, Nationalism, Politics & Administration, Argentina, Chile, France, Peru
Sadashivrao Nanasaheb Deshmukh was elected to the London Borough of Camden as a Labour Party candidate in 1990 in the Bloomsbury Ward. He was re-elected to the council in 1994 serving in the South ...
Born in Essex.  Caught supporting the wrong side when Edward IV assumed the throne, he was arrested and convicted of high treason which led to the loss of his head at Tower Hill.
2025: Via the archivist at the Tallow Chandlers' Company we were contacted by Nicholas Philip Deverell-Stone (not himself affiliated with Tallow Chandlers' Company in any way) who explained that hi...
Born Herefordshire. Â Related via the Boleyn family to Queen Elizabeth I. Â Married a daughter of Sir Francis Walsingham. Â Became a favourite of the Queen. Â However he performed badly as Lord Lieuten...
Born in Essex House. Â He was the son of Queen Elizabeth's Essex, and the last in the line.
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 an...
The "Bachelor Duke" after whom the Cavendish banana was named. Born Paris, son of the 5th Duke, who died in 1811. Had a strong interest in gardening and agriculture and gave his estates a lot of a...
Born Berkeley Square. Inherited the Dukedom from his cousin the 6th Duke, who died 1858. Father of Spencer Compton, the 8th Duke. Inherited land in Eastbourne, where a statue was erected for him.
Islington Town Clerk in 1894, 1897 and 1906. Â Was interviewed by the Charles Booth survey of London. Our colleague Andrew Behan provides: "William Francis Dewey was born in Portsea, Hampshire, the...
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