King Charles II
Reigned: 1660 - 1685. Born at St James's Palace. The son of the beheaded Charles I, he was the king "restored" to the throne after the civil war. Married Catherine of Braganza in 1662 but she prod...
19 memorials
Winston Churchill
Prime Minister 1940 - 45 and 1951 - 55. Born Blenheim Palace, near Woodstock, Oxford, into an aristocratic family. His father was the son of the Duke of Marlborough, and his mother was born in Broo...
Person, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Seriously Famous
30 memorials
Clapham Sect
A group of evangelical Christians, who worshipped at Holy Trinity Church in Clapham and centred on William Wilberforce, who campaigned for the abolition of slavery and other religious, philanthropi...
4 memorials
Thomas Clarkson
Leading campaigner against the slave trade. A founding member of The Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade, in 1787, whose work was later taken over by the Anti-Slavery Society. A report of...
1 memorial
Robert Clayton
Born Northamptonshire. Apprenticed as a scrivener (like a secretary). Entered business and then set up a bank. Made a fortune from his connections with the slave trade and entered politics. Lord Ma...
Person, Lord Mayor, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, Race Issues
1 memorial
Robert, Lord Clive, Clive of India
Soldier and administrator. Born Shropshire. With the East India Company he effectively founded the British Empire. Spent much of his adult life in India, making his fortune there and becoming Gover...
Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Bengal, India
2 memorials
Kelso Cochrane
Came to London in 1958, lived in Notting Hill and worked as a carpenter. Â Murdered by a group of white youths. Â The race riots the previous year, the increase in racist activities by Fascist groups...
1 memorial
Christopher Columbus
Explorer. Born in the Republic of Genoa (his birth date is approximate). From 1492 to 1504, he made four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean under the auspices of the monarchs of Spain. These voyages...
Person, Exploring, Race Issues, Seriously Famous, Caribbean Islands, Cuba, Italy, Spain, USA
1 memorial
Moncure Daniel Conway
Born Stafford County, Virginia, USA. Social reformer and ethical preacher. He abandoned his Methodist ministry because of what he saw as its repression of free thought and became a Unitarian. He ca...
Person, Gender Issues, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Social Welfare, France, USA
3 memorials
Ellen Craft
Slavery abolitionist. Born in Clinton, Georgia. She and her husband William were enslaved and escaped to the north of America. Although born of mixed-race parents she was very light skinned and, dr...
2 memorials
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