Sir Alexander Gibb
Civil engineer. FRS.  Born Scotland into a long line of civil engineers.  In London worked on: Metropolitan Railway extension Whitechapel tp Bow and Kew Bridge.  Died at his home, The Anchorage, Ha...
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Andrew Gibb
Ship-repairer and philanthropist. Born in Glasgow. After serving his apprenticeship in shipbuilding, he came to London to ply his trade. He was deacon of St Mark's Presbyterian Church in Greenwich,...
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James Gibbs
Architect, pupil of Wren. Born Aberdeen. Died at home in Henrietta Street. Buried at old parish Church of St Marylebone.
4 memorials
Glasgow School of Art
Founded in 1845 as the Glasgow Government School of Design. It changed to its current name in 1853. The main building, shown in the picture, in Renfrew Street was designed by Charles Rennie Mackint...
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Alexander Glegg
Born Scotland, trained as an engineer and came to London in 1870. Mayor of Wandsworth 1905-6. Instrumental in the creation of the Tooting Bathing Lake, now Tooting Bec Lido. He donated the Clapham ...
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Admiral of the Fleet, Sir James Alexander Gordon, GCB
Naval officer.  Born Aberdeenshire.  Governor of Greenwich Hospital, 1853 until his death.  75 years in the navy, he was possibly the model for C. S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower. Â
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Michael Gove
Politician. Born in Edinburgh. He entered parliament in 2005, and in 2010 after the formation of the coalition government, was appointed Secretary of State for Education. He was criticised by the c...
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Kenneth Grahame
Author. Born Edinbugh. Aged 5 lost his mother and was brought up in England by his grandparents. Very successful at school in Oxford, he was denied university for financial reasons, which explains ...
2 memorials
Charles Grant
Anti-slavery campaigner.  Born Scotland.  Made a fortune working for the British East India Company of which he became Chairman.  The death of two of his children brought about a religious conversi...
Person, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Religion, Scotland
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Charles Grant, 1st Baron Glenelg
Born Bengal, his father being Chairman of the East India Company. Â Secretary of State for War and the Colonies 1835-39. Â Never married. Â Died at Cannes where he had lived his final years.
Person, Politics & Administration, Indian Sub-continent, Scotland
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