This patriotic committee of women, led by Lady Lavinia Spencer, ordered the Achilles statue unadorned. It was the men that insisted on the covering.
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Countrywomen of the soldiers that fought with Wellington
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Achilles statue
Modelled on the statue of Dioscuri in Rome. A gay friend of ours is fond of ...
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John, 2nd Duke of Montagu
Courtier. Born at Boughton, Northamptonshire. In 1709 he became Master of the Great Wardrobe and officiated at the coronation of King George I in 1714. Wife was Mary Churchill.  A benevolent person...
1 memorial
1 memorial
Frederick Horniman
Tea merchant, benefactor and politician. Born Frederick John Horniman at Bridgwater, Somerset. He inherited his father's tea business, which by 1891 was described as the biggest tea firm in the wor...
Person, Benefactor, Commerce, Museums / Libraries, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, India, Sri Lanka
3 memorials
Heritage Lottery Fund
The National Lottery Heritage Fund (rebranded 2019), formerly the Heritage Lottery Fund (established 1994), distributes a share of National Lottery funding.
29 memorials
Harriet Barrett
Benefactor. Sister to Thomas and Daniel. Unmarried in 1886. Source: MDFCTA. Harriet Barrett was born on 15 December 1816 in Walworth, Surrey (now Greater London), the seventh of the nine children...
1 memorial
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