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Person    | Male  Born 1800  Died 1857

Earl of Ellesmere, Francis Egerton

Earl of Ellesmere, Francis Egerton

Politician, poet, founding trustee of the National Portrait Gallery. One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition, 1951.

Born 21 Arlington Street, Piccadilly. Died Bridgewater House, London. Politician, poet.

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Earl of Ellesmere, Francis Egerton

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Great Exhibition and Prince Albert

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Joseph William Comyns Carr

Joseph William Comyns Carr

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Isaac D'Israeli

Isaac D'Israeli

Author. Not to be confused with Benjamin Disraeli, the novel-writing Prime Minister who was his son. Born at 5 Great St. Helen's London. Died at home at High Wycombe, but his birthplace has two ca...

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Jean Rhys

Jean Rhys

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Person, Literature, Caribbean Islands, France

1 memorial
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Poet and critic. Born and brought up in Ottery St Mary, Devon. Pupil at Christ's Hospital, 1781-91, where he became friends with Charles Lamb. Died London. Buried in the chapel of Highgate School....

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Moby Dick

Moby Dick

Written by Herman Melville. First published, in London, in 1851.

Animal, Literature, Seriously Famous

1 memorial