Tory politician. Born at Knowsley Park, Lancashire. Overcame his early boisterous jollity and three times became Prime Minister, each time a coalition caretaker between the giants: Peel and Gladstone. Longest-serving party leader in modern British history (1846 - 68). Abolished slavery throughout the Empire. One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition. His grandfather founded the Derby race-meeting.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Edward Geoffrey Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
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Derby statue
The relief panels, by Montford, on the four sides of the plinth show scenes f...
Great Exhibition and Prince Albert
Designed by Joseph Durham with modifications by Sydney Smirke. Inaugurated by...
Other Subjects
Councillor Paul Matthews
Deputy Mayor of Islington and Vice-Chair of Leisure Services until September 1991. Instrumental in the restoration of Grimaldi's grave.
Charles James Jones
Trustee of the Norton Folgate almshouses in 1860.
John Burns
Labour leader and politician. Born John Elliott Burns in Vauxhall. in 1889 he played a major part in the London dock strike. Entered parliament in 1892. Appointed president of the Board of Trade in...
Reform League
A group who campaigned for adult male suffrage, at the time limited to adult males who rented propertied land of a certain value.  The Reform Act of 1867 (the Second Reform Act) largely gave them w...
London Borough of Barnet
Barnet keep their logo at the bottom right of their website pages. Â We think you will agree that is just weird.

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