Chairman of the Highways Sewers and Public Works Committee, St Pancras Vestry in the late 1800s.
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Frederick Purchese
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St Martin's Gardens
St Martin's Gardens, laid out as public grounds by the Vestry of St. Pancras....
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Caroline DeCamp Benn
Educationalist and writer. Born Cincinnati, Ohio. She came to Britain in 1948 to study at Oxford. There she met Tony Benn, who became her husband. An advocate of comprehensive education, she co-fou...
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1 memorial
Richard Cobden
Political economist and Liberal MP. Born near Midhurst, Sussex, into a large and very poor family. One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition. Spoke repeatedly to Parliament against war with...
5 memorials
Louis Claud Bigot
Minister Plenipotentiary for the King of France in Sweden.
1 memorial
Robert Clayton
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Person, Lord Mayor, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, Race Issues
1 memorial
Elisee Reclus
Geographer, writer and anarchist. Born France. Visited Britain during 1852-7. Supported the Paris Commune of 1871. In 1872 was sentenced to perpetual banishment from France and settled in Switzerla...
Person, Politics & Administration, Belgium, France, Switzerland
1 memorial
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