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Person    | Male  Born 1530  Died 29/2/1604

John Whitgift

Categories: Benefactor, Religion

John Whitgift

Elizabeth I's last Archbishop of Canterbury. The palace used as a summer retreat by the Archbishops of Canterbury was in Croydon and here in 1596 Whitgift founded an .

Memorable day of the year to die, shared with E. F. Benson. While Mary Hughes, J. E. Stanley Lewis and little Alfred E. Batt were all born on a leap day.

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John Whitgift

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Hospital of the Holy Trinity

{Beneath the arms of Archbishop Whitgift:} The Hospital of the Holy Trinity f...

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Whitgift statue

Ornamental Passions has some comments on this statue.

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Other Subjects

Carnegie Hero Fund Trust

Carnegie Hero Fund Trust

From the Trust's website: "In 1886, over 20 years before the Carnegie Hero Fund was established in the UK, {Andrew} Carnegie heard about the death of a Dunfermline boy who drowned in an heroic atte...

Group, Benefactor

1 memorial
Mrs S. F. Kirby

Mrs S. F. Kirby

A pdf from RBKC tells us that SFK is "Mrs Kirby, who sponsored nine other drinking fountains in London".

Person, Benefactor

1 memorial
Ken Ward
1 memorial
R. McCheane

R. McCheane

The Newspaper Archive, London Mid Surrey Times and General Advertiser, 1 April 1893, has a "Mr. R. McCheane, 90, Palace Gardens-terrace". That is close enough to the original location of the water ...

Person, Benefactor, Ireland

1 memorial