Regent: 1811 - 1820. Reigned: 1820 - 1830. After secretly marrying Mrs Fitzherbert, he then officially married Princess Caroline of Brunswick. Built the Royal Pavilion at Brighton. A statue of him once stood at the junction of Pentonville Road, Euston Road, Gray's Inn Road and Caledonian Road. The area and then King's Cross station took their name from this statue.
Was governor of the South Sea company whose trade had been slavery.
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King George IV
On their withdrawal the French deliberately destroyed their cannons. The Spa...
Holly Road Garden of rest This garden was first laid out for public use in 19...
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King George IV
Modelled on the statue of Dioscuri in Rome. A gay friend of ours is fond of ...
Anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician, and International elder statesman. Â Born in a village near Umtata in the Transkei, South Africa. Â Gaoled 5th August 1962, sentenced to life imprisonment 12...
Person, Peace, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Seriously Famous, South Africa
London headquarters of the African National Congress, 1978 - 1994 were at 28 Penton Street.
Thomas Henry Huxley. Biologist and anthropologist. Born Ealing. Â An early adherent to Darwin's theory of evolution, he was a strong supporter while also pointing out what he saw as flaws. Â At the R...
Has a strong historical connection with the abolitionist movement of the 18th and 19th centuries. Rev John Newton, a slave-trader turned preacher and abolitionist, was rector 1780 – 1807.  Carolin...
Born York. Bishop of London 1787 - 1809. The first senior church official to support the abolition of slavery. Died at Fulham Palace.
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