Sir Arthur Gorges was an English sea captain, poet, translator and courtier from Somerset. Cousin to Walter Raleigh and fought in the campaign against the Spanish Armada. Married Elizabeth in 1597,...
Person, Armed Forces, Poetry, Politics & Administration, Property, Transport
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, was an English statesman, the chief adviser of Queen Elizabeth I for most of her reign, twice Secretary of State (1550–53 and 1558–72) and Lord High Treasurer fro...
Younger son of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. Not a handsome man, the first monarch he served called him "my pygmy" and the second "my little beagle". A statesman noted for his direction of th...
Gregory Fiennes, 10th Baron Dacre was an English courtier. Husband to Anne - more information there. (He was born before 25 June 1539). Source: Wikipedia.
William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester KG PC, styled as Lord St John, 1539-50 and Earl of Wiltshire, 1550-51, was an English Lord High Treasurer, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, and statesman. ...
Grand mansion built by Thomas More c.1520 and demolished 1739. The house and gardens occupied the land bounded by (clockwise): The Thames, Milman's Street, King's Road, Old Church Street. It was i...
From Barnet: "Golders Hill House, originally an 18th-century house, and its grounds were bought by the London County Council in 1898 for use as a public park by the people of London. The house was ...
Chair of the Hampstead Heath Management Committee in 1998.
Entertainment venue. Built on the site of Croydon's 'Fair Field' which hosted a fair until the 1860s. The complex comprises: a main concert hall, the Ashcroft Theatre and the Arnhem Gallery. Over t...
Salvationist and Christmas carol concert founder. Our colleague, Andrew Behan, has discovered that the year of his death on the memorial plaque attached to the Fairfield Halls, Park Lane, Croydon ...
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