Born Glyde, County Louth, Ireland as Chichester Samuel Parkinson-Fortescue. Elected to parliament as a liberal in 1847 and rose to prominence under Gladstone, but fell from grace over the question of Irish home rule. Created Baron Carlingford in 1874 and succeeded his brother as second Baron Clermont in 1887. Died Marseilles.
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Lord Carlingford
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Suffragist and trades unionist. Born Mary Reid Macarthur in Glasgow. She was the general secretary of the Women's Trade Union League and was involved in the formation of the National Federation of ...
Politician. Born Nottinghamshire. An albino, he suffered poor and deteriorating eyesight so emigrated to Australia  in 1841 in the hope of making a quick fortune before going blind.  There he est...
Elected Guardian of the Lewisham Union - Lewisham in 1894.
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