The Norwegian government and parliament refused to accept a German ultimatum to form a new government under Nazi control. King Haakon VII and his son Crown Prince Olav were forced to leave Norway and were evacuated to Scotland by sea, and then on to London where a government in exile was established. Throughout the war, 1940-1945, the headquarters were at Kingston House North, Princes Gate.
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Norwegian Government-in-exile
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Norwegian Government-in-exile
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Robert Maxwell
Publisher, politician and swindler. Born Ján LudvÃk Hyman Binyamin Hoch, in Slatinské Doly (now Solotyino, Ukraine). He came to Britain after WW2 where he built up the Pergamon Press, acquired the ...
Person, Journalism / Publishing, Politics & Administration, Czechoslovakia
1 memorial
Raine, Lady Dartmouth, Countess Spencer
Born as Raine McCorquodale. Mother Barbara Cartland. Worked for the preservation of ancient buildings. Her second, of three, marriages made her stepmother to Diana, soon to be, Princess of Wales. ...
1 memorial
Thomas Hardy (radical)
Radical.  Born Stirlingshire, Scotland.  Came to London in 1774.  1792 co-founded the London Corresponding Society, a group advocating wider suffrage and parliamentary reform.  Presecuted for high ...
1 memorial
Thomas Creevey
Politician.  Born Liverpool.  His post at Greenwich Hospital is variously described as: Commissioner, Treasurer, Auditor.  Whatever it was he was there from 1834 to his death.  Best remembered for...
1 memorial
George Canning
Prime Minister 1827-1827 (only 119 days, the shortest PM tenure *). Born Marylebone. 21 September 1809, Putney Heath, fought a duel with Lord Castlereagh, Secretary of State for War, over the deplo...
2 memorials
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