Born Herefordshire. Related via the Boleyn family to Queen Elizabeth I. Married a daughter of Sir Francis Walsingham. Became a favourite of the Queen. However he performed badly as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and on his return he was tried and lost his place at court and his income. Desperate, he fortified his town mansion, Essex House and in February 1661 he led a mini rebellion. This failed and Essex was beheaded on Tower Green. His was the last head to roll at that venue. Father of the 3rd Earl.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
Commemorated ati
Tower of London execution site
Catling wrote the poem as well as creating the sculpture. Doesn't that cushio...
Other Subjects
Ensign Denise Madeleine Bloch, Légion d'honneur, Croix de Guerre
Denise Madeleine Bloch was born on 21 January 1916 in Paris, France to a Jewish family. Her father was Jacques Henri Bloch and her mother was Suzanne Levi-Strauss. She had three brothers. Her Wiki...
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
William Greenwood
Lay brother at London Charterhouse. Taken to Newgate Prison, chained and left to starve to death.
1 memorial
Thomas Cromwell
Born Putney. Executed on Tower Hill by order of Henry VIII, while Henry married Katherine Howard, wife number 5. Oliver Cromwell is descended from one of Thomas's sisters, whose husband changed hi...
5 memorials
Section Officer Yolande Elsa Maria Beekman, Croix de Guerre
Yolande Elsa Maria Unternahrer was born on 28 October 1911 at 13 Avenue de la Grande Armée, Paris, France, one of the six children of Swiss nationals Michelangelo Mercurio (1872-1953) and Berthe Ly...
Person, Espionage, Execution, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Henry Adlington
Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for his Protestant beliefs.
1 memorial
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