Son of the 11th Earl of Pembroke, grandson of Count Simon Woronzow. Sidney's elder brother, Robert, was a bad 'un: absconded to live in Paris and failed to provide a legitimate heir so, although Robert was the 12th Earl, it was Sidney who acted as the head of the family and provided the next heir.
As Secretary for War during the Crimean War he sent Florence Nightingale there.
Ist Baron Herbert of Lea.
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Sidney Herbert
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Sidney Herbert - statue
This statue was made in 1866 and erected in front of the War Office, then at ...
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Thomas Allen
Churchwarden of All Saints Church, Wandsworth in 1841.
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Alderman Sir John Voce Moore
Born Stockport. Founded a tea trading company. Sheriff of the City of London, 1894. Lord Mayor of London 1898.
1 memorial
Lord Weatherill
Trustee of The Memorial Gates Trust. Bruce Bernard Weatherill, Baron Weatherill, KStJ, PC, DL, was born on 25 November 1920, the son of Bernard Bruce Weatherill (1883-1962) and Annie Gertrude Weat...
Person, Armed Forces, Commerce, Liveries & Guilds, Politics & Administration
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John Robinson
Past Prime Warden of The Worshipful Company of Basketmakers and son of Dennis Robinson.
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