First Prime Minister of Great Britain. An early political victim of satire, the target of Swift, Pope, Fielding, Johnson, Hogarth and Thomas Gay. Walpole responded by setting up the office of the Lord Chamberlain to vet all new plays before performance. This censorship remained in place until the office was abolished in 1968. Father of Horace.
Born Norfolk. Died London.
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Sir Robert Walpole
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Fountain Tavern
In this court in the 18th century stood the Fountain Tavern where the politic...
Robert & Horace Walpole
Greater London Council Sir Robert Walpole, 1676 - 1745, Prime Minister, and ...
St Margaret's new tower - 1736
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Sir Christopher Collett
Chairman of the Temple Bar Trust, 1993 - 2004. Â Lord Mayor of London in 1989. Â The picture comes from his niece's obituary webpage.
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Alexander McArthur
Born Ireland. Brother to William. Emigrated to Australia, arriving in 1842. Â A devout Methodist he created a business exporting gold from Australia and became a successful colonial businessman in B...
Person, Commerce, Politics & Administration, Australia, Ireland
1 memorial
Roger Gaskell Hetherington
President of the Institution of Civil Engineers; Treasurer and Chairman of the Governors of Highgate School 1929 - 1944. Old Cholmeleian (i.e. educated at Highgate School).
1 memorial
1 memorial
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was a Georgian revolutionary and the ruler of the Soviet Union 1927-53. He served as both General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1922–52) and Cha...
1 memorial
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