Chancellor, Archbishop and Martyr. Born Cheapside of French parents. son of Gilbert Becket, mercer. Archbishop of Canterbury, 1162 to his death. Assassinated after his erstwhile friend, Henry II, declared "Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?"
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Thomas Becket
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Thomas Becket
{On the lower edge of the bust:} S. Thomas [On a modern plaque lower on the...
Thomas Becket statue
Not bronze but a resin which Copnall coloured to simulate bronze. More photo...
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Sir William Powell
Politician and philanthropist. Born as William Hinson circa 1624. His uncle, Sir Edward Powell, 1st Baronet of Pengethly, left him his estates on condition that he changed his name to Powell. In 16...
1 memorial
Rania Khan
Councillor in Hackney council, on the right of this picture. Â Born Tripoli. Â When elected, aged 23, she was the youngest councillor in the country.
1 memorial
Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras
St Pancras was a civil parish and metropolitan borough in London. It was an ancient parish in the county of Middlesex, governed by an administrative vestry. The parish was included in the area of r...
6 memorials
General Haynau, Baron Julius Jacob von Haynau
Born Kassel, now in Germany.  Aged 15 joined the Austrian army, served in the Napoleonic wars and rose rapidly. His suppression of revolutionaries in Italy and Hungary including flogging women and ...
1 memorial
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