6 Dorset farm labourers, transported to Australia for joining a trade union. Following mass protests against their treatment the government was forced to give pardons and eventually after 2 years, all returned home. Five of them continued their campaign and supported the Chartists.
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Tolpuddle Martyrs
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Tolpuddle Martyrs at Copenhagen Fields
Copenhagen Fields From this site on 21st April 1834 thousands marched in sup...
Tolpuddle Martyrs mural
A modern information board informs that the mural was painted by Dave Bangs i...
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Mathias Prime Lucas
Alderman and President of St Barts Hospital in 1842.
1 memorial
William Hague
Born Yorkshire. Â MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in 2011.
1 memorial
William Henry Williamson
Commoner on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894.
1 memorial
H. Hayhill
Worked in the HM Exchequer and Audit Dept. and had died in or shortly before 1882. Â 2013: Â The web has no information about him (we're not surprised.)
1 memorial
1 memorial
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