Merchant who along with his partner Robert Murray created the first Penny Post in London in 1680. He was also an independent slave trader who attempted to break the monopoly that the Royal African Company held in the trade.
We cannot find an image of Dockwra so have used his postmarks instead.
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William Dockwra
Near this place William Dockwra founded the London Penny Post in 1680. Corpo...
Alderman in the Borough of Hammersmith in 1948. Our colleague Andrew Behan has researched this woman:Â Mrs Alice Mabel Hallett was born about 1887 and the first record I could find about her was on...
Councillor on the Bethnal Green Housing Committee in 1952. Eugenie Katherine Dewsnap was born on 27 December 1904, one of at least 14 children of Thomas Henry Dewsnap (1867-1926) and Emily Martha ...
Ex officio Guardian of the Lewisham Union in 1894.
Member of the Joint Co-ordinating Committee in 1982 for opening Tower Bridge to the public.
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