As secretary of the Admiralty in November 1805 it was Marsden who was the first to receive the news of the Battle of Trafalgar. Born County Wicklow. Sent by the civil service to work in Sumatra and on his return wrote a book on the subject.
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William Marsden, Secretary of the Admiralty
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The Trafalgar Way - Admiralty
The Trafalgar Way Destination - The Admiralty On Monday 21st October 1805 t...
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Patricia Macnaughton
Literary agent.  Chariman of Tricycle Board in 1998.  Director at Tricycle Screen Ltd 1995 - 2005.
1 memorial
Douglas Alfred Barber
Church warden of St Mary Aldermary, 1989 - 2000. Andrew Behan has kindly provided the following research: Douglas Alfred Barber was born on 31 March 1928 in Romford, Essex, the youngest of the thr...
1 memorial
Geoffrey Rowley Bostock
Born Stafford.  A chartered accountant, in 1916 we find him appointed to wind up a number of companies who were prosecuted under the Trading with the Enemy Amendment Act, 1916.  Churchwarden of St ...
1 memorial
Eugenie Katherine Dewsnap
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 ...
1 memorial
Sir Alexander Graham
Lord Mayor, 1990 - 91. Alderman in the City of London in 1996. Made Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) in 1990.
3 memorials
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