Born Clapham. Lived at Eagle House on Clapham Common. M.P. Pioneer of religious liberty. Early advocate for the abolition of the slave trade. Grandfather of Florence Nightingale. Died at 5 Blandford Square, his son's home.
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William Smith
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William Smith
Greater London Council William Smith, M.P., 1756 - 1835, pioneer of religiou...
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Barry Jackson
President of The Royal College of Surgeons of England in October 2000.
1 memorial
Admiral of the Fleet, Sir James Alexander Gordon, GCB
Naval officer.  Born Aberdeenshire.  Governor of Greenwich Hospital, 1853 until his death.  75 years in the navy, he was possibly the model for C. S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower. Â
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Sir Polydore de Keyser
Born Belgium. The family moved to London in 1842 and his father established De Keyser's Royal Hotel on the site of what is now Unilever House. The son joined the business and the hotel became the l...
Person, Commerce, Lord Mayor, Politics & Administration, Belgium
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William Evans
Businessman and Sheriff of London and Middlesex, 1839-40. The image of Evans has a small drawing at the bottom captioned: "Interior of the room in which Mr Sheriff Evans was confined". This set u...
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A. J. Gillett
Andrew Gillett, Master of the Founders Company in 2013. Wrote the history of the Founders Company.
1 memorial
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