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 (MP)
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William Smith
Greater London Council William Smith, M.P., 1756 - 1835, pioneer of religiou...
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Dugald Trystan Julius Herbert Gonsal OBE
Camden's chief engineer and assistant director of environment: 1966- 2001 when he retired. From the Burghers In The UK website we learn that he was born on 12 April 1935 in Colombo, Ceylon (now ca...
1 memorial
Chevalier d'Eon
Diplomat and transvestite. Born Tonnerre, Burgundy, France. Full name: D'Éon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée, born of the French nobility. Up until 1763 he had a disting...
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Rev. T. N. Rowsell, MA
Elected Guardian of the Lewisham Union - Eltham in 1894.
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Louis Kossuth
Hungarian lawyer, journalist, politician. Governor-President during the 1848 - 9 revolution. Louis is a westernised version of his first name, Lajos. Spent 3 weeks in England in 1851 on a speaking ...
1 memorial
Tony Benn
Born as Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn. Â Labour politician. Â Inherited a title in 1960 on his father's death, Viscount Stansgate. Â This forced him out of the House of Commons so he fought to have the l...
3 memorials
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