Schoolar and theologian. Born Limehouse. Educated at Westminster School. Headmaster of Westminster School 1788-1802. Dean of Westminster 1803-15. Responsible for enclosing what is now Vincent Square thus saving it from development and keeping it as playing fields for the school. Died Islip, Oxfordshire, where he had become rector in 1807.
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William Vincent
The terracotta plaque and Nabresina stone tablet, were commissioned by the re...
Benefactor. The 'Carpinter' on the plaque is thought to indicate his livelihood rather than his surname.
Elizabeth I's last Archbishop of Canterbury. The palace used as a summer retreat by the Archbishops of Canterbury was in Croydon and here in 1596 Whitgift founded an eponymous school. Memorable da...
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