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2nd/10th Battalion Middlesex Regiment Memorial [memorial]
Erected by the veterans of the Duke of Cambridge's own regiment, in the halls of the Old Chiswick Cemetery, London, the memorial plaque is dedicated to the officers, non-commissioned officers and men of the 2nd and 10th Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment, 1914 to 1918. The monument states, "They gave their lives in the First World War on Gallipoli and in Palestine". (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Old Chiswick Cemetery, Chiswick, Greater London, England
Cavendish, Frederick b. November 30, 1836 d. May 6, 1882
British Government Official. He was the Irish Secretary under William Gladstone. He was stabbed to death in Dublin by members of the "Invincibles," a terrorist splinter group of the Fenian movement. (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
Cause of death: Assassinated
Old Chiswick Cemetery, Chiswick, Greater London, England
Chaloner, Sir. Thomas b. 1559 d. 1615
English Statesman, Educator. Served as a a scholar at Magdalen College, Oxford, as a a soldier who was knighted by Henry IV of France, and as a MP for St. Mawes & Lostwithiel. He taught Robert Dudley, son of the Earl of Leicester at Christ Church College, Oxford. He was sent to Scotland and became a favorite of King James. One of his sons, James, signed the death warrant of King Charles I. (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
Old Chiswick Cemetery, Chiswick, Greater London, England
De Loutherbourg, Philip James b. October 31, 1740 d. March 11, 1812
Painter, Stage Designer. He was born and trained in France, initially by his father, a miniature painter and engraver to the court of Darmstadt. In 1766 he was elected to the French Royal Academy and made Royal Painter to Louis XVI, but in 1771 he traveled to London in search of commissions and to escape marital difficulties. He remained in England for the rest of his life, becoming an important figure in the evolution of British landscape painting. Loutherbourg's best-known work was creating...[Read More] (Bio by: julia&keld)
Old Chiswick Cemetery, Chiswick, Greater London, England
Duchess of Somerset, Grace Charlotte d. 1773
Grace Charlotte, Duchess of Somerset, was the daughter of the Earl of Nottingham. (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
Old Chiswick Cemetery, Chiswick, Greater London, England
Fauconberg, Mary d. 1713
Lady Fauconberg was a daughter of Oliver Cromwell. (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
Old Chiswick Cemetery, Chiswick, Greater London, England
Foscolo, Ugo b. 1778 d. September 10, 1827
Italian poet. His remains were removed at the request of the King of Italy to Florence, Italy. There is a monument to Foscolo in the church of Santa Croce. (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
Old Chiswick Cemetery, Chiswick, Greater London, England
Harris, Sir. Percy b. March 6, 1876 d. June 28, 1952
Baronet Harris was a member of Parliament from Bethnal Green and onetime deputy leader of the Liberal Party. (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
Old Chiswick Cemetery, Chiswick, Greater London, England
Hitch, Frederick b. November 28, 1856 d. January 17, 1913
British Soldier, Zulu War, Victoria Cross Awardee. 1362 Pvt. Fred Hitch served in Company B, 2nd Battalion, 24th Regiment of Foot (2nd Warwickshire Regiment / South Wales Borderers) in the Zulu War of 1879 in South Africa. On January 22, 1879, during the Zulu attack on the British post at Rorke's Drift, Pvt. Hitch was severely wounded in the shoulder while helping to evacuate patients from the burning hospital. He remained on the line and helped pass out ammunition throughout the rest of the...[Read More]
Old Chiswick Cemetery, Chiswick, Greater London, England
Hogarth, William b. November 10, 1697 d. October 25, 1764
Artist. He was the leading English satirical painter of the 1700s. He also was a noted engraver and art critic. He became best known for paintings and engravings that humorously comments on manners and morals of his time. (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
Cause of death: Heart disease
Old Chiswick Cemetery, Chiswick, Greater London, England
Holland, Charles b. 1733 d. 1769
Holland, an actor, was a friend of David Garrick, joint manager of the theatre at Bristol. He distinguished himself in the roles of Richard III & Hamlet. His career was cut short by smallpox when he was 36. His funeral was attended by most theatre performers of the time. (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
Cause of death: Smallpox
Old Chiswick Cemetery, Chiswick, Greater London, England
Joy, Henry b. 1819 d. August 17, 1893
British Army Soldier. He was trumpet major of the 17th Lancers regiment, and was present with the unit in the Crimean War. As staff trumpeter to General the Earl of Lucan, he sounded the memorable Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava. (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
Old Chiswick Cemetery, Chiswick, Greater London, England
Palmer, Barbara Villiers b. November, 1640 d. October 9, 1709
Royal Mistress. Born Barbara Villiers, the only child of William Villiers, 2nd Viscount Grandison and his wife, Mary Bayning. She married Roger Palmer in 1659 against his family's wishes. The couple separated in 1662 some two years after she found favor with King Charles II. She remained married to Castlemaine, whom Charles created Baron Limerick and Earl of Castlemaine, until his death in 1705. Charles ordered his mistress be granted a position as Lady of the Bedchamber to the Queen Consort in...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Old Chiswick Cemetery, Chiswick, Greater London, England
Piffard, Harold Hume d. January 17, 1938
Piffard was a fine painter of military & costume subjects. He exhibited four works at the Royal Academy, two works at the Royal Society of Artists in Birmingham, & several works at Liverpool. (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
Old Chiswick Cemetery, Chiswick, Greater London, England
Richmond, William Blake b. November 29, 1842 d. 1921
British portrait & landscape painter & sculptor. Among those who sat for him were Charles Darwin, William Morris & Bismarck. He was responsible for the mosiac decorations in St. Paul's Cathedral. (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
Old Chiswick Cemetery, Chiswick, Greater London, England
Shaw, Susan b. August 29, 1929 d. November 27, 1978
Motion picture actress. She performed in a wide variety of roles in films such as "London Belongs to Me," "The Woman in Question," "Chain of Events" and "Wide Boy." Married to American-British Actor Bonar Colleano, she was never to be the same again after his tragic death, and spent most of her life fighting a drinking problem until her death from alcohol-related cirrhosis. (Bio by: MC)
Old Chiswick Cemetery, Chiswick, Greater London, England
Walpole, Spencer b. September 11, 1806 d. May 22, 1898
British Statesman. He was 3 times Secretary of State for the Home Department. (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
Old Chiswick Cemetery, Chiswick, Greater London, England
Whistler, James McNeill b. July 10, 1834 d. July 17, 1903
Artist. He is best known for his full-length portrait of his mother, titled "Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 1," but usually known as "Whistler's Mother." Irked by the low status accorded painters in the United States of his day, Whistler pursued his artistic career in Europe. He was born James Abbott Whistler on July 10, 1834 in Lowell, Massachusetts. He spent five years of his childhood (1843-1848) in St. Petersburg, Russia, where his father, George Washington Whistler, a military...[Read More] (Bio by: Edward Parsons)
Old Chiswick Cemetery, Chiswick, Greater London, England
GPS coordinates: 51.4854507, -0.2524300 (hddd.dddd)
Whittingham, Charles b. June 16, 1767 d. January 5, 1840
Whittingham was an English printer. He founded the Chiswick Press in 1810. He was assisted by his nephew, also named Charles Whittingham, who later succeeded him. The Chiswick Press printed numerous books for the London publisher William Pickering & also printed William Morris' "The Roots of the Mountains" in 1889. (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
Old Chiswick Cemetery, Chiswick, Greater London, England

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