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The College of Arms was incorporated by a Royal Charter signed by King Richard III
The College has been based at the same location (Queen Victoria Street) in the City of London since 1555, when Mary Tudor was on the throne.
Reginald Frontispiece Ltd
On leaving school in 1960, I worked in Fleet Street, in press photography. My interest in the printed image expanded to include vintage and antique prints. What was a collection became a business!
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Augustus Pugin, the master behind London's most famous landmarks
His masterpiece, the Houses of Parliament, was not finally completed until 1870.
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'Lord Tichborne' - the butcher from Wapping?
He was buried in a pauper's grave in Paddington cemetery.
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John Belcher's search for Sir John Franklin
He was one of the first recipients of the Arctic Medal.
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Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from Elba
He had begun his journey to final defeat by Wellington and Blucher at Waterloo
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Architect John Wood the Younger
An English architect, his style of Georgian Neo-Classical architecture would have a profound influence on nineteenth century architecture.
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Drury Lane theatre burned to the ground
It was the second Theatre Royal on the site to be consumed by flames
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Dick Turpin the 'Highwayman'
A reward of £200 was offered for Turpin's capture.
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The establishment of the French Second Republic and the Second French Empire
The day The French Revolution of 1848 began!
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Cicely Mary Barker, the 'Flower Fairy' lady
Her break-though occurred with the publication of 'Flower Fairies of the Spring' in 1923
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British Naval Officer John Moresby discovered Fairfax Harbour
It was named after John Moresby's father, Sir Fairfax Moresby
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King Charles II of England ends the Third Anglo-Dutch War
A provision of the treaty transferred the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England