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Among people associated with Deptford are Christopher Marlowe, who was stabbed to death at Deptford Strand; [136] diarist John Evelyn (1620–1706), who lived at Sayes Court, [137] and had Peter the Great (1672–1725) as a guest for about three months in 1698; [138] Sir Francis Drake, who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth I aboard the Golden ...
An award-winning park named after her [7] stands on the site of what was once one of the most deprived streets in Deptford, as shown on the poverty map published by Charles Booth. [8] There is a Grade II listed memorial to Margaret McMillan located within the Rachel McMillan Nursery School in Deptford. [9]
The Deptford Poisoning Cases were a series of notorious murder cases that occurred in 1889 in Deptford, United Kingdom. Investigators determined that at least three people were poisoned to death by Amelia Winters, possibly with the assistance of her daughter, Elizabeth Frost. The two women insured over twenty people, five of whom died in ...
Browne was the son of Christopher Browne and Thomazine Gonson. His grandfather was Sir Richard Browne, Kt. Clerk of the Green Cloth from 1594 until his death in 1604. [1]A tablet in the church at Deptford mentions that the family was a younger branch of the ancient Browne family of Hitchin, Suffolk and Horsley, Essex.
A Dead Man in Deptford is a 1993 novel by Anthony Burgess, the last to be published during his lifetime. It depicts the life and character of Christopher Marlowe , a renowned playwright of the Elizabethan era.
Sir Walter Raleigh [a] (/ ˈ r ɔː l i, ˈ r æ l i, ˈ r ɑː l i /; c. 1553 – 29 October 1618) was an English statesman, soldier, writer and explorer. One of the most notable figures of the Elizabethan era, he played a leading part in English colonisation of North America, suppressed rebellion in Ireland, helped defend England against the Spanish Armada and held political positions under ...
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The couple divorced in 1974. During their marriage, the Fergusons were recognised society figures. The Major retired from his army career, and his family moved to Dummer Down Farm which he inherited upon his father's death. In 1976, Ferguson married for the second time, to Susan Rosemary Deptford (b. 1946). They had three children: [10]