16. George William Alexander
1802–1890
Financier and philanthropist. He
was the founding Treasurer of the
British and Foreign Anti-Slavery
Society in 1839.
The American statesman Frederick
Douglass said that he "has spent
more than an American fortune in
promoting the anti-slavery
cause ..."
37. William Patten
c. 1510 – c. 1598
First Lord of the Manor of Stoke
Newington
Author, scholar and government
official.
Repaired and enlarged the parish
church in 1563
52. Wynne Edwin Baxter
1844 – 1920
Coroner who conducted the inquests on most of the victims of the
Whitechapel Murders of 1888 to 1891 including three of the victims
of Jack the Ripper in 1888, as well as on Joseph Merrick, the
"Elephant Man".
68. Sir Thomas Abney
1640 – 1722
Lord of the Manor of Stoke
Newington
Co-founder of the Bank of England
Lord Mayor of London
69. Isaac Watts
1674 – 1748
Christian minister (Congregational),
hymn writer, theologian, and
logician. He was a prolific and
popular hymn writer and is
credited with some 750 hymns. He
is recognised as the "Godfather of
English Hymnody"
84. Charles Fleetwood
1618 – 1692
Parliamentarian soldier and
politician, Lord Deputy of Ireland in
1652–1655, where he enforced the
Cromwellian Settlement. In 1652 he
married Oliver Cromwell’s
daughter, Bridget.