WOOLWICH CELEBRITIES. 



By W. T. VINCENT, President of the Woolwich Antiquarian Society. 



ABEL, Sm FREDK., War Office Chemist ; joined Royal Arsenal, 

 1849, and remained many years. 



ADYE, GEN. SIR JOHN, born here ; was Governor R.M.A. 1875, and 

 afterwards Governor of Gibraltar, Direct or- General of Ord- 

 nance, etc. 



ARTHUR, PRINCE, DUKE OF CONNAUGHT, Cadet at R.M.A., 1867, 

 and afterwards served in Rifle Brigade at Woolwich. 



ALFREDA, or ETHRUDA, daughter or niece of Alfred the Great, 

 owned the Manor, A.D. 904. 



AULA, AVICE DE, owned the Manor, 1261. 



BAIEUX, BISHOP ; had Manor of Eltham, under William I., 1066. 



BLOOMFIELD, LORD ; Commandant, 1838. 



BLOOMFIELD, ROBERT (poet) ; lived here, 1803, and married a 

 Woolwich woman. 



BORGARD, GEN. ; founded the Royal Artillery, 1717. 



BOWATER, RICHARD ; owned Woolwich Manor (Southall) 1701. 



BOWES, SIR MARTIN, Lord Mayor of London, 1545, lived here and 

 founded the Goldsmiths' Almshouses. 



BURGHESH, LORD BARTHOLOMEW ; lived, 1350, at Plumstead Park, 

 now Burrage (Burghesh) Town. 



CHRISTIE, W. H. M. ; Astronomer Royal, 1881, born here, 1845. 



COBBETT, WM. ; author and politician, served in the Royal Artillery 

 at Woolwich, and married here in 1792. 



CONGREVE, SIR W. ; inventor of rockets, matches, etc., lived at 

 Arsenal, 1814. 



CROMER, LORD (Evelyn Baring) ; Cadet R.M.A., 1856; officer R.A., 

 1858 ; British Administrator in Egypt, 18841907. 



DE Luci, RICHARD ; Regent of England temp., Richard II., founded 

 Lesness Abbey, 1178. 



