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William Bingham (1752-1804) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 8,
1752.
Son of William Bingham and Marry (Stamper) Bingham.
Banker;
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1786-88; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1790-91; Speaker of
the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1791; member of
Pennsylvania
state senate, 1794-95; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1795-1801.
Died in Bath, England,
February
7, 1804 (age 51 years, 336
days).
Interment at Paris Church.
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Francis Barber Ogden (1783-1857) —
also known as Francis B. Ogden —
of New Jersey.
Born in Boonton, Morris
County, N.J., March 3,
1783.
Son of Gen. Matthias Ogden and Hannah (Dayton) Ogden.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S. Consul in Liverpool, 1829-40; Bristol, 1840-52; Manchester, 1852-57, died in office 1857.
Died in Bristol, England,
July
4, 1857 (age 74 years, 123
days).
Interment at Arnos Vale Cemetery.
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Vincent Francis Harrington (1903-1943) —
also known as Vincent F. Harrington —
of Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa.
Born in Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa, May 16,
1903.
Democrat. Member of Iowa state
senate, 1933-37; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 9th District, 1937-42; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1940.
Died
in military service, in England,
November
29, 1943 (age 40 years, 197
days).
Interment at United States Military Cemetery.
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William Lyman (1755-1811) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Northampton, Hampshire
County, Mass., December
7, 1755.
Democrat. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1787; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1789; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1793-97 (2nd District 1793-95,
4th District 1795-97); U.S. Consul in London, 1804-11, died in office 1811.
Died in Cheltenham, England,
September
22, 1811 (age 55 years, 289
days).
Interment at Gloucester Cathedral; cenotaph at Old
Cemetery, Northampton, Mass.
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Silas Deane (1737-1789) —
of Connecticut.
Born in Groton, New London
County, Conn., December
24, 1737.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Connecticut, 1774-76.
Died on
board ship (the Boston Packet), en route from Gravesend to
Boston, in the North
Atlantic Ocean, September
23, 1789 (age 51 years, 273
days).
Interment at St. George's Churchyard.
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William Taylor Barry (1784-1835) —
also known as William T. Barry —
of Kentucky.
Born near Lunenburg, Lunenburg
County, Va., February
5, 1784.
Son of John Barry and Susannah (Dozier) Barry.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1807, 1814; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1810-11; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1814-16; state court judge in Kentucky,
1816-17; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1817-21; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1820-24; secretary of
state of Kentucky, 1824-25; justice of
Kentucky state supreme court, 1825; candidate for Governor of
Kentucky, 1828; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1829-35.
Appointed Minister to Spain, but died en route to post, in Liverpool,
England,
August
30, 1835 (age 51 years, 206
days).
Original interment and cenotaph at St. James's Cemetery; reinterment
in 1854 at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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John Lothrop Motley (1814-1877) —
also known as J. Lothrop Motley —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April 15,
1814.
Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives; U.S. Minister to Austria, 1861-67; Great Britain, 1869-70.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1910.
Died in Dorset, England,
May
29, 1877 (age 63 years, 44
days).
Interment at Kensal Green Cemetery.
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Robert Blair Campbell (c.1787-1862) —
also known as Robert B. Campbell —
of Brownsville, Marlboro
County, S.C.; Lowndes
County, Ala.; San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in Marlboro
County, S.C., about 1787.
Member of South
Carolina state senate, 1821-23, 1830; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1823-25, 1834-37 (3rd
District 1823-25, 1834-35, 1st District 1835-37); member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1840; U.S. Consul in Havana, 1842-50; London, 1854-61.
Died in Ealing, London, England,
July
12, 1862 (age about 75
years).
Entombed at Kensington Church.
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Samuel Insull (1859-1938) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Kenilworth, Cook
County, Ill.; near Libertyville, Lake
County, Ill.
Born in London, England,
November
11, 1859.
Son of Samuel Insull and Emma (Short) Insull.
Republican. Associate of Thomas Edison and executive of electric
utilities; one of the founders of the company that became General
Electric; also had major holdings in railroads;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1904;
when his utility holding company collapsed, wiping out the
stockholders, he fled
the country; indicted
in 1932 on fraud and
embezzlement
charges;
ultimately extradited
from Turkey in 1934; tried in
Chicago and found not guilty.
Congregationalist.
Member, Union
League.
Died from a heart
attack, in the Place de la Concorde station
on the Paris Métro subway system, Paris, France,
July
16, 1938 (age 78 years, 247
days).
Interment at Putney Vale Cemetery.
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Bret Harte (1836-1902) —
also known as Francis Brett Hart —
of London, England.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., August
25, 1836.
Son of Henry Hart and Elizabeth (Ostrander) Hart.
Writer;
editor;
U.S. Consul in Crefeld, 1878-80; Glasgow, 1880-85.
English
and Dutch
ancestry.
Died in Camberley, England,
May 2,
1902 (age 65 years, 250
days).
Interment at St. Peter's Churchyard.
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Freeman Harlow Morse (1807-1891) —
also known as Freeman H. Morse —
of Bath, Sagadahoc
County, Maine.
Born in Bath, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, February
18, 1807.
Member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1840-44, 1853, 1856; U.S.
Representative from Maine 4th District, 1843-45, 1857-61;
candidate for Governor of
Maine, 1845; mayor of
Bath, Maine, 1849-50, 1855; U.S. Consul in London, 1861-69; U.S. Consul General in London, 1869-81.
Died in Surbiton, Surrey, England,
February
5, 1891 (age 83 years, 352
days).
Interment at St. Mary's Parish Churchyard.
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