Luke Booker
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Rev. Luke Booker LL.D., FRLS was an English Anglican clergyman, poet and antiquary, with a long list of published sermons and poetry. As a cleric he was strongly linked with the town of Dudley, then a
William J. Pringle: Reverend Luke Booker (1762–1835), LLD, Vicar of Dudley; Dudley Museums Service
Richard Blakemore
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Richard Blakemore, MP was an ironmaster and politician. Born in the West Midlands region of England, he held seats in southern Wales at The Leys, near Monmouth, and Velindre House, in Whitchurch, Card
Luke Booker
…years he served as vicar of Church of St. Edmund in Dudley. In 1806, he became rector of Tedstone Delamere, after an introduction by his brother-in-law, Richard Blakemore. He returned to Dudley in 1812 through his association with William Lord Viscount Dudley and Ward. Booker laid the cornerstone for Dudley's St Thomas…
Melingriffith Tin Plate Works (pump pictured) was owned by Blakemore.