William Debenham (/ˈdɛbənəm/; 18 April 1794 – 24 September 1863) was the founder of Debenhams, once one of the largest retailers in the United Kingdom...
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Debenhams plc was a British department store chain operating in the United Kingdom, Denmark and the Republic of Ireland, and is still operating as a franchise...
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William Debenham was the founder of Debenhams the retailer. William Debenham may also refer to: William Debenham the elder (MP for Ipswich) in 1397 William...
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William Debenham was a Member of Parliament and a merchant. His years of birth and death are unrecorded. He was one of the two MPs for Ipswich in September...
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William Debenham was one of the two MPs for Ipswich in a number of English parliaments from November 1414 to 1437. K.N. Houghton (1993). "DEBENHAM, William...
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(1906–2001) Sir Thomas Adam Debenham, 4th Baronet (born 1971) The heir presumptive to the baronetcy is Oliver William Debenham (born 1976). He is a first...
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Cavendish House (section Post Debenhams history)
Square, London, England, assumed William Debenham as an equal partner, and thereafter the firm traded as Clark & Debenham. The shop was later renamed Cavendish...
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Kenrick (1869–1950), daughter of William Kenrick. The couple had eight children, including the artist Alison Debenham. Debenham had an interest in politics...
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Called on William Thompson becoming a judge By-election called on William Thompson being made a Baron of the Exchequer By-election called on William Churchill...
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Debenham House (or Peacock House) at 8 Addison Road is a large detached house in the Holland Park district of Kensington and Chelsea, W14. Built in the...
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Antarctica Debenham Glacier, Antarctica Debenham Peak, Antarctica Debenham House, located in Holland Park, West London, England Debenham baronets Alison...
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Brontë, English painter and poet (b. 1817) 1863 – William Debenham, English businessman, founded Debenhams (b. 1794) 1889 – D. H. Hill, American general and...
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Giorgio DeLuca Dean Guitars – Dean Zelinsky Debenhams – William Debenham formerly Debenham & Freebody – Debenham and Clement Freebody Deere & Company – John...
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Historical Society Inc. Retrieved 17 July 2021. Ryan, Lyndall; Pascoe, William; Debenham, Jennifer; Gilbert, Stephanie; Richards, Jonathan; Smith, Robyn; Owen...
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owners". ABC News. Retrieved 9 June 2021. Ryan, Lyndall; Pascoe, William; Debenham, Jennifer; Gilbert, Stephanie; Richards, Jonathan; Smith, Robyn; Owen...
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founded in 1778 by William Clark as a London draper's store. In 1813 William Debenham became a partner and it was renamed 'Clark & Debenham'. Its product range...
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British economist and politician (d. 1823) 1794 – William Debenham, English founder of Debenhams (d. 1863) 1813 – James McCune Smith, African-American...
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William Lefevre was a department store located in Canterbury, which later became part of Debenhams. William Lefevre was born in Canterbury in 1847 and...
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passengers include American widow Caroline Hubbard; English governess Mary Debenham; Swedish missionary Greta Ohlsson; American businessman Samuel Ratchett...
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Briantspuddle, to Sir Ernest Debenham, (grandson of William Debenham, founder of the British department store Debenhams). Briantspuddle once consisted...
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Dictionary of Australian Biography James Stirling Ryan, Lyndall; Pascoe, William; Debenham, Jennifer; Gilbert, Stephanie; Richards, Jonathan; Smith, Robyn; Owen...
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Sir Gilbert Debenham (junior) (1432–1500) was an English knight, politician and soldier who served briefly as Lord Chancellor of Ireland. Although, like...
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divested its grocery units. Debenhams Ireland has its origins in Roches Stores, a business founded in Cork in 1901 by William Roche, as a small furniture...
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25 December: William Debenham joins Thomas Clark in a partnership to manage a draper's store in London, origin of the later Debenhams department stores...
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Frank Debenham, OBE (26 December 1883 – 23 November 1965) was Emeritus Professor of Geography at the Department of Geography, Cambridge University and...
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rule 25 December – William Debenham joins Thomas Clark in a partnership to manage a draper's store in London, origin of the Debenhams business which will...
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Spencer, Ivor Debenham, The Victor and the Spoils: A Life of William L. Marcy, Brown University Press (1959). Spencer, Ivor D. “William L. Marcy Goes...
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Images. Prominent photographers worked for Topical including Arthur William Debenham, Hugh Cecil Saunders, and John Warwick Brooke, who was one of the first...
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Plimsoll line, although it took many years. John Debenham, son of William Debenham, founder of Debenham and Freebody's department stores Gustavus Vaughan...
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Baltic Sea trade. Shortly following William's birth, his father John, a Nonconformist minister, moved the family to Debenham in Suffolk and later to Guestwick...
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