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Popham, Alexander (1729–1810), politician and penal reformer  

Thomas Seccombe

revised by Stephen M. Lee

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23 September 2004
Published online:
23 September 2004

Popham, Alexander (1729–1810), politician and penal reformer, the only son of Alexander Popham, rector of West Monckton, Somerset, and his wife, Mary (née Gatchell), was born on 18 July 1729. His family was closely allied to the Pophams of Littlecote, Wiltshire. He matriculated from ...

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Silverman, (Samuel) Sydney (1895–1968)  

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Published in print:
23 September 2004
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23 September 2004
(Samuel) Sydney Silverman (1895–1968) by Bassano, 1947 © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Silverman, (Samuel) Sydney (1895–1968), politician and penal reformer  

Sarah McCabe

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Publication History:

Published in print:
23 September 2004
Published online:
23 September 2004

Silverman, (Samuel) Sydney (1895–1968), politician and penal reformer, was born at 33 Elizabeth Street, Liverpool, on 8 October 1895. He was the second of four children, only two of whom survived to maturity, of Myer Silverman, general draper, and his wife, Blanche Stern...