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Sir Arthur Helps KCB, born at Balham in 1813 and died aged 61 in 1875.  He was buried in St. Leonards Church, Streatham. Arthur Helps lived at Balham Hill and was educated at Eaton and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was to rise in society to become one of the most influential men in the country. After a distinguished career in  the Civil Service he became Clerk to Privy Council in 1860. Following the death of Prince Albert in 1861, Helps became a key adviser and friend to Queen Victoria. In 1870 Helps introduced the Queen to the celebrated author Charles Dickens.  Photograph of painting by G. Richmond.  Ref. SP24/41/HEL.1

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Image type:	Photograph
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Ref:	03120
Identifier:	SP24/41/HEL.1
Date:	1858

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