▁ 1 9 1 3 , ▁Em ily ▁Dav ison , ▁a ▁milit ant ▁women ' s ▁suff rage ▁activ ist , ▁stepped ▁in ▁front ▁of ▁King ▁George ▁V ' s ▁horse ▁running ▁in ▁the ▁Derby , ▁sust aining ▁fatal ▁inj uries . ▁ ▁The ▁British ▁Prime ▁Minister ▁and ▁first ▁chairman ▁of ▁the ▁London ▁County ▁Council , ▁Lord ▁Rose ber y , ▁was ▁sent ▁down ▁( exp elled ) ▁from ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Oxford ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 9 ▁for ▁bu ying ▁a ▁race hor se ▁and ▁entering ▁it ▁in ▁the ▁Derby ▁− ▁it ▁finished ▁last . ▁Lord ▁Rose ber y ▁remained ▁closely ▁associated ▁with ▁the ▁town ▁throughout ▁his ▁life , ▁leaving ▁land ▁to ▁the ▁bor ough , ▁comm emor ated ▁in ▁the ▁names ▁of ▁several ▁roads , ▁Rose ber y ▁Park ▁and ▁Rose ber y ▁School . ▁A ▁house ▁was ▁also ▁named ▁after ▁him ▁at ▁E ps om ▁College , ▁one ▁of ▁Britain ' s ▁public ▁schools ▁in ▁E ps om . ▁ ▁The ▁New ▁Student ' s ▁Reference ▁Work ▁of ▁ 1 9 1 4 ▁describes ▁E ps om : ▁ ▁Govern ance ▁ ▁The ▁town ▁lies ▁within ▁the ▁parliament ary ▁constitu ency ▁of ▁E ps om ▁and ▁E well , ▁and ▁is ▁currently ▁represented ▁in ▁parliament ▁by ▁Conserv ative ▁Chris ▁Gray ling . ▁ ▁Econom y ▁and ▁amen ities ▁ ▁E ps om ▁C lock ▁Tower ▁was ▁built ▁in ▁ 1 8 4 7 , ▁replacing ▁the ▁watch house ▁which ▁stood ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 7 th ▁century ,