Chair, General Purposes Committee
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
James Hoppey
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Gloucester Gate Bridge (NW)
The close up photo was taken some months (and some graffiti) after the other ...
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W. Cowper
First Commissioner Her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings.
Indira Gandhi
First woman prime minister of India. Born Indira Priyadarshini Nehru at Allahabad, United Provinces, India. Daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India. She entered politics in ...
Marquess of Pombal
Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal and 1st Count of Oeiras was born in Lisbon, Portugal, on 13 May 1699. In 1738, he received his first public appointment as the Portuguese ...
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Mahommed Ali, viceroy of Egypt
Viceroy of Egypt in 1819. Born in what is now Macedonia. Regarded as the founder of modern Egypt. Died Alexandria.
William Robert Fountaine Addison, VC
Awarded the VC for his heroism on 9 April 1916, age 32, while serving in the Army Chaplains’ Department. "For his unceasing attention to the wounded... under incessant fire and with utter disregard...
Sir Follett Holt
EC3, Byward Street, Tower Hill Terrace
Since they are rather lovely we chose to photo one of the gate-post sculpted finials rather than the inscription. The other sculpture de...
Ava Gardner
Actor. Born near Smithfield, North Carolina, USA. Married: Mickey Rooney, Artie Shaw, Frank Sinatra (divorced 1957). This last was a famously stormy and passionate romance. Aged 33 moved to Madrid,...