Born near the Kennington Oval but his family returned to Yorkshire when he was very young and he saw himself as a Yorkshireman. In 1908 he joined Waddingtons, a printing firm which developed a specialism in playing cards and in the '30s moved into jigsaws for which there was a craze. Was responsible for acquiring the rights to Monopoly.
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Victor Hugo Watson
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Co-op bank - Monoploy
Victor and Marjorie came to London from Leeds specifically to select names fo...
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Colin Ward
Anarchist writer. Born Wanstead. Served in the army in WW2, and worked as an architect 1952 - 61. Published on education, architecture and town planning. Guardian obit.
1 memorial
Sadiq Khan
Politician. Born Sadiq Aman Khan in Tooting. Elected as Member of Parliament for Tooting in 2005. In the government of Gordon Brown, he was Minister of State for Communities, and later Minister of ...
1 memorial
Barry Jackson
President of The Royal College of Surgeons of England in October 2000.
1 memorial
Reverend St John Groser
Priest and social reformer. Born Australia to parents who were there as missionaries. Educated in England. Vicar of Christ Church, Watney Street from 1929-48. Held left-wing views that he acted...
Person, Politics & Administration, Religion, Social Welfare, Australia
1 memorial
Brigadier-General Sir George Henry Gater, GCMG, KCB, DSO & Bar, JP
Army officer and civil servant. Trained as a teacher. Moved to London in 1924, and became Director of Education at the LCC. 1933 became Clerk to the LCC. He advocated the development of Bloomsbury ...
1 memorial