Lord Mayor of London (1897), Army officer and businessman. Alderman on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894. Listed on the "opening" plaque as "Lieutt.Col." He was very successful running a number of restaurants and during his ownership the Pimms brand became an internationally renowned cocktail.
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Sir Horatio David Davies
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Cholmeley Boys Club
This stone was laid by Lt. Col. The Rt. Hon. Horatio D. Davies, MP, Lord Mayo...
Tower Bridge, 1894 - opening
In 1894 the royal personages listed at the top of the plaque as: Prince of Wa...
Other Subjects
Sir Francis Wyatt Truscott
Lord Mayor of London from 1879 to 1880. Alderman on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894. His son, George, was Lord Mayor from 1908 to 1909 and was the 1st Baronet Truscott of Oakleigh.
John Sawbridge
Politician. Member of Parliament from 1768 to 1780. A supporter of John Wilkes, he opposed parliament's right to tax America. Elected Lord Mayor of London in 1775.
James Clarke Lawrence
MP for Lambeth from 1865, and Lord Mayor 1868-9. In 1887 he and his brother Edwin funded a new building in Kensington for the Unitarians, see Essex Street Chapel. His nephew was Frederick Pethick-L...
Thomas Challis
Alderman, Lord Mayor of London 1851, chair of the Executive Committee for the Great Exhibition Memorial.Born 92 Fore Street, Cripplegate. Died Baker Street, Enfield. His Lord Mayor's Show was ca...