Director General of the GLC 1973-84 and a Trustee of the Jubilee Walkway Trust 1977 - 2012.
The Times have a photo of him with County Hall in the background, captioned: "Swaffield, pictured in London in 1974, ran a staff of 22,698 and was known for an almost Victorian thoroughness."
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Sir James Swaffield
Unveiled by the Duke of Gloucester, this is actually an "interpretation panel...
Member of the Electric Lighting and Tramways Committee, West Ham, 1905.
Merged with Woodford Urban District Council in 1934. Merged with Ilford and in 1963 became the London Borough of Redbridge.
Commoner on the City Lands & Bridge House Estates Committee, 1994.
1878 Hon. Secretary of the Stratford Martyrs Memorial Committee.
Politician and army officer. Born Henry Sidney (or Sydney) in Paris. Entered parliament in 1679 and was one of the group known as 'The Immortal Seven', who invited William of Orange to take the thr...
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