Plaque

Duke of Edinburgh visit

Inscription

Metropolitan Borough of Saint Pancras
This stone commemorates the visit of H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh K.G. to the Regent's Park development area on the first of December 1955.
Councillor Mrs I.M.C. Bonham M.A. J.P. L.C.C. Mayor., R.C.E. Austin L.L.M. Town Clerk.

Our researches show that when a Mrs I.M.C. Pigg stood for election as a Labour councillor in 1946 she failed to gain the necessary support, but in 1948 as Mrs I.M.C. Bonham she was successful. One can only imagine the marital conversations that led to the name change.

Site: Duke of Edinburgh visit (1 memorial)

NW1, Cumberland Market, Patterdale

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Duke of Edinburgh visit

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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Born at the villa 'Mon Repos', the summer retreat of the Greek royal family, ...

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Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras

St Pancras was a civil parish and metropolitan borough in London. It was an a...

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R. C. E. Austin

LLM, Town Clerk, active in the 1950s and 60s. Andrew Behan has researched Au...

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Mrs Iris Mary Caroline Bonham

She was born as Iris Mary Caroline Dean on 10 August 1906 in Birmingham, Warw...

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