Born in London as Wilfrid William Ashley. Politician who entered parliament in 1906. As minister of transport, he introduced one-way systems and roundabouts to London and other large cities. Elevated to the peerage in 1932 as Baron Mount Temple of Lee. His eldest daughter Edwina became the wife of Lord Louis Mountbatten. Died Broadlands,
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Lord Mount-Temple
Unveiled by William Holman Hunt. There must have been a committee to erect th...
In the mid 1970s, New Cross and surrounding areas became the focus of racist activity by neo-Nazis and the National Front (NF). This culminated in an attempted march by 500 members of the NF. Vario...
Revolutionary, philosopher, and theorist of collectivist anarchism. Possibly the founder of anarchist theory in general. Born Russia. Well-travelled: Germany, France, Japan, London, Sweden, Sw...
JP. Mayor of the Borough of Bethnal Green three times: 1901-2; 1906-7; 1909-11. Member of the Building Committee to build the 1909 Bethnal Green Town Hall and opened it in 1910. We thank Andrew Be...
Created out of the Elementary Education Act 1870. The LSB covered the same Inner London area as that of the Metropolitan Board of Works. The members of the LSB were directly elected. The LSB ens...
Mayor of Wandsworth 1994. From our Picture source, 2015: "one of the borough's longest serving councillors, has been awarded an MBE".
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