Sportsman and profligate bon vivant, a life-style enabled through his vast inherited wealth. President of the National Sporting Club. Initiated the boxing prize, the Lonsdale Belt. Founder and first president of the Automobile Association, which adopted his favourite colour, yellow. WW1 he was a recruitment officer of both men and horses. After the war he became a senior steward of the Jockey Club and the first president of the International Horse Show at Olympia. Died at home, Stud House, near Leicester. The picture source provides an interesting profile of this larger than life character.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Hugh Cecil Lowther, fifth Earl of Lonsdale
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National Sporting Club
This building was once known as the National Sporting Club, March 1891 - Octo...
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Stanley Moss Atkins
Councillor, J.P. Mayor of Hammersmith 1963-64. 1964 – Elected as the first chairman of the newly merged boroughs of Hammersmith and Fulham. Additional information and photo provided by Martin Atkin...
1 memorial
Jonathan Thorp
Chairman of the Thames Navigation & Port of London Committee in 1857. We can’t find a picture of the man but here’s the cup he was presented with, inscribed: “Thames Navigation & Port of ...
2 memorials
Houses of Parliament
Also known as the Palace of Westminster, it comprises the House of Commons and the House of Lords. Following a fire in 1834 which destroyed most of the old parliament, a competition was held for th...
3 memorials
Sir Edmund Stockdale
Born into the landed gentry. Began his career with the Bank of England in 1921. Knighted in 1955 for services to banking. Lord Mayor of London 1959-60.
1 memorial
William Pitt (the Younger)
Born Hayes, Kent. Son of William Pitt the Elder. Tory. Entered parliament in 1781, became Chancellor of the Exchequer and then, aged 24, Prime Minister: 1783-1801 and again: 1804-6. Reputed to dri...
5 memorials