Mayor of Shoreditch in 1949. By 1962, when he appears on another housing plaque, he had received the MBE.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Alderman R. G. Linale
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Wenlock Barn Estate
The plaque is on the first floor balcony, in our photo partly hidden by tree ...
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Don Cook
St Pancras Rent strike: In 1960 the Tory council of the old borough of St Pancras (now part of Camden) attempted to impose large rent increases. The tenants, the generation who had fought in WW2, ...
Mary Macarthur
Suffragist and trades unionist. Born Mary Reid Macarthur in Glasgow. She was the general secretary of the Women's Trade Union League and was involved in the formation of the National Federation of ...
Sir Walter Wilkin
Lord Mayor in 1895-6. Born London. The Museum of London has more info. and a picture of his amazing hat!
Margaret Ethel MacDonald
Feminist and social reformer. Daughter of John & Margaret Gladstone. Born 17 Pembridge Square, her mother dying soon after. Brought up to do good works, she became a socialist, joined the Labou...
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F. G. Painter
Deputy Chairman City Land Committee. Active in 1910.
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Sir Charles Thomas Wheeler
Sculptor. Born Staffordshire. Early rheumatic fever made him unfit for active service in 1914 so he served on the home front casting and moulding false limbs for amputees. Died at home in Mayfield,...
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