Politician. Born Liverpool. Moved to Bermondsey and became a leather merchant. Chairman of the Commissioners of the 1890 Bermondsey Library.
MP for Bermondsey 1886 -1892 and 1895 -1900. Died at home, Hanworth Park, Feltham.
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Alfred Lafone
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Bermondsey Library - foundation stone
This public library was erected 1890-1. Commissioners: A. Lafone, MP - Chairm...
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Sir Roger William Cork
The 669th Lord Mayor of London 1996-7. Roger William Cork was born on 31 March 1947 in Hatch End, Middlesex (now Greater London), the son of Sir Kenneth Russell Cork (1913-1991) and Nina Cork née ...
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2 memorials
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Deverell-Stone and wife
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John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester
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2 memorials
Sir Alexander Russell Downer, KBE
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Person, Armed Forces, Law, Politics & Administration, Australia
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Sir William Bull
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1 memorial
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