Person    | Male  Born 12/6/1897  Died 14/1/1977

Anthony Eden, Lord Avon

Born Durham, Succeeded Churchill as Prime Minister, 1955 - 57. The Suez crisis is considered the low point of a less than admirable term. Died at home at Alvediston, Wiltshire.

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Anthony Eden, Lord Avon

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Anthony Eden

Anthony Eden, Lord Avon, 1897 - 1977, Prime Minister of Great Britain, lived ...

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A. Deans

A. Deans

Worked for the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society. Was on the building committee for the Bostall Estate in 1900.

Person, Commerce, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Henry Grissell

Henry Grissell

Active in 1864.  Prompted by London Details we think this school committee man might be "Iron Henry".  Born in London he set up an iron foundry with his brother at Regent's Canal Ironworks, Eagle W...

Person, Industry, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
John Edward Sears

John Edward Sears

Architect and politician. Studied architecture at University College London and the Royal Academy Schools, and was made a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1889. Elected to the...

Person, Architecture, Politics & Administration

2 memorials
Greenwich Council

Greenwich Council

The London Borough of Greenwich was formed by the amalgamation of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich and part of the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich to the east. It became a 'Royal' Borough on ...

Group, Politics & Administration

9 memorials
A. E. Prichard

A. E. Prichard

Member of the Ealing District Council in 1899.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

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Mabey & Co

Mabey & Co

Mapping Sculpture explains that this was "Active: 1878 - 1900" and "A successful business run by three generations of the same family: James Mabey (1812-83), Charles Henry Mabey (1836-1912) and Cha...

Group, Sculpture

1 memorial
Society of Black Lawyers

Society of Black Lawyers

Legal group established with the objectives of working towards the elimination of racial discrimination within the legal profession and the achievement of true equality of opportunity and equal acc...

Group, Law, Race Issues

1 memorial
Victoria & Albert Museum

Victoria & Albert Museum

The South Kensington Museum opened on this site in 1857. It expanded and was renamed the Victoria & Albert Museum in 1899. A further expansion by Aston Webb opened in 1909. Also see Francis Fow...

Building, Museums / Libraries

4 memorials
World War 1

World War 1

We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came along at which point it was renamed as World War One or the First World War. But the term was first used in print in 1920...

Event, Armed Forces, Tragedy

403 memorials
Granville Road V1 bomb

Granville Road V1 bomb

A V1 bomb fell on Granville Road early on a Sunday morning. 15 people were killed and 25 seriously injured. Twelve houses were destroyed and 100 others damaged.  Holy Trinity church was badly damag...

Event, Tragedy

1 memorial