Person    | Male  Born 4/11/1910  Died 20/11/1964

Bernard Sunley

Categories: Commerce, Philanthropy

Property developer and philanthropist. Born 46 Jugela Street, Catford. Made his fortune in the re-building work after WW2. Died at home, 26 Harley Road, Hampstead.

This was the only picture we could find of him - a painting hanging on the wall in someone else's portrait photograph. Maybe he was very shy.

2015: Having read William Mitchell's book "Self Portrait: the Eyes Within" we can report that Sunley was not shy. He commissioned Mitchell a number of times and is reported as being a Vesuvius of a man: generous, quick to rage and keen on a drink.

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Bernard Sunley

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Bernard Sunley

City of Westminster Bernard Sunley, 1910 - 1964, contractor and philanthropi...

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Sunley and Icarus

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Charles Jamrach

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Sunlight Wharf

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Andrew Gibb

Andrew Gibb

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W. Beeson & Sons

W. Beeson & Sons

Trader at Covent Garden Market at its original site.

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Tata Consumer Products

Tata Consumer Products

From their website: "Tata Consumer was formed with a vision to synergise, simplify and scale the principal consumer products interests of the Tata Group under one umbrella Today, we are one of the ...

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