Elected Mayor of London in 2008. Born in New York City, but his family returned to the UK soon after and he was brought up in the UK.
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Boris Johnson
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9/11 memorial - Olympic Park
These five, verbose, repetitive, inconsistent, self-regarding, plaques are la...
First Peelers training school
The bronze panel depicts an everyday scene in London at that time - that of a...
Munich Olympics 40 years
The Hackney Gazette give the unveiling date as 25th but we believe Boris John...
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Sir John Wollaston
Born at Perton in Staffordshire. His name varies in spelling: Wollaston or Woolaston. In London, apprenticed to the Goldsmiths' Company from 1604 to 1611. Achieved great wealth in the City of Londo...
W. W. Tyler
Member of the Commissioners of the 1890 Bermondsey Library.
Lord Beaverbrook
Newspaper publisher and politician. Born William Maxwell Aitken in Maple, Ontario. He came to Britain in 1910, and served as an MP 1911-16. In 1919, he took over The Daily Express, and later founde...
Person, Journalism / Publishing, Politics & Administration, Canada
William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke
Nobleman, politician, and courtier. Herbert's first wife, Anne Parr, was a sister of Queen consort Catherine Parr, sixth wife to Henry VIII. Guardian of the young Edward VI, by whom he was created...
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Blackfriars Priory
Built on the site of the Norman fortification known as Baynard's Castle which was demolished in 1213. Blackfriars Priory was initially a house and church for the Dominican Order (guess what colour ...
Passmore Edwards drinking fountain - E8
E8, Albion Square
October 2023 Londonist: Time Machine provided this Heritage of London Trust September link, "We were thrilled to unveil the restored foun...
Teresa Billington-Greig
School teacher and one of the first paid members of the Women's Social and Political Union. She left the WSPU - as she considered the leadership too autocratic, and helped create the Women's Freed...
Day nursery, Pond Street
2012 and we are delighted to report that this building is still a day nursery: the "Royal Free Hospital Staff Day Nursery".
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