Robert Besley

Robert Besley

Alderman and Lord Mayor of London, 1869 - 70. Typefounder and and punchcutter, credited with cutting the first Clarendon, a fat typeface with thick slabs, the first ever registered typeface.  The ...

Person, Lord Mayor, Politics & Administration

2 memorials
Frank Bethell

Frank Bethell

Worked for the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society. Was Architect and Surveyor for the the Bostall Estate construction 1900.

Person, Commerce, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
William Bethell

William Bethell

Worked for the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society. Was Assistant Manager of the Abbey Wood branch in June 1912. Probably a cousin of the RACS architect Frank Bethell.

Person, Commerce, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green

Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green

Bethnal Green was formed as a civil parish from the Bethnal Green hamlet in Stepney ancient parish. 1889 it became part of the County of London. 1900 it became a metropolitan borough. 1965 it was a...

Group, Politics & Administration

8 memorials
Bethnal Green Neighbourhood

Bethnal Green Neighbourhood

British History has a map showing how in 1986 Tower Hamlets divided itself up into seven neighbourhoods with responsibility for housing, one being Bethnal Green. This structure seems to have lasted...

Group, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Bethnal Green One Stop Shop

Bethnal Green One Stop Shop

This Council service is based at 1 Rushmead, E2. All of the Tower Hamlets Council's One Stop Shops offer face to face contact and provide information and support with accessing all of the council'...

Group, Community / Clubs, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
P. G. Bettison

P. G. Bettison

District Officer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 (Prince of Wales's) District, 1926-1947. Serving Brother in the Order of St John.

Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Aneurin Bevan

Aneurin Bevan

Politician. Born at 32 Charles Street, Tredegar, Wales. Known as Nye. He began work in the coal mines at the age of 13, becoming Chairman of the Miners' Lodge, leading them in the general strike of...

Person, Politics & Administration, Wales

2 memorials
Lawrence Emlyn Douglas Bevan

Lawrence Emlyn Douglas Bevan

Chairman of National Provident Institution in 1959. Andrew Behan has researched this man: Lawrence Emlyn Douglas Bevan C.B.E., was born on 7 January 1903 in Somerville, Fayette County, Tennessee, ...

Person, Politics & Administration, USA

1 memorial
Ernest Bevin

Ernest Bevin

Born in Winford, Somerset. "The Dockers' K.C.". Self-taught. National Organiser of the Dockers' Union, 1910 - 1921. General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers Union (which he created...

Person, Politics & Administration

2 memorials
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