J. Harrison
Hon. Sec. of the Commissioners of the 1890 Bermondsey Library.
Hon. Sec. of the Commissioners of the 1890 Bermondsey Library.
Executed for regicide. In the civil war he fought on the side of Parliament against King Charles I. Close to Cromwell, he was elected to the Long Parliament, sat as a judge in the King's trial and...
Trustee of the Putney Pest House Charity, 1862.
Politician. Born in the Hanover Square area. Good friend of Pitt the Younger, being his second in Pitt's duel in 1798. 1809 honoured with the title Earl of Harrowby. Lived at (what is now) 44 Grosv...
The London Borough of Harrow was formed on 1 April 1965 when it took over responsibilities from Harrow Urban District Council that ceased to exist when the borough was transferred from Middlesex to...
Telecommunications engineer and trades union activist. Born in Khartoum, Sudan. While working as an executive officer at Trinity House lighthouse authority, he set up a union branch. In the 1980s, ...
Person, Community / Clubs, Politics & Administration, Tragedy, Poland, Sudan
Naval officer. Born Sussex. Commissioner of Greenwich Hospital. See Indefatigable for more information, but one paragraph there is particularly relevant to Greenwich Hospital: "Following his reti...
Politician and inventor of fireproofing systems. Born in Bath, he moved to London where he met and became close friends with Benjamin Franklin. As an MP, he represented Kingston-upon-Hull and becam...
Person, Engineering, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, USA
Councillor on the Bethnal Green Housing Committee in 1952.
Deputy of the Broad Street Ward of the City of London in 1878.