Worked in the civil service, 1902 - 1925, in the Egyptian Ministry of Education. At the 1931 London County Council election, Robertson was elected for the Labour Party in Islington East. He lost the seat at the 1934 election, but was appointed as an alderman, and was made vice-chair of the council's education committee. In 1937, he became chair of the education committee, serving until 1945. In 1945/46, he was the chair of the council. Robertson stood down from the council in 1952.
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Charles Robertson
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Waterloo Bridge
In our photo you can see how distressed the lettering is, and that it was onc...
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Stanley School
2012 and the school is a primary school only, and in our experience primary schools tend not to erect memorials to their "old boys". But we found, at Martin Watson, "...when I started school in 19...
Dinah Fryer
Born in 1954, Dinah Fryer was an Australian history schoolteacher at Golden Grove High School in Adelaide, South Australia, who was on her first overseas trip with her husband Chris Fryer and their...
Thomas Hoyland
In 1893 the Acting Superintendent of the old Snow Fields Ragged School.
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Soweto children
SW9, Max Roach Park
This sculpture was inspired by a widely-circulated and influential news photograph taken by Sam Nzima during the Soweto uprising – see th...
Mosaics - William and Mary
EC4, New Change, One New Change - roof terrace
One New Change: "The mosaics were originally located within the main entrance lobby of the New Change Building, a home to Bank of England...
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