Born Buckinghamshire into a poor family. Became teacher then headmaster. Alderman in 1937 and in 1946 MP for Bow and Bromley and Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Charles William Key
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Poplar Town Hall - foundation
Listed Grade II The text includes: "The councillors' entrance has a cantile...
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Christopher Buckmaster
Councillor and Mayor of Kensington and Chelsea, 2003 - 2004.
Richard West
Member of the Fishmongers Company. Gave a bell to St Magnus in 1714.
R. C. E. Austin
LLM, Town Clerk, active in the 1950s and 60s. Andrew Behan has researched Austin: Robert Charles Edwin Austin LL.M was born on 31 January 1900 in Fulham, the son of Charles Edwin Austin and Mary A...
T. Heard
Worked for the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society. Was on the building committee for the Bostall Estate in 1900.
R. Darby
Councillor on the Committee for the 1901 Shoreditch Town Hall Extension.
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William Compton, 5th Marquess of Northampton
MP. Either William or his elder brother, Charles, together with their father (the 4th Marquess) donated the original site for what became City University. Brother of Lady Graham. Succeeded to the t...
St James's Square Trust
From the Picture source website: "... the St James’s Square Trust is intent on preserving tranquility and avoiding the incursion of large, disruptive commercial ventures in the Square. The gardens ...
Boy 1st Class Albert Edward Winstone
Albert Edward Winstone was born on 1 September 1901 in Hawthorn Grove, Penge, the youngest of the seven children of George Henry Winstone (1863-1931) and Jane Elizabeth Winstone née Reeves (1865-19...
Robert & Horace Walpole
SW1, Arlington Street, 5
Greater London Council Sir Robert Walpole, 1676 - 1745, Prime Minister, and his son Horace Walpole 1717 - 1797, connoisseur and man of l...
Joseph Priestley - E5
E5, Lower Clapton Road, 113, 117
The house was demolished in 1880 and we have failed to find a picture of it. At the time this section of street may have been called Cla...
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