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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Sir Roger Cook
Lord Mayor of London, in September 1997.
Sir Richard Browne
Parliamentarian army officer and Lord Mayor of London. Born London (according to the ODNB though the picture source disagrees). Died Essex.
Robert Maxwell
Publisher, politician and swindler. Born Ján Ludvík Hyman Binyamin Hoch, in Slatinské Doly (now Solotyino, Ukraine). He came to Britain after WWII where he built up the Pergamon Press, acquired the...
Person, Journalism / Publishing, Politics & Administration, Czechoslovakia
Sir James Swaffield
Director General of the GLC 1973-84 and a Trustee of the Jubilee Walkway Trust 1977 - 2012. At our Picture source the photo is captioned: "Swaffield, pictured in London in 1974, ran a staff of 22,6...