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.
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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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Councillor J. Samuels
Chairman of the Shoreditch Housing Committee in 1940. From Tower Block: "Aggressive site-acquisition underpinned London's most forceful borough housing drive: that of Shoreditch MBC. This authorit...
1 memorial
Dr Alfred Salter
Doctor and politician. Born at 23 South Street, Greenwich. Following his Quaker principles, he gave up a potentially brilliant medical career in order to tend the sick and needy in Bermondsey. He a...
7 memorials
James Hulbert
Died while Primewarden of the Fishmongers Company.
1 memorial
John T. Winkworth
Honourable Secretary of the Limehouse Library in 1900.
1 memorial
Henry Thornton
Anti-slavery campaigner. Born Clapham. Successful banker. Good friends with his (indirect) cousin, William Wilberforce, prior to their marriages they shared a house bought by Thornton, Battersea Ri...
Person, Commerce, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Religion
1 memorial