Councillor on the Bethnal Green Housing Committee in 1937. Mayor 1958-59.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Councillor A. W. Hastings
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Burnham Estate
Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green, Burnham Estate This stone was laid by ...
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Sir Thomas Plumer
Judge and politician. Called to the bar in 1778, he acted for the defence in a number of important cases. In Parliament, he sat in the pocket borough of Downton in Wiltshire, and was promoted to At...
1 memorial
Philip Twells
Banker, barrister and MP for the City of London. Lived in Enfield where his widow built St Mary Magdalene Church on Windmill Hill in his memory. They also had homes in Grosvenor Place and Eastbour...
2 memorials
Stewart D. Headlam
Stewart Duckworth Headlam was born on 12 January 1847 in Wavertree, Liverpool, Lancashire, the fourth of the five children of Thomas Duckworth Headlam (1806-1885) and Latitia Headlam née Simpson (1...
1 memorial
Willy Brandt
Politiican. Born as Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm in the Free City of Lübeck (German Empire). In 1933 he left Germany for Norway to escape Nazi persecution and adopted his new name to avoid detection. H...
1 memorial
Councillor C. J. Palmer
Councillor and member of Housing Committee, Parmiter Street, 1926. Councillor and on the Bethnal Green Baths Committee in 1926.
1 memorial
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Henry Venn
Evangelical Christian. Born Clapham, son of Rev John Venn. Graduated from Cambridge as 19th wrangler, which we learn means he was the 19th highest scoring undergraduate in mathematics. Rector in...
1 memorial
Octavia Hill - W1
W1, Garbutt Place, 2
English Heritage Octavia Hill, 1838 - 1912, housing reformer and co-founder of The National Trust began her work here.
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Southwark Gateway Needle
SE1, London Bridge
The inclined needle is made of Portland stone, 16m high. It won a Natural Stone Craftsmanship Award 2000. We could find no plaque and th...
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
John Templeton
Opera singer. Born near Kilmarnock, Scotland. Started singing as a boy and came to London to study to become a professional tenor. Sang the first English productions of 'Don Giovanni' and 'The Magi...
1 memorial
Manor House - Mare Street
E8, Mare Street, 387
Difficult to photograph the whole building. We believe it extends across 7 window bays, our picture showing only the 5 left-most.
3 subjects commemorated
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