JP and Mayor of West Ham 1951-52. Also a Reverend.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Councillor W. W. Paton
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Grove Gardens - restored
"These gardens" no longer surround this monument as apparently they once did....
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John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster
"Old John of Gaunt, time-honoured Lancaster" - first line in Shakespeare's Richard II. Fourth son of Edward III. Younger brother to the Black Prince. Uncle to Richard II. Born in Ghent. Lived at th...
Mal Berisha
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Albania. Born in Tropoja. He entered the diplomatic service in 1992, and in 2000 was appointed by the United Nations as part of their mission in Koso...
Henry Jermyn, Earl of St Albans
Diplomat and courtier. Favourite of Queen Henrietta Maria (wife of Charles I). Fought on the King's side in the Civil War and after his execution continued to support the Queen and two princes in ...
Giles Vernon Hart
Telecommunications engineer and trades union activist. Born in Khartoum, Sudan. While working as an executive officer at Trinity House lighthouse authority, he set up a union branch. In the 1980s, ...
Person, Community / Clubs, Politics & Administration, Tragedy, Poland, Sudan
London Borough of Haringey
Created in 1965 by the amalgamation of three former boroughs: Hornsey, Wood Green and Tottenham. 2007 - 10, Haringey Council ran its own historic plaques scheme to commemorate notable or famous lo...
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Plaistow Road WW2 air attack
E15, Plaistow Road, 163
Our colleague Andrew Behan points out the following errors on this plaque: Fitzgerald's first name should have only one 'n'; Short was a ...
9 subjects commemorated, 2 creators
Frederick Winsor
Gas engineer. Born Friedrich Albrecht Winzer (Anglicised as Frederick Albert Winsor) in Brunswick, Germany. He studied the technology of gas street lighting in Paris. In London he founded the Gas L...
John Hunter bust - Tooting
SW17, St George's Hospital, Hunter Wing
This is a far better sculpture than our photo shows. Two versions of this bust exist at St George's: this one and one outside, on an arch...
Russian Orthodox Church - WW1
SW7, Ennismore Gardens, Russian Orthodox Church, 67
These two featured plaques are inside the porch so we had to use flash, hence the slightly odd photos. Designed by Lewis Vulliamy, built...
29 subjects commemorated
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