Born Stafford. A chartered accountant, in 1916 we find him appointed to wind up a number of companies who were prosecuted under the Trading with the Enemy Amendment Act, 1916. Churchwarden of St James's, Piccadilly in 1954. Father of Edward. Died Hampstead. Obituary at Bostock.net.
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Geoffrey Rowley Bostock
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St James's war damage
This church, built by Sir Christopher Wren, consecrated on July 13th 1684, da...
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Frederic Clare Melhado
Frederic Nicholas Clare Melhado was born about 1862 in Maida Hill, London, the younger son of Michael Clare Melhado (1814-1879) and Julia Presbury Melhado née Steele (1825-1910). On 12 March 1862 h...
Cato Street Conspiracy
A plot to murder the Tory Prime Minister, Lord Liverpool, and the whole cabinet, as they had dinner at a house on Grosvenor Square. The dinner had been announced in a newspaper but this was probabl...
Ealing Council
Governing body of the London Borough of Ealing, Formed in 1965 by the merging of the Municipal Boroughs of Acton, Ealing and Southall.
Thomas Chancellor
Co-churchwarden of Mary Abbots Church, Kensington, August 1817. British History Online has some houses in nearby Ansdell Street being built for a 'Thomas Chancellor' which we think might well be o...
James "Bronterre" O'Brien
Democrat & chartist. Born County Longford, Ireland. Bronterre was initially a pseudonym but he later adopted it as his middle name. A child prodigy, he fell short of his early promise and died ...
Person, Journalism / Publishing, Politics & Administration, Ireland
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Clapham Odeon
Cinema. Designed by George Coles. The use of neon lights on its exterior gave it a distinctive look at night. It closed in 1972, but permission to demolish it was refused. It reopened as 'The Liber...
11, Northampton Square
The picture source website points out: The house at which this caller is visiting is No. 11, and there is a brass plate on the door bearing the words "G. Baxter, Offices No. 12".
Arthur Onslow
W1, Soho Square, 20
Arthur Onslow (1691 - 1768), Speaker of the House of Commons from 1728 to 1761 lived in a house on this site. (1926)
J. Adams
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
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