Mayor of Hackney 1991-2.
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Washington Irving
American writer who is best known for his short stories 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' and 'Rip Van Winkle'. Born 3 April 1783 in the USA, he travelled to Europe coming to England in 1815. He also ...
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Canon Lewis John Collins
Treasurer of St Paul's Cathedral in 1979 and was Canon of St Paul's from 1948 to 1981. Lewis John Collins was born on 23 March 1905 in Hawkhurst, Kent, one of the four children of Arthur Collins (...
Captain Francis Dansays
Naval officer. RN Lieut-Governor of Greenwich Hospital.
Margaret Thatcher
Prime Minister: 1979 - 1990. Born Grantham. MP for Finchley: 1959 - 1992. A Marmite politician of the highest order - her death was greeted with a rare mix of immoderate panegyrics and gleeful cele...
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Marjorie Phillips
Secretary to Victor Watson. Somtimes spelt 'Marjory' but the plaque has 'ie'.
Jane Punter
Our colleague Andrew Behan has kindly researched this couple: Born Jane Rosser on 3 April 1910 in Senghenydd, Caerphilly, Wales, a daughter of David William Rosser and Annie Rosser, née Roberts. Th...
Wandsworth Council
London borough. Formed from the former Metropolitan Borough of Battersea and much of the former area of the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth.
Billy Bunter
Character in a series of stories set in Greyfriars School, originally published in the boys weekly story magazine 'The Magnet'.
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