Group    From 1957 

Ghana High Commission

Categories: Politics & Administration

Countries: Africa, Ghana

Ghana is in West Africa. Colonised and gained independence in 1957, the first West African colony to do so.

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Ghana High Commission

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George Padmore

Padmore was so prominent in the campaign for self-governance in Africa that i...

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Christopher Ernest Saunders

Christopher Ernest Saunders

Member of Brentford Council in 1909.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
William Lambe

William Lambe

1569-1570 Master of the Clothworkers' Company. Three wives but childless which allowed for his philanthropy. 1564-1577 he financed the rebuilding of the Holborn Conduit which, until its demolition ...

Person, Food & Drink, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration

3 memorials
Mrs A. M. Hallett

Mrs A. M. Hallett

Alderman in the Borough of Hammersmith in 1948. Our colleague Andrew Behan has researched this woman: Mrs Alice Mabel Hallett was born about 1887 and the first record I could find about her was on...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Sir Edmund Stockdale

Sir Edmund Stockdale

Born into the landed gentry. Began his career with the Bank of England in 1921. Knighted in 1955 for services to banking. Lord Mayor of London 1959-60.

Person, Lord Mayor, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

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Elizabeth Marsden

Elizabeth Marsden

Killed in the Moorgate tube disaster.

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial
John Walker

John Walker

Author of the Pronouncing Dictionary.  Actor then teacher. Published "Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, Rules Addressed to Citizens of Scotland, Ireland and London" in 1791. Friends with Dr. Johnson...

Person, Literature

1 memorial
Rania Khan

Rania Khan

Councillor in Hackney council, on the right of this picture.  Born Tripoli.  When elected, aged 23, she was the youngest councillor in the country.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial