Group    From 1965  To 1986

Greater London Council

Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could not abide its left-wing politics, nor its leader, Ken Livingstone. On its 50th anniversary Diamond Geezer posted a good summary of the Metropolitan Boroughs that made up the GLC.

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Greater London Council

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County Hall - frieze

The dates add up because the LCC only moved here in 1922.

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County Hall - London government

The County Hall. the home of London government from 1922 to 1986. LCC 1889 -...

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Dome of Discovery

{The plaque is laid flat on the ground.} This commemorative plaque was set i...

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Gatehouse Square, Southwark

The sculpture is titled "Great Oaks from Little Acorns".  From PMSA:"... hold...

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Grayling Square

Grayling Square This block was built in 1976 by the Greater London Council. T...

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This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Greater London Council

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A. A. Milne - SW3

Greater London Council A .A. Milne, 1882 - 1956, author, lived here.

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Admiral Robert Fitzroy - SW7

Greater London Council Admiral Robert Fitzroy, 1805-1865, hydrographer and me...

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A. E. Housman - N6

Housman lived here 1885-1905 when he moved, with his landlady to 1 Yarborough...

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Alfred Lord Milner

Greater London Council Alfred Lord Milner, 1854 - 1925, statesman, lived here.

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Alfred Wallace

Alfred Russel Wallace, 1823 - 1913, naturalist, lived here. Greater London Co...

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Other Subjects

Sir Henry Robson

Sir Henry Robson

Mayor of the Royal Borough of Kensington twice: 1905-6 and 1906-7. An active Methodist.  We believe he had a daughter who married in 1902: "Jessie Murdoch Robson, daughter of Sir Henry Robson and L...

Person, Politics & Administration, Scotland

1 memorial
Benjamin Brookman

Benjamin Brookman

Church warden of Christ Church Spitalfields in 1867.  There was a butcher with this name in Pearl Street in the Christ Church parish in 1844, who may be our man.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
F. H. Ebsworth

F. H. Ebsworth

Member of the Commissioners of the 1890 Bermondsey Library.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
English Civil War

English Civil War

The English Civil War was a series of civil wars and political machinations between Parliamentarians ("Roundheads") and Royalists ("Cavaliers"), mainly over the manner of England's governance and i...

Event, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, Religion

1 memorial
Jeremiah le Souef

Jeremiah le Souef

For 20 years vice-consul of the United States.

Person, Politics & Administration, USA

1 memorial