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Happy Mahlangu

Deputy Commissioner for South Africa in the UK in 1998. Our photo shows Mahangu with his wife in 2013. On the net he is best known for some ill-chosen comments on the democratisation of Swaziland where he was South Africa's High Commissioner.

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Happy Mahlangu

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Soweto children

This sculpture was inspired by a widely-circulated and influential news photo...

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Sir Richard Browne

Sir Richard Browne

Parliamentarian army officer and Lord Mayor of London.  Born London (according to the ODNB though the picture source disagrees).  Died Essex.

Person, Armed Forces, Lord Mayor, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Anglo-Chinese friendship

Anglo-Chinese friendship

13 March 1972: diplomatic relations were established between the UK and the People's Republic of China. Since then, with the economic rise of China, the UK has tried to maintain good relations, a t...

Concept, Community / Clubs, Politics & Administration, China/Hong Kong

1 memorial
James Norris Pimm, Deputy

James Norris Pimm, Deputy

Commoner on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894.  Had a twin, Thomas.  Ancestry has a good post with lots about him.  That page says "his uncle was James Pimm who invented that famous drink." ...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
James Wheeler

James Wheeler

Father of James Baldwin Wheeler. "Glover" - we think this means he was a member of the Glovers guild, rather than actually made gloves.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
William Morris Hughes

William Morris Hughes

Prime Minister of Australia. Born in Pimlico. Migrated to Queensland in 1884. Entered politics in 1894, and served in several ministerial posts before becoming Prime Minister in 1915. Died at Lindf...

Person, Politics & Administration, Australia

1 memorial

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F. Woodley

F. Woodley

Name on one of the main panels of the East Ham WW1 memorial.

Person

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Tower Hamlets Council

Tower Hamlets Council

The name was originally applied to the Tower division of the county of Middlesex. This division was a liberty, i.e. it was an autonomous area under the jurisdiction of the Constable of the Tower of...

Group, Politics & Administration

53 memorials
Joe Orton

Joe Orton

Playwright. Born Leicester. Came to London in 1951 as a student at RADA, where he met fellow student Kenneth Halliwell. Works include Entertaining Mr Sloane and Loot, in which he wrote the part of ...

Person, Theatre, Tragedy

1 memorial
Christopher Head

Christopher Head

Mayor of Chelsea 1909-11. Died in the sinking of the Titanic. Born Stoke Newington. Boarded the Titanic at Southampton as a first class passenger and occupied cabin B-11. If recovered his body was...

Person, Politics & Administration, Tragedy

1 memorial