Politician. He sat as MP for Harrow and then Willesden East, and was renowned for rarely if ever speaking in the house. He was more successful as a property dealer, and in 1913 purchased the whole of the Duke of Bedford's Covent Garden estate for £2 million, (more than the equivalent of £220 million in 2018).
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Harry Mallaby-Deeley
{Next to the crest of Merton Council:} Mitcham Court The centre portion, firs...
Frederic Edward Hilleary was born on 13 December 1841 in Stratford, Essex, the son of Gustavus Edward Hilleary (1806-1890) and Susan Hilleary née Mount (1820-1903). On 12 January 1842 he was baptis...
Deputy of the Broad Street Ward of the City of London in 1878.
Architect, builder and surveyor. Churchwarden at St Giles Church in 1800.
A champion of English freedom, establishing the campaigning newspaper "The North Briton". In his 1754 'Essay on Woman' he wrote: 'Life can little more supply than just a few good fucks and then w...
The plaque blends in so well with the railings, that it's easily missed.
Company founded by John Alfred Prestwich. Its engines were used in many famous motorcycle marques and speedway bikes, early aeroplanes, chainsaws, cultivators and light rail maintenance trucks.
MP for Westminster for most of 1700 - 22. Created a baronet in 1713. Succeeded by his son John.
