Person    | Male  Born 18/11/1838  Died 24/8/1891

Henry Cecil Raikes

MP, Postmaster General, in 1886 - 91. One of the first British politicians to have his voice recorded for posterity, by Thomas Edison's British agent.

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Henry Cecil Raikes

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Henry Raikes keystone

Raikes was the Postmaster General who commissioned this building for the Gene...

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Penny Post - 1890 jubilee

This stone was laid by the Right Honourable Henry Cecil Raikes, M. P., Her Ma...

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Harry Chi-Cheung Lee

Harry Chi-Cheung Lee

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Tessa Jowell

Tessa Jowell

MP, Minister in the Blair / Brown governments 1997-2010.  Born Marylebone. Her Wikipedia page gives much information about her life and together with her obituary confirms that she died, aged 70 ye...

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1 memorial
Hiroshi Kitamura

Hiroshi Kitamura

Japanese ambassador to the UK in 1993.  Before that ambassador to Canada.  We thank Shelton Chen for permission to use his picture of Kitamura.

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1 memorial
Alfred Edward Reneson Coucher, OBE

Alfred Edward Reneson Coucher, OBE

Alderman Mayor of St Marylebone, November 1947 - May 1949, for 10 years a London County Councillor. Founder President of the St Marylebone Society. Andrew Behan has kindly provided this research; ...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Ronald E. Price

Ronald E. Price

Co-churchwarden of Old Church Stanmore in 1991.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial