Businessman and politician. Born at 71 York Road, Lambeth (demolished), the son of Dr Henry Stephens. Known as 'Inky', he developed the writing fluid invented by his father. He served as member of parliament for Hornsey from 1887 to 1900. In his will he bequeathed his home, Avenue House, where the plaque and bust are, and its ten acres of gardens to the people of Finchley.
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Henry Charles Stephens
2017: The plaque is no longer here (our photograph of it was taken some years...
The origins of the East End textile industry can be traced to the 14th century when Flemish artisans set up dye works on the River Lea. In the late 17th century the Huguenots arrived in Spitalfield...
Founder of the Ardath Tobacco Company. Honorary Treasurer at the Royal Free Hospital in 1926. See Lord Riddell. Also helped fund the 1928 new extension for which the maternity section was named t...
Establihsed by George Barham in the late 19th century to sell milk-related things, such as the milk churns which Barham had invented.
