Businessman and politician. He was a coal importer and commission merchant in Gracechurch Street. When the first London County Council elections were held in 1889, he became one of four councillors representing the City of London, and was appointed chairman of the Improvements Committee. He also served as Deputy Chairman of the council in 1902-1903. Died at his home in Hampstead.
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Henry Clarke
There is an identical plaque at the entrance to the tunnel on the south bank ...
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We can't see this turnpike on a map of 1790. View from the Mirror has a good general post on London turnpikes.
Mining magnate and politician in southern Africa. Prime Minister of the Cape Colony 1890-96. As a businessman he founded the southern African territory of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe and Zambia), which ...
Railway engineer. In London he built the Battersea Railway Bridge, and was consulting engineer on the West London Extension Railway and the North London Railway.