One of the Deacons at the Wandsworth chapel who provided lectures and popular entertainments during the week for the working classes. Active in 1883.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Henry Geard
Commemorated ati
Plaque 1 - Geards
This memorial stone was laid by Henry Geard, Esqre. on the 12th July 1882.
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Councillor Edward Mason Close
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