Person    | Male  Born 1816  Died /1/1880

Henry Shrubsole

Banker, draper and former mayor of Kingston upon Thames: 1877, 1878 and 1879. At an annual dinner given for the poor, he had just finished his speech and was in the act of presenting a small packet of tea to each of a group of elderly women, when he fell forward and immediately expired. This was, we hope, at some charitable function whee the tea was symbolic of something more generous.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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