Person    | Male  Born 9/8/1862  Died 29/3/1944

Hiram Shorey

Categories: Commerce, Community / Clubs

Countries: USA

Merchant tailor and co-founder of Rotary International. Born Hiram Elroy Shorey in Litchfield, Kennebec, Maine.

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

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Hiram Shorey

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Rotary Armillary

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Thomas Baring

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Peter the Great Company of St Petersburg

Peter the Great Company of St Petersburg

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Lloyds TSB Group

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Bakers Chop House

Bakers Chop House

A tavern/restaurant at 1 Change Alley. 2019: We were kindly contacted by Raymond Cross who told us that his great great uncle, William Mann Cross ( ? - 1919) was the owner and proprietor of this r...

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1 memorial
Captain Charles Algernon Fryatt

Captain Charles Algernon Fryatt

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War dead, WW1
2 memorials