Politician. Worked closely with Richard Cobden in the campaign for the repeal of the Corn Laws. As a Quaker he was opposed to inequalities between individuals and groups; as a member of a mill-owning family he was opposed to trade unions and social reform which affected factories. MP for Durham and then Birmingham. Died at the home he had built 50 years before, in Rochdale.
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John Bright
Commemorated ati
Anti-Corn Law League
On this site in the years 1844-1846 were situated the London offices of the A...
Other Subjects
1 memorial
Jeannie MacKay
Poplar councillor imprisoned during the 1921 rates protest. Given on the mural as ‘Jenny’.
1 memorial
F. F. Woodward
Frederick Woodward. Councillor, J.P. and Mayor of Ealing in 1937.
1 memorial
W. A. Roust
District Staff Officer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District, 1909-1940. Officer in the Order of St John. The Straits Times, 29 September 1940, Page 2 carried an obituary: "WESTMINSTER ...
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration, Tragedy
1 memorial
T. M. McGiff
On the committee of the Stratford Co-operative and Industrial Society in 1919. Probably the same person as the Councillor T. M. McGiff, J.P. who was on the East Ham Corporation Public Health Commi...
1 memorial
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Unidentified head - lady
SW1, Cockspur Street, 25 (about)
Ornamental Passions says of this building: "originally built for the Cunard Line in the late 19th century (all the buildings in the stree...
Newlon Housing Trust
From the picture source website: "Newlon Housing Trust was established in 1967 when philanthropic members of the New London Synagogue decided to club together to buy properties that could be rented...
2 memorials
Broad Street Station War Memorial
E8, Geffrye Street, Hoxton Station
This was originally brought to our attention over a year ago by London Reconnections and they have just posted a much more detailed histo...
War dead | WW1
67 subjects commemorated
67 subjects commemorated
John Hutton
Glass engraver. Born New Zealand. Moved to London as a young artist. Best known for work at Coventry Cathedral, where he is buried.
2 memorials
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