Person    | Male  Born 1860  Died 3/9/1931

John Byford, junior

Alderman, J.P. and Mayor of West Ham in November 1905.

London Wikia records: Businessman and local politician. Born Canning Town, he was made a partner in the business founded by his father, which became John Byford & Son. They were lime, cement and brick merchants of Poplar. 1898 elected to West Ham Borough Council, becoming an alderman in 1901 and served as Mayor of West Ham 1904-5. Knighted in 1925.

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

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
John Byford, junior

Creations i

County Borough of West Ham - foundation stone

The composer of this plaque has been very mean with first names and initials.

Read More

Other Subjects

Sir Robert Wade-Gery

Sir Robert Wade-Gery

Robert Lucien Wade-Gery was born on 22 April 1929 at 41 Museum Road, Oxford, the only child of Henry Theodore Wade-Gery (1888-1972) and Vivian Wade-Gery née Whitfield (1897-1988). His father was Ox...

Person, Politics & Administration, India

1 memorial
A. B. Cloutman

A. B. Cloutman

Philanthropist. Alfred Benjamin Cloutman (but always known as A. B.).  Born Bristol.  Began work as a junior assistant at Maple & Co and rose to become Governing Director, later Life Governor, ...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Francis Fuller

Francis Fuller

A member of the Executive Committee for the Great Exhibition 1851.Surveyor and land agent. Born Coulsdon, Surrey. Died Hove.

Person, Gardens / Agriculture, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Choi Wankeun

Choi Wankeun

Vice Minister of Patriots & Veterans Affairs of the Republic of Korea in 2014.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Lord Sandberg CBE

Lord Sandberg CBE

Trustee of The Memorial Gates Trust. Michael Graham Ruddock Sandberg was born on 31 May 1927, the youngest of the three children of Gerald Arthur Clifford Sandberg (1882-1954) and Ethel Marian Cli...

Person, Armed Forces, Commerce, Politics & Administration

1 memorial