Born Bermondsey as John Molesworth Thomas Dumphreys. Member of the Commissioners of the 1890 Bermondsey Library. Mayor of Bermondsey in 1907. A Conservative, he briefly replaced Dr Cooper as MP for Bermondsey in 1909-10.
Photo credit: Southwark Art Collection.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
John Dumphreys
This public library was erected 1890-1. Commissioners: A. Lafone, MP - Chairm...
Eleanor Harvey was born on 2 September 1907 in Merton, Surrey, (now the London Borough of Merton), the second of the three daughters of William George Harvey (b.1874) and Winifred Harvey née Gunner...
Councillor on the Bethnal Green Housing Committee in 1937.
Lord Mayor of London in 1907.
Pauline Ann Halliday OBE, Sheriff (1999-2000), the first female non-aldermanic Sheriff of the city of London.
For an idea of what this area used to be like see this 1894ish map. It was all redeveloped following the 1928 flood. This block was desig...
The exterior boasts (at least) two copies of this plaque, both positioned below what's visible in our photo.
Pioneer of telegraphy and news reporting. Born Kassel, Germany as Israel Josaphat. He set up a pigeon post service between Aachen and Brussels. Attracted by the establishment of the Dover-Calais t...
Either lost his life, or gave distinguished service to the London Fire Brigade, and was buried in the Highgate Cemetery plot between 1884 and 1955.
We believe Higham funded this temporary memorial, rather than just putting in an appearance at the unveiling.
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