Founded the United Wards Club and fought to have the Bell Inn plaque erected.
Born Blackheath. Died Putney. The picture source website provides much information about Newbon.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Joseph Newbon
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The Bell, Carter Lane
From: the Devere Society: "1598 October - In the only letter ever discovered ...
Other Subjects
Edith Garrud
Suffragette and martial arts instructor. Born Edith Margaret Williams in Bath. She married William Garrud, a physical culture instructor and in 1899 they were introduced to the art of jiu-jitsu. In...
Person, Gender Issues, Politics & Administration, Sport / Games
2 memorials
Bank of England
Londonist have an interesting post about animals at the Bank of England. The Guardian, 16 April 2022, reporting on an exhibition at the Bank of England, informed that the Bank once owned 599 slave...
1 memorial
League of Nations
Founded as a result of the Paris Peace Conference at the end of World War I. At its height, it had 58 member states. Although achieving much in its early years, it was unable to prevent the aggress...
1 memorial
Frank Sharp
Frank William Sharp was born on 31 December 1923 in Ludlow, Shropshire, the elder child of Robert Kendrick Roberts Sharp (1883-1969) and Julia Mary Sharp née Turpin ( 1886-1975). His father was a l...
3 memorials
Henry Sylvester Williams
Anti-slavery and civil rights campaigner. Born Trinidad. After the USA he arrived in London in 1896 to study. Qualified in law. Elected in 1906 for Church Street Ward, the first black councillo...
Person, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Caribbean Islands
1 memorial