Person    Born 12/1/1858  Died 20/6/1945

Marquess of Crewe

Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe, Liberal politician, statesman and writer. Born 16 Upper Brook Street, Mayfair. Ambassador to France, 1922–8. Aged 41 he was married for the second time, to a woman the same age as his eldest daughter, 18. We can find no specific connection to Hackney/Shoreditch nor to social housing so can't explain why he unveiled the Shakespeare House plaque.

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Marquess of Crewe

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Shakespeare House

{Top plaque:} John Dower - Architect A. T. Rowley Ltd - Builders 1934 {Middl...

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George Cressall

George Cressall

Poplar councillor imprisoned during the 1921 rates protest. George Joseph Cressall  was born on 29 August 1880, the eldest of the sixteen children of Thomas Walter Cressall (1856-1927) and Clara T...

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1 memorial
Frederic Parrett

Frederic Parrett

Churchwarden of St Thomas the Apostle in 1872.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Francis T. Talbot

Francis T. Talbot

Churchwarden of St Marys Rotherhithe in 1886.

Person, Politics & Administration

2 memorials
Richard West

Richard West

Member of the Fishmongers Company.  Gave a bell to St Magnus in 1714.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Sir Alexander Russell Downer, KBE

Sir Alexander Russell Downer, KBE

High Commissioner for Australia 1964-72.  Known as Alick and not to be confused with his son, Alexander John Gosse Downer (b.1951) who was also High Commissioner from 2014 to 2018. Our Picture Sou...

Person, Armed Forces, Law, Politics & Administration, Australia

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New River Company

New River Company

See the New River for an explanation of why the New River Company came into being.  Puzzled why the Company should have been so involved in rebuilding after war damage we found the explanation at A...

Group, Industry

6 memorials
Reverend Samuel Bardsley

Reverend Samuel Bardsley

Instituted as Rector of Christ Church Spitalfields in 1857 and still in place in 1877. At some point he was rector of Finchley and Rural Dean of Highgate.  Married to Mary Anne Crofts. A man with t...

Person, Religion

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Brockley and Ladywell Cemetery WW1 - casualties

Brockley and Ladywell Cemetery WW1 - casualties

SE4, Brockley Grove, Brockley and Ladywell Cemetry

The names commemorate those who are buried in the cemetery without individual headstones, so some have accompanying touching epithets whi...

War dead | WW1
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Cynthia Jarrett

Cynthia Jarrett

Mother of Floyd Jarrett, who had been arrested and charged by the police for theft and assault. Although he had been released, the police later decided to search his mother's home. Mrs Jarrett coll...

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial