Person    | Male  Born 23/7/1913  Died 3/3/2010

Michael Mackintosh Foot

Politician and journalist. Born Plymouth. Leader of the Labour party 1980-1983. Married to feminist film-maker and author, Jill Craigie (1911-1999), who appears with him in our picture.

His Wikipedia page gives details of his life. He died, aged 96 years, on 3 March 2010 and his funeral service took place on 15 March 2010 at Golders Green Crematorium, 62 Hoop Lane, London, NW11 7NL.

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Michael Mackintosh Foot

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Fenner Brockway statue

The statue, by Ian Walters and unveiled (very appropriately) by Michael Foot,...

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International Brigade

The quote “they went….other way” is a paraphrase of two lines from C. Day Lew...

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Orwell - Parliament Hill

Orwell lived here for 6 months in 1935 while he was working in the South End ...

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Caroline DeCamp Benn

Caroline DeCamp Benn

Educationalist and writer. Born Cincinnati, Ohio. She came to Britain in 1948 to study at Oxford. There she met Tony Benn, who became her husband. An advocate of comprehensive education, she co-fou...

Person, Education, Literature, Politics & Administration, USA

1 memorial
Capt. L. H. R. Claydon, Late RAMC (V)

Capt. L. H. R. Claydon, Late RAMC (V)

Assistant Commissioner in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District, 1919-1924. Serving Brother in the Order of St John.

Person, Armed Forces, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Francis Percy Hodes

Francis Percy Hodes

Justice of the Peace and Chairman of the Penge Urban District Council 1921 - 22. In 1937, when was elected as one of the County Aldermen for Kent he was described as a retired engineer and his add...

Person, Law, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Patricia Macnaughton

Patricia Macnaughton

Literary agent.  Chariman of Tricycle Board in 1998.  Director at Tricycle Screen Ltd 1995 - 2005.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Sir Follett Holt, KBE

Sir Follett Holt, KBE

Railway engineer, very influential in Argentina where he was Chairman of many railway companies. Excelled at polo as a young man.  First Chairman of the Tower Hill Improvement Trust. Our picture co...

Person, Engineering, Politics & Administration, Argentina

1 memorial

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Holly Susan Whitlock

Holly Susan Whitlock

2015: Our colleague Andrew Behan has been register-diving again and writes: "I think that this three year old girl was Holly Susan Whitlock. The registers record her death in the Borough of Camden,...

Person, Children

1 memorial
Guy's South African war memorial

Guy's South African war memorial

SE1, Great Maze Pond, Guy's Hospital - the Colonnade

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War dead | Other war
13 subjects commemorated
Lydia Rogers

Lydia Rogers

E1, Watts Street, 14, Turner's Old Star Public House

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1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Wyndham's Theatre

Wyndham's Theatre

WC2, Charing Cross Road, Wyndham's Theatre

Wyndham's Theatre was built for Mary Moore and Charles Wyndham in 1899. Architect W.G. Sprague.

3 subjects commemorated