Person    | Male  Born 3/7/1945  Died 29/4/2018

Michael Martin

Categories: Politics & Administration

Countries: Scotland

 MP, Speaker of the House of Commons for 9 years. Born Glasgow. His resignation was part of the fall-out of the 2009 expenses scandal.

His Wikipedia page confirms that he died after a short illness on 29 April 2018.

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Michael Martin

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Culloden prisoners

This granite stone was recovered from Culloden Moor, site of the battle. We v...

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Z. A. Berry

Z. A. Berry

A Commissioner for the 1892 Westminster Public Baths and Wash-houses.  Geni has a a Zephaniah Augustine Berry born 1845 and Grace's Guide shows the family based in Westminster - our man, surely. A...

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1 memorial
Nirmal Roy

Nirmal Roy

Nirmal Chandra Roy first stood as a Labour party candidate in the Adelaide Ward of the London Borough of Camden in the 1978 council elections and came 6th. Four years later in 1982 he stood in the ...

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Zachary Macaulay

Zachary Macaulay

Anti-slavery campaigner. Born Scotland. Aged 16 emigrated to Jamaica and saw slavery first hand as a slave overseer on a sugar plantation. Returned to England 1789. Sister Jean’s husband, Thomas Ba...

Person, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Africa, Jamaica, Scotland

4 memorials
Sir Christopher Leaver, GBE DMus

Sir Christopher Leaver, GBE DMus

Lord Mayor in 1981-2.   Alderman on the City Lands & Bridge House Estates Committee, 1994.  A guest on Desert Island Discs in 1982 - at the picture source you can listen to his choices.

Person, Lord Mayor, Politics & Administration

2 memorials