Born in Manchester as Margaret Christian Garnett, great niece of Samuel Palmer. Aged about 6 her family moved to Hampstead. 1934-67 Labour member of the LCC/GLC. Married Douglas Jay (who had literally been the boy next door) in 1933; divorced 1972. Was Chair and then President of the Heath & Old Hampstead Society.
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Peggy Jay
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Samuel Palmer fountain - re-opened
This drinking fountain was restored by The Heath & Old Hampstead Society ...
Other Subjects
1 memorial
1 memorial
Captain Francis Dansays
Naval officer. RN Lieut-Governor of Greenwich Hospital.
1 memorial
1 memorial
William George Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire
The "Bachelor Duke" after whom the Cavendish banana was named. Born Paris, son of the 5th Duke, who died in 1811. Had a strong interest in gardening and agriculture and gave his estates a lot of a...
2 memorials