Mayor of Croydon 1986-7.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Peter MacDonald
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Norwood Grove tree 2 - MacDonald
The RHS describe this type of tree as: "A handsome pyramid shaped conifer".
Other Subjects
Entente Cordiale
Up until the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 Britain and France had been at war on and off for centuries. The Entente Cordiale ('cordial agreement' doesn't really do it justice) settled a number...
2 memorials
Hubert Bland
Journalist and socialist. Born at 22 Wood Street, Woolwich. He married the author Edith Nesbit in 1880. Although she was pregnant, he divided his time between her and his widowed mother and her pai...
1 memorial
Richard Fitzalan, 11th Earl of Arundel
Had been one of the group who arranged for the execution of Simon Burley. King Richard never forgave that, and when Fitzalan joined Gloucester to oppose the King's peace with France the King took ...
1 memorial
1 memorial
Lord Thomas Babington Macaulay
Historian, essayist, poet. Born Leicestershire but brought up in the Clapham home. Spent four years (1834 - 8) as an administrator in India, during which he showed little interest in Indian cultu...
4 memorials
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St Luke's - 1698
EC1, Old Street
The facade of this building tells the history of the school. Each of the 4 gable ends carries a plaque with a dated event, reading from l...
1 subject commemorated
District Railway / Metropolitan District Railway
Formed to complete the 'inner circle' of the tube in London. This was effectively the southern section: Mansion House to Earl's Court and beyond. The tunnels were formed using the 'cut and cover'...
6 memorials
Frances Power Cobbe
Irish social reformer and suffragist. Writer, social reformer, anti-vivisection activist and leading women's suffrage campaigner. She founded a number of animal advocacy groups, including the Nati...
1 memorial
Henry Sylvester Williams
NW8, Church Street, 38
Henry Sylvester Williams, 1867 – 1911, anti-slavery and civil rights campaigner. First black councillor in Westminster. City of Westmin...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
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