Priest and social reformer. Born Australia to parents who were there as missionaries. Educated in England. Vicar of Christ Church, Watney Street from 1929-48. Held left-wing views that he acted upon to the extent of suffering a broken nose at the Battle of Cable Street. 1948 he became warden, and later master, of the Royal Foundation of St Katharine, Died at Oxford.
The drawing of Groser is by Ronald Searle and the picture source website gives a full biography of Groser.
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Reverend St John Groser
The Reverend St John Groser, 1890 - 1966, priest and social reformer, lived h...
Swedish politician, statesman and Prime Minister (1969-76). Born Stockholm. 1986, late one night he and his wife were walking home from the cinema when he was shot in the back and died. No one was ...
Minister of Defence for New Zealand in 2010. born NZ
Sydney Harold Gillett, MC, Alderman, and Sheriff in the City of London in 1952. And Lord Mayor of London in 1958. Awarded the MC in 1916 and knighted in 1953.
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