Last private owner of Spitalfields fruit and vegetable market. Came from Essex, worked in the market and managed to buy the lease in 1875. Forced to sell to the City of London in 1920.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Robert Horner
Commemorated ati
Spitalfields Market - Horner - finished
Odd use of English, using the passive to force the subject to be the market r...
Spitalfields Market - Horner - started
The date is almost lost in the foliage, bottom right.
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Kensington Wells
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1 memorial
George Hay and Company
Chartered accountants and registered auditors. They are based at the same address as the plaque and presumably contributed to its erection.
1 memorial
Midland Bank
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3 memorials
Ambassador Charles H. Price, II
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2 memorials
Lord Ritchie of Dundee
Chairman of the Port of London Authority in 1935.
1 memorial
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