Chairman of the Temple Bar Trust, 1993 - 2004. Lord Mayor of London in 1989. The picture comes from his niece's obituary webpage.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Sir Christopher Collett
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Temple Bar - Temple Bar Trust
There are 3 inscribed stones laid into the pavement under Temple Bar. They co...
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Sir Christopher Collett
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Austin Friars & the Queens
To commemorate the visit by Their Majesties Queen Elizabeth II and Queen Beat...
Jewish Board of Guardians
1896 - 1956 This plaque was unveiled on 26 June 1989 by the Right Honourable ...
Other Subjects
Thomas Sainsbury
Lord Mayor. Grocer of Ludgate Hill, Bowyer, Alderman of Billingsgate and Governor of the Fellowship Porters in 1786. Came from Wiltshire. Died at Newcourt House, Devon. His tomb is at St Mary's, Ma...
1 memorial
Brass Crosby
Born Stockton-on-Tees. 'Brass' was his mother's family name. Lord Mayor of London. Lived in Essex Street. The obelisk at St George's Circus names Crosby since it was during his mayoralty that the n...
2 memorials
1 memorial
Sir Polydore de Keyser
Born Belgium. The family moved to London in 1842 and his father established De Keyser's Royal Hotel on the site of what is now Unilever House. The son joined the business and the hotel became the l...
Person, Commerce, Lord Mayor, Politics & Administration, Belgium
1 memorial
Robert Besley
Alderman and Lord Mayor of London, 1869 - 70. Typefounder and and punchcutter, credited with cutting the first Clarendon, a fat typeface with thick slabs, the first ever registered typeface. The ...
2 memorials
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Luke Edwards
WC1, Gordon Square, 27-28, UCL’s Japanese Garden
Luke Edwards, 1972 - 1998, undergraduate, graduate, PHD student, 1991 - 1998, dearly loved and honoured.
1 subject commemorated
04 Croydon - Francis Bacon
CR9, Katharine Street, Croydon Public Library
Built in 1892 by Charles Henman Jr. this heavily decorated complex of buildings makes up Croydon's Town Hall. The building and the rounde...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
New Cross V2 attack - plaque 1
SE14, New Cross Road, 277 - 281
Unusually, at this site, there are three plaques commemorating the same event.
3 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
George Eliot - SW3
SW3, Cheyne Walk, 4
Eliot moved here in December 1880 with her new husband, John Cross, and died here just 3 weeks later.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Sir Joseph Banks
From the British Library: "Joseph Banks was a prominent botanist, who served as President of the Royal Society, and advised on the development of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. He was a key figu...
2 memorials
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