Lord Mayor in 1981-2. Alderman on the City Lands & Bridge House Estates Committee, 1994. A guest on Desert Island Discs in 1982 - at the picture source you can listen to his choices.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Sir Christopher Leaver, GBE DMus
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Tower Bridge, 1982 - opened to the public
City of London Tower Bridge The main towers, high level walkways and the mac...
Tower Bridge, 1994 - centenary
Corporation of London, Tower Bridge This plaque was unveiled on the centenary...
Other Subjects
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
Henry Fitz Eylwin
The first recorded Mayor of London: 1189 to 1212. Alternative spelling: Fitz-Ailwyn. His father was known as Eylwin de Londenstane (of London Stone).
2 memorials
Sir Richard Ford
Lord Mayor of London. Born and buried at Bexley, Kent. One of the commissioners sent to Breda to request Charles II to return to England immediately. Began the construction of The Monument in 167...
1 memorial
John James Baddeley
Commoner on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894. The photo shows him as Mayor of London, 1921. 2022: Spitalfields Life has splendid post all about Baddeley and his work. Aged 14 he was appre...
1 memorial
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William Harris, butcher
EC1, St John Street
{Crammed in above the hog:} Rebuilt by Wm Harris 1897 {In a monogram lower down on the building:} W H
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Middlesex Hospital and Barnato and Joel
W1, Nassau Street
We had not heard of the Barnato-Joel family before coming across this plaque. If the web can be believed they are a tragic family. Do ...
3 subjects commemorated,
10 creators
Approved extension
NW1, Balcombe Street, 9
A misunderstanding? A joke? Do the owners now claim they have an English Heritage blue plaque on their house? See Tufnell Park Road for a...
2 subjects commemorated
Teddy Baldock - plaque
E14, Bright Street, Langdon Park DLR Station
When we first visited, September 2014, there was no plaque, just two holes drilled in the front of the plinth to indicate that there had ...
1 subject commemorated
Fortune Theatre - WC2
WC2, Russell Street
The SWET plaque is towards the left of the building. The blue plaque is over at the right, near the corner. The grand entrance with the ...
4 subjects commemorated
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