Born into the landed gentry. Began his career with the Bank of England in 1921. Knighted in 1955 for services to banking. Lord Mayor of London 1959-60.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Sir Edmund Stockdale
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Foundation stone of the Jewin Welsh Church
We are immensely grateful to our Welsh consultant, David Hopkins, who took th...
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Sir William Robert Pryke
Lord Mayor in 1925-6. Born Hoxton. Chairman of Pryke & Palmer Ltd, iron and hardware merchants. Member of the governing body of the Irish Society though we could find no immediate Irish heritag...
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
Sir James Michael Yorrick Oliver
James Michael Yorrick Oliver was born on 13 July 1940, his birth being registered in the 3rd quarter of 1940 in the Worthing Registration District, Sussex (now West Sussex). His mother's maiden nam...
Person, Liveries & Guilds, Lord Mayor, Politics & Administration
1 memorial
Robert Finch
Robert Gerard Finch was born on 20 August 1944 in Ootacamund, India. (Now frequently known as Ooty but officially called Udhagamandalam, it is a town in the Nilgiri Hills). He was the son of Brigad...
2 memorials
1 memorial
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Countrywomen of the soldiers that fought with Wellington
This patriotic committee of women, led by Lady Lavinia Spencer, ordered the Achilles statue unadorned. It was the men that insisted on the covering.
1 memorial
Oakwood Station
N14, Branley Road
This long inscription includes the intriguing text "When the station opened in 1933 a commemorative bronze plaque was fixed to the ticket...
4 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Hornsey Central Hospital war memorial - James Morton Anderson
N8, Park Road, 151, Hornsey Central Health Centre
This stone was unveiled by Mrs Anderson. 1925: The South Ward was erected and the foundation stone was laid by Mrs Anderson. The memoria...
War dead | WW1
1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Westminster Hall - King George V & Queen Mary
SW1, St Margaret Street, Westminster Hall
These 11 plaques are laid into the floor of the hall, in a line down the middle, in this sequence, starting at the entrance end: R101; Ha...
2 subjects commemorated
Charles Dickens
Born, son of Elizabeth and John Dickens, at No.1 Mile End Terrace, Landport, Portsmouth (where there is a museum). For a map showing many of his London addresses see Londonist. His family were so p...
51 memorials
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