Politician. Born George Samuel Knatchbull Young. Elected to parliament in 1974. Served as Secretary of State for Transport, Leader of the House, Lord Privy Seal and Chief Whip. Created Baron Young of Cookham in 2015.
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Sir George Young
The Old Fire Station Rotherhithe {By an image of two WW2 firemen:} Restored b...
Politician. Born James Gordon Brown in Giffnock, Renfrewshire. Following the death of Labour Party leader, John Smith in 1994, the so-called and much denied 'Granita Pact' took place between Brown ...
Trade unionist and politician. Labour politician for Limehouse in the LCC. Parks Chairman in 1934. Elected in Limehouse 1937. Chairman of the Highways Committee of the LCC in 1937. LCC Chairman in ...
Born Chiswick. One of the Immortal Seven (see William III). Died at the house with the plaque.
Army officer and civil servant. Trained as a teacher. Moved to London in 1924, and became Director of Education at the LCC. 1933 became Clerk to the LCC. He advocated the development of Bloomsbury ...
Politician. President of the Committee for the erection of the Florence Nightingale Hospital in 1909.
Architect and town planner. Born South Africa. Designed a rejected plan for pedestrians to be raised on walkways around Piccadilly Circus, and a much-loathed Paternoster Square which was, partly, b...
We think this group is now (2015) called Veolia.
Group, Community / Clubs, Gardens / Agriculture, Philanthropy
The first bridge on this site (shown in the picture) was designed by Robert Mylne and added a third crossing point to those already provided by London Bridge and Westminster Bridge. The plaque says...
Catherine Elizabeth Marshall was a suffragist and campaigner against conscription during WW1. She moved her interests from women's votes to peace and worked in Geneva supporting the League of Natio...
