Lord Mayor of London (1897), Army officer and businessman. Alderman on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894. Listed on the "opening" plaque as "Lieutt.Col." He was very successful running a number of restaurants and during his ownership the Pimms brand became an internationally renowned cocktail.
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Sir Horatio David Davies
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Cholmeley Boys Club
This stone was laid by Lt. Col. The Rt. Hon. Horatio D. Davies, MP, Lord Mayo...
Tower Bridge, 1894 - opening
In 1894 the royal personages listed at the top of the plaque as: Prince of Wa...
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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
Sir George Robert Tyler
Lord Mayor 1893-4. According to Wikipedia he so impressed the Belgians during a state visit that they named a street in Antwerp in his honour as 'Rue lord mayor Tyler' but GoogleMaps knows nothing...
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 Martin Bowes
Born in 1496 or 1497 in York. Upper Warden of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths many times, Sheriff of London 1540-1 and Lord Mayor of London 1545-6. Joined the Royal Mint in1526 in a senior ro...
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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Akram Miknas
Born in the Lebanon. Resident in Bahrain. Founder and CEO of the Promoseven Network. He's on Facebook and has an on-line museum.
1 memorial
Thomas Wyon
Engraver and medallist. Born Birmingham, his father Thomas also being an engraver as were a number of other (male, obviously) members of his family such as Edward Wyon, his brother. Chief engrave...
1 memorial
Christ Church Spitalfields - men and ladders
E1, Commercial Street, Christ Church Spitalfields
The inscription is weather-worn particularly at the right so the words "men", "house", "at the", "Vicar" and "43" are all uncertain. Sta...
1 subject commemorated,
3 creators
Reg Freeson
Born in St Pancras as Reginald Yarnitz Freeson. Served in the army in WW2. Labour politician, MP 1964-87, for Willesden East and later Brent East, with 14 years on the front bench. Died Salisbury. ...
2 memorials
Harmondsworth Vicarage Hall
UB7, Harmondsworth High Street
The plaque was a foundation stone laid into the wall of the building but it now serves as a memorial to the building which was demolished...
1 subject commemorated,
4 creators
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