Person    | Male  Born 22/10/1908  Died 25/11/1992

Sir Hugh Wontner

Chairman of the Savoy Group 1948 - 1984 and Managing Director 1941 - 1979. Lord Mayor of London in 1973. Born 62 Esmond Road, Acton into a theatrical family. Credentials: GBE CVO D Litt, JP. Died at 8a Wellington Place, Westminster.

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Sir Hugh Wontner

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D'Oyly Carte armillary sphere

The memorial is in the form of an equatorial armillary sphere. Although the m...

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Temple Bar - Temple Bar Trust

There are 3 inscribed stones laid into the pavement under Temple Bar. They co...

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Temple Bar - Theobalds Park

This plaque marks the site of Temple Bar designed by Sir Christopher Wren, th...

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Sir Hugh Wontner

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1500th tree in the City

Tilla platyphyllos (broad leaved lime) planted by The Right Hon. The Lord May...

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1 memorial