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.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
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...
Temple Bar - Temple Bar Trust
There are 3 inscribed stones laid into the pavement under Temple Bar. They co...
Temple Bar - Theobalds Park
This plaque marks the site of Temple Bar designed by Sir Christopher Wren, th...
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
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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Sir T. Vezey Strong
Lord Mayor of London, 1911. Married Lillie Hartnoll in 1900.
Sir Christopher Walford
Lord Mayor of London in 1995, from the Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards.
Sir John Whittaker Ellis
Alderman and Lord Mayor Of London 1881-2. A dignitary local to Richmond, Byfleet and Petersham.
Sir Thomas Davies
Lord Mayor of London, 1676-7. Pepys's bookseller. The first Stationer Lord Mayor, though he had to translate to the Clothworkers to be eligible. During his mayoralty the erection of the Monument...
Sir John Lawrence
Lord Mayor of London 1664-5. 2022: The book 'The Royal African Company' by K. G. Davies (Longmans Green, 1957) contains a list of the directors of the Royal African Company. Referring to Lawrence'...
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F. Butler
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
WW1 at Liverpool Street Station
EC2, Liverpool Street Station
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Dennis Gabor
Electronics engineer and humanist. Born as Dénes Gábor, in Budapest, Hungary. He worked in Germany for several years, but moved to England when Adolf Hitler came to power. he invented holography in...
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