Person    | Male  Born 16/2/1924  Died 4/7/2015

Sir James Swaffield

Director General of the GLC 1973-84 and a Trustee of the Jubilee Walkway Trust 1977 - 2012.

The Times have a photo of him with County Hall in the background, captioned: "Swaffield, pictured in London in 1974, ran a staff of 22,698 and was known for an almost Victorian thoroughness."

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