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."
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Sir James Swaffield
Unveiled by the Duke of Gloucester, this is actually an "interpretation panel...
In 1899 the Battersea Vestry became the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea. In 1965 this merged with the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth to form the London Borough of Wandsworth.
The Mayor, poor lamb, has to make 700 speeches during his year in office.
Member of the Ealing District Council in 1899. Frank Adamson was born on 25 May 1832 in Chiswick, Middlesex (now Greater London), a son of Thomas Henry Adamson (1799-1871) and Ann Adamson née Unde...
We think this refers to the businessman Nicholas Philip Deverell-Stone, born 1953, and his wife. Master of the Worshipful Company of Tallow Chandlers. Parents of Mark.
Born Well Street Hackney into a Nottingham family of wool/hosiery manufacturers and merchants. His father John, had come to London to set up an outlet for their products. Samuel went into the famil...
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When we first saw the plaque it was in the pavement close to the tree but is now affixed to a nearby pillar.
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