Director General of the GLC 1973-84 and a Trustee of the Jubilee Walkway Trust 1977 - 2012. At our Picture source the photo is 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
Commemorated ati
London Bridge - information/viewing panel - gone
Unveiled by the Duke of Gloucester, this is actually an "interpretation panel...
Other Subjects
John Cain
41st Premier of the Australian State of Victoria 1982 - 90. Not to be confused with his father of the same name who was the 34th Premier in the 1950s. Our picture source gives details of his life...
Admiral, Sir R. Goodwin Keats, GCB
Naval officer. Born Hampshire. Governor of Greenwich Hospital, 1821 until his death there. The Greenwich monument has his name spelt 'Keates'; all other sources have 'Keats'.
Samuel Palmer
Co-Warden of the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers in 1724.
Peter Dobson Allen
Peter Dobson Allen was born on 4 January 1931, the son of Fred Allen (1902-1957) and Ethel Allen née Dobson (1903-1990). His birth was registered in the 1st quarter of 1931 in the Dewsbury registra...
Jim Rugless
Poplar councillor imprisoned during the 1921 rates protest.