Person    | Male  Died 26/1/1692

Sir John Lawrence

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's name on this list Reclaim EC1 calls for the removal of memorials to Lawrence.

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Sir John Lawrence

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Bunhill burial ground - 3 & 4

It would be nice if the two Lord Mayor Lawrences were related but we can't co...

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Sir George Robert Tyler

Sir George Robert Tyler

Lord Mayor 1893-4.  According to Wikipedia he so impressed the Belgians during a state visit that they named a street in Antwerp in his honour as 'Rue lord mayor Tyler' but GoogleMaps knows nothing...

Person, Lord Mayor, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
James Clarke Lawrence

James Clarke Lawrence

MP for Lambeth from 1865, and Lord Mayor 1868-9. In 1887 he and his brother Edwin funded a new building in Kensington for the Unitarians, see Essex Street Chapel. His nephew was Frederick Pethick-L...

Person, Lord Mayor, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Sir Robert Bellinger

Sir Robert Bellinger

Lord Mayor in 1967.  Born Gloucestershire but brought up in Fulham.  Left school aged 14 to work hard and go to college in the evenings.   In the picture we think Bellinger is the man with the spade.

Person, Lord Mayor, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Sir William Hooker, Lord Mayor

Sir William Hooker, Lord Mayor

Lord Mayor of London, 1673-4. Moved to Greenwich in 1665 to escape the plague. President of the Guild of Master Grocers from 1679-1680, and President of St Thomas’ Hospital 1683 – 1688. Died The Gr...

Person, Lord Mayor

1 memorial
Sir John Lyon

Sir John Lyon

Sir John Lyon was a wealthy City merchant and a grocer, and Lord Mayor of London 1554-5. He was first cousin to John Lyon who founded The John Lyon School.

Person, Commerce, Food & Drink, Lord Mayor

1 memorial

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Frank Matcham - Hackney Empire

Frank Matcham - Hackney Empire

E8, Mare Street

The round plaque is on the wall under the main entrance canopy, high up, near the first "E" of Empire. The three brass plaques are in the...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Studio Voltaire

Studio Voltaire

Arts organisation.

Group, Art

1 memorial