Director of George Wimpey Plc, amongst others.
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W. Smither
Vice Chairman of the Committee for the 1901 Shoreditch Town Hall Extension.
W. H. Fowler
Director of the Brilliant Sign Company in 1938.
Capt. J. Calvin Lines
John Calvin Lines, District Treasurer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, Metropolitan Corps, 1891-1923. Honorary Serving Brother in the Order of St John.
Person, Armed Forces, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
Spencer Perceval
Prime Minister - and the only one, so far, to have been assassinated. Born Audley Square (now a car park). Appointed by George III as PM in 1809. Shot in the lobby of the House of Commons, at about...
Newham Council
West Ham was merged with parts of Barking and Woolwich to form the London Borough of Newham in 1965.
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Captain Henry Penton, MP
MP for Winchester who gave his name to the Pentonville area of London by building in the late 1700s The Penton Estate.
Hippodrome - Harry Houdini
WC2, Cranbourn Street, Hippodrome casino
The plaque refers to the London Daily Mirror newspaper which challenged Houdini to escape from special handcuffs. On 17 March 1904 durin...
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