Lord Mayor of London, 1675-6. Nephew of Gilbert Sheldon, Archbishop of Canterbury. Master of the Drapers' Company 1676. Built a church in Paddington which was taken down in 1787. Sheldon Square, W2 is named for him.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Sir Joseph Sheldon
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The Monument - east and south
{East face - Latin inscription with a bronze plaque below:} Translation of th...
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Sir T. Vezey Strong
Lord Mayor of London, 1911. Married Lillie Hartnoll in 1900.
1 memorial
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...
1 memorial
Henry Reader Williams
JP, chairman of the Hornsey School and Hornsey Local Board. Active in the Poor Schools movement, he was an early campaigner for the education and welfare of children. He also led the campaign to ...
2 memorials
Alan Raymond Mais, Baron Mais
Labour Party Life peer. Lord Mayor 1972-3. Born Southampton. After WW2 joined contractors Trollope & Colls, becoming joint-managing director and chairman in 1963 and retiring in 1968 when the ...
1 memorial
1 memorial
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1 subject commemorated,
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Jimmy Winston
Actor and musician. He was in the original line-up of Small Faces but left after a clash of personalities with the other group members. He went on to an acting career, appearing on stage in the mus...
1 memorial
Grodzinski's bakery
In 1890 (previously thought to have been 1888) Harris and Judith Grodzinski arrived in the East End from what is now Belarus. Starting in a street stall they then set up a bakery at 31 Fieldgate S...
1 memorial
Edvard Grieg
SW4, Clapham Common North Side, 47
Edvard Grieg, 1843 - 1907, Norwegian composer, stayed here when performing in London. English Heritage
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
St Peter's Close
E2, St Peter's Close
The church, St Peter's, is out of shot, over to the left. From Wikipedia's St Peter's Bethnal Green page: "Built as a commissioners' chu...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
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