Lord Mayor in 1971. Excelled at cricket in his youth. In 1967, while Studd was Alderman Sheriff of the City of London, the 1831 London Bridge which had been sold to Arizona was installed in its new location. Studd and his wife attended the laying of the foundation stone and the opening ceremony the following year.
Lord Mayor of London from 1970 to 1971, whose claim to fame was attending several ceremonies in Lake Havasu City, Arizona having to do with the re-opening of the original London Bridge in Arizona (built in London in 1831, it was sold and transferred stone by stone to Lake Havasu City in 1967 and reopened in 1971 as a tourist attraction), Died London.
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Sir Peter Studd
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St Dunstan in the East
The church of St Dunstan in the East stood on this site from ancient times. S...
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Sydney Harold Gillett
Sydney Harold Gillett, MC, Alderman, and Sheriff in the City of London in 1952. And Lord Mayor of London in 1958. Awarded the MC in 1916 and knighted in 1953.
1 memorial
Sir Leslie Boyce
Sir Leslie Boyce, KBE was Lord Mayor of London 1951-2. Born in Australia. Settled in Cheltenham after WW1. Conservative Party politician.
1 memorial
Gerard Conyers
Banker. Lived in Sheen. As Lord Mayor he decreed that on London Bridge carriages should drive on the left whereas, prior to this sensible ordnance, it was a free for all.
1 memorial
Sir Sydney Harold Gillett
Lord Mayor in 1958. He seems to have not used the 'Sydney' in his name.
1 memorial
Henry Wallis
Mayor of London in 1282. Wikipedia gives "Henry le Waleys" as the name and says that he built the nave of the church of Grayfriars. Alchemipedia has a whole page about him.
1 memorial
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Soren Aarlev
EC1, Goswell Road, 194, of Jimmy and the Bee
We thank Soren's girlfriend, Alice Larivière, for alerting us to this ghost bike, which she and Soren's friends erected, and for sending ...
2 subjects commemorated
C. B. Fry - NW2
NW2, Moreland Court, Lyndale Avenue, 8
C. B. Fry, scholar and sportsman, lived at No 8 Moreland Court 1950 - 1956. Hendon Corporation
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
St John Ambulance Association WW1 and WW2
EC1, St John's Square, St John's Cloister Garden
The cloister garden is accessed through the gates in the building on St John Square. Free to visit and open most days. The garden was fir...
4 subjects commemorated
James Upjohn at St John's
EC1, St John's Lane, 33, Watchmaker Court
The plaques read left to right chronological by birth date. We've taken the dates on each plaque to be date of birth and date of death bu...
1 subject commemorated
Dr Samuel Johnson
Essayist, biographer, lexicographer and speaker of quotes. Born Lichfield, Staffordshire. Left home and travelled to London with David Garrick. "When a man is tired of London he is tired of life; f...
15 memorials
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