Person    | Male  Born 15/9/1916  Died 22/6/2003

Sir Peter Studd

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

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Sir George Wyatt Truscott

Sir George Wyatt Truscott

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Sir Joseph Savory, MP

Sir Joseph Savory, MP

Born Clapton.  Alderman on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894.  Lord Mayor of London 1890-1.  

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Sir Seymour Howard

Sir Seymour Howard

Lord Mayor of London 1954 - 1955

Person, Lord Mayor, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Sir John Whittaker Ellis

Sir John Whittaker Ellis

Alderman and Lord Mayor Of London 1881-2. A dignitary local to Richmond, Byfleet and Petersham.

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...

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War dead, WW1
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Peter Hills

Peter Hills

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2 memorials
H. S. Spurling

H. S. Spurling

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War dead, WW1
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Queen Mary

Queen Mary

SW1, Marlborough Road

Queen Mary died in 1953 at her home, Marlborough House, which is the building behind this plaque.  The unveiling, by the Queen, took plac...

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Surrey and Kent Commission of Sewers

Surrey and Kent Commission of Sewers

Since Tudor times this organisation was responsible for the drainage of the low-lying parts of the whole of the then built-up area of South London.  1848 - subsumed into the Metropolitan Commission...

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