Lord Mayor of London. Born and buried at Bexley, Kent. One of the commissioners sent to Breda to request Charles II to return to England immediately. Began the construction of The Monument in 1671.
Involved in the slave trade.
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Sir Richard Ford
Commemorated ati
The Monument - east and south
{East face - Latin inscription with a bronze plaque below:} Translation of th...
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Sir Hugh Wontner
Chairman of the Savoy Group 1948 - 1984 and Managing Director 1941 - 1979. Lord Mayor of London in 1973. Born 62 Esmond Road, Acton into a theatrical family. Credentials: GBE CVO D Litt, JP. D...
4 memorials
Sir John Bell, Lord Mayor of London
Lord Mayor of London in 1907.
2 memorials
Sir Richard Browne
Parliamentarian army officer and Lord Mayor of London. Born London (according to the ODNB though the picture source disagrees). Died Essex.
1 memorial
Lord Mountevans
Shipbroker and peer. Born Jeffrey Richard de Corban Evans. Lord Mayor of London 2015/16.
1 memorial
Thomas Sainsbury
Lord Mayor. Grocer of Ludgate Hill, Bowyer, Alderman of Billingsgate and Governor of the Fellowship Porters in 1786. Came from Wiltshire. Died at Newcourt House, Devon. His tomb is at St Mary's, Ma...
1 memorial
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Octavia Hill
Housing reformer and co-founder of The National Trust. Born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, her father's eighth daughter (yes, really). She believed that social housing should be small houses (rather...
Person, Gardens / Agriculture, History, Property, Social Welfare
10 memorials
Martina Bergman Ősterberg
Pioneer of Physical Education for Women. A Swedish supporter of women's rights who settled in London in 1881. She was appointed Superintendent of Physical Education for London's public schools. Wil...
1 memorial
Marylebone Cricket Club
NW1, Dorset Square
Marylebone Cricket Club This plaque was unveiled by Colin Cowdrey, President, on 1st June 1987 to mark the bi-centenary of the first mat...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
City of London Coal Exchange
Designed by J. B. Bunning and opened in 1849 in Lower Thames Street, demolished in 1963. Our Picture source examines all the interesting buildings on this section of Lower Thames Street.
1 memorial
Doctor Innes Pearse
Medical practitioner and biologist. Born Innes Hope Pearse in Purley, Surrey. She worked on thyroid research at the Royal Free Hospital, with George Scott Williamson who she later married. Together...
1 memorial
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