Lord Mayor in 1958. He seems to have not used the 'Sydney' in his name.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Sir Sydney Harold Gillett
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London Wall road
Should we collect this type of memorial? Too dull? Duller than this one: Nort...
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Sir Martin Bowes
Born in 1496 or 1497 in York. Upper Warden of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths many times, Sheriff of London 1540-1 and Lord Mayor of London 1545-6. Joined the Royal Mint in1526 in a senior ro...
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 n...
Sir John Lyon
Sir John Lyon was a wealthy City merchant and a grocer, and Lord Mayor of London 1554-5. He was first cousin to John Lyon who founded The John Lyon School.
William Beckford, Alderman
Lord Mayor of London 1762 and 1769. Born Jamaica. Inherited a fortune from the family slave-based business. Lived at 22 Soho Square (the house has been demolished) from 1751 until his death while t...
Person, Lord Mayor, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Jamaica
Sir Alfred James Newton
Lord Mayor of the City of London 1899-1900 and in that role instrumental in the creation of The City of London Imperial Volunteers who fought in the South African War. Alderman on the Bridge House...
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Fukushima disaster
The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant suffered major damage from an earthquake and tsunami.
Greater London Council
Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could not abide its left-wing politics, nor its leader, Ken Livingstone. On its 50th anniversary Diamond Geezer posted a goo...
Stationers' War Memorial
EC4, Stationers’ Hall Court
A beautiful, hand-crafted plaque - not just the frame, the gold lettering has some lovely touches - see the "LO" of "glory" and the way t...
9 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Miriam Hyman
Miriam Jill Hyman was born on 30 November 1972 in the University College Hospital, London, the younger dughter of John Hyman and Mavis Hyman née Morris. Her elder sister Esther Hyman was born in 19...
Edmund Clerihew Bentley
Humourist and writer. Born in Shepherd's Bush, he invented the verse form which took his middle name (his mother's maiden name), and is a four-line nonsense poem about a famous person; an example b...
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