Person    | Male  Born 1842  Died 13/11/1922

Sir Walter Wilkin

Lord Mayor in 1895-6. Born London. The Museum of London has more info. and a picture of his amazing hat!

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Sir Walter Wilkin

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Queen Victoria statue - Blackfriars

{On the front of the plinth in gilded lettering:} Victoria R.I. 1896 {for "Vi...

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Sir Richard Ford

Sir Richard Ford

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 167...

Person, Lord Mayor

1 memorial
Sir Christopher Walford

Sir Christopher Walford

Lord Mayor of London in 1995, from the Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards.

Person, Lord Mayor, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Alan Raymond Mais, Baron Mais

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 ...

Person, Engineering, Lord Mayor, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Sir Thomas Bloodworth

Sir Thomas Bloodworth

As Lord Mayor of London 1665-6 he was sorely tested and found wanting.  As the fire advanced he alone had the authority to create fire-breaks by demolishing buildings but he refused to make such an...

Person, Lord Mayor, Politics & Administration, Race Issues

1 memorial

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Elizabeth Fry

Elizabeth Fry

Prison reformer.  Born as Elizabeth Gurney in Norwich into a Quaker banking family. Priscilla Wakefield was her aunt. She first visited Newgate prison in 1813 and was appalled at the conditions of ...

Person, Seriously Famous, Social Welfare

2 memorials
Henry Mayers Hyndman

Henry Mayers Hyndman

Socialist leader. Founded the Social Democratic Federation in 1884. Born 7 Hyde Park Square. Died 13 Well Walk, Hampstead.

Person, Politics & Administration

2 memorials
Ms Dynamite

Ms Dynamite

Award-winning rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer. Born as Niomi Arleen McLean-Daley and raised in Archway.

Person, Music / songs

1 memorial
Norwegian gratitude for support in WW2

Norwegian gratitude for support in WW2

See Norwegian Government-in-exile. This gratitude is made manifest each Christmas, since 1947, in the arrival of the Trafalgar Square Christmas Tree, a gift from Norway.

Concept, Norway

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Private A. Scadding

Private A. Scadding

HMS Wei Hai Wei, Royal Marine Light Infantry, China

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War dead, Other war
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