Person    | Male  Born 15/3/1847  Died 30/3/1932

Sir William Robert Pryke

Categories: Lord Mayor, Politics & Administration

Countries: Ireland

Lord Mayor in 1925-6. Born Hoxton. Chairman of Pryke & Palmer Ltd, iron and hardware merchants. Member of the governing body of the Irish Society though we could find no immediate Irish heritage at The Peerage. The photograph was taken on the day of the Lord Mayor's Show, 9 November 1925.

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Sir William Robert Pryke

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Police station foundation stone

This stone was laid by the Rt. Hon. Sir William Robert Pryke, Lord Mayor, on ...

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