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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Sir Thomas Davies

Sir Thomas Davies

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1 memorial
Sir Hugh Wontner

Sir Hugh Wontner

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4 memorials
Sir Sydney Harold Gillett

Sir Sydney Harold Gillett

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1 memorial
Sir William Hooker, Lord Mayor

Sir William Hooker, Lord Mayor

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1 memorial
John Wilkes

John Wilkes

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1 memorial

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TW11, Broom Road, Teddington Studios

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Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin

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13 memorials
W. H. Smiths

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Henry Walton Smith and his wife Anna opened a small newsvendors in 1792 in Little Grosvenor Street. HW and then Anna died, and their sons took over, renaming the business after one of them, William...

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6 memorials
Charles Edward Ives

Charles Edward Ives

W1, Half Moon Street, 17

In the photo the plaque is above the snowman's head. One doesn't get to say that very often.

1 subject commemorated