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 Paul Henry Newall
Lord Mayor in 1993-4, when the picture was taken.
1 memorial
Sir Francis Wyatt Truscott
Lord Mayor of London from 1879 to 1880. Alderman on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894. His son, George, was Lord Mayor from 1908 to 1909 and was the 1st Baronet Truscott of Oakleigh.
4 memorials
Sir George Waterman
Lord Mayor of London 1671-2. Son of a Southwark vintner. A wholesale ironmonger. The picture source has some information about him and his family. Involved in the slave trade.
1 memorial
Patience Ward
Merchant and early Whig politician. He was elected Lord Mayor of London in 1680. Named Patience by a father disappointed that he was not a girl (now, that's unusual). From Wikipedia: "The extreme...
1 memorial
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...
1 memorial
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W. E. H. Lecky
Historian. Born William Edward Hartpole Lecky in Newtonpark, County Dublin, Ireland. Initially he studied to be a priest in the Protestant Church of Ireland, but turned to historiography. His chief...
1 memorial
John Constable
Painter. Born in East Bergholt, on the Essex/Suffolk border. From 1819 Constable spent much of his time in Hampstead and many of his finest paintings are of Hampstead landscapes. He died in Fitzrov...
5 memorials
Furnival's Inn
EC1, Holborn, 273, Prudential Building
Caroline's Miscellany visited this amazing building at Open House 2011 and has some great photos of the inside.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Walter Gilbert
Sculptor. Born Rugby. Cousin to Sir Alfred Gilbert. His son, Donald, also sculpted and they often worked together. Other works in London include: some gates at the Freemasons Hall (inside or ou...
8 memorials
George Chapman
A barber/surgeon, who at the time of the murders lived in the cellar of the White Hart pub. He was later found guilty of poisoning his three wives for which he was hanged in Wandsworth Prison. Bor...
2 memorials
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