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Terry Smith

Categories: Benefactor, Commerce, History

Countries: New Zealand

Chairman of the Sir Keith Park Memorial Campaign. Spent 3 years and millions of dollars to get the Keith Park statue erected. In 2011 this earned him, a Brit, the title normally given to a NZ citizen based in the UK: 'New Zealander of the Year'.

Son of a lorry driver who served in the RAF. Grew up in the East End and started a financial career in 1974 with Barclays Bank. 2011: chief executive of a London financial firm and "avid historian" (his own description).

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Terry Smith

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Sir Keith Park

A resin version of this statue was temporarily installed in Trafalgar Square ...

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Jessica Turner

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Maria Hawes Ware

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Edward Lumbrozo Mocatta

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Born London.  Treasurer of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews Hospital.  One of the Mocatta family but, unlike Frederic David Mocatta, not one of those there's much info on. Since first publishing th...

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Ken Ward
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Thomas Lynch

Donor to the Bridge of Aspiration.

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