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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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Sir Squire Bancroft

Sir Squire Bancroft

Actor-manager. Born Rotherhithe. Squire was his given first name. Although much information about this man is contained on his Wikipedia page our colleague, Andrew Behan, researched him through pub...

Person, Benefactor, Theatre

1 memorial
R. Thomas Child
1 memorial

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William Cromwell

William Cromwell

Born Cripplegate parish, great-grandson of Oliver Cromwell.  Married aged 57 but she died 2 years after.  From age 60 he lived at Kirby Street, Hatton Garden where he died.  Buried with his wife in...

Person, Friend / family

1 memorial
Camille

Camille

Play, based on Alexander Dumas' story La Dame aux Camellias.

Fiction, Theatre

1 memorial
Southwark Council

Southwark Council

The London Borough of Southwark was created as an amalgamation of the Metropolitan Boroughs of Southwark, Camberwell and Bermondsey. Southwark council annually invites proposals for new plaques fro...

Group, Politics & Administration

91 memorials
Freedom Press

Freedom Press

Anarchist publishing house in Whitechapel. Co-founded by Peter Kropotkin as an outlet and meeting place for the radical and anarchist thinkers of the day and has operated, with short breaks, ever s...

Group, Commerce, Community / Clubs, Politics & Administration

3 memorials
Russian Orthodox Church - WW1 Sourozh

Russian Orthodox Church - WW1 Sourozh

SW7, Ennismore Gardens, Russian Orthodox Church, 67

These two featured plaques are inside the porch so we had to use flash, hence the slightly odd photos. Designed by Lewis Vulliamy, built...

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