Alderman, Lord Mayor of London 1851, chair of the Executive Committee for the Great Exhibition Memorial.
Born 92 Fore Street, Cripplegate. Died Baker Street, Enfield. His Lord Mayor's Show was cancelled due to the death of the Duke of Wellington.
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Thomas Challis
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Great Exhibition and Prince Albert
Designed by Joseph Durham with modifications by Sydney Smirke. Inaugurated by...
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John Sawbridge
Politician. Member of Parliament from 1768 to 1780. A supporter of John Wilkes, he opposed parliament's right to tax America. Elected Lord Mayor of London in 1775.
1 memorial
Sir Robert Bellinger
Lord Mayor in 1967. Born Gloucestershire but brought up in Fulham. Left school aged 14 to work hard and go to college in the evenings. In the picture we think Bellinger is the man with the spade.
1 memorial
Sir Cuthbert Lowell Ackroyd
Carpenter and Lord Mayor in 1956.
1 memorial
Sir William Treloar
Born William Purdie Treloar at 7 Holland Street, Blackfriars. Joined his father's business Treloar's Carpet Co. Also head of a firm of haberdashers, Treloar and Sons. Lord Mayor of London 1906-7....
1 memorial
Brass Crosby
Born Stockton-on-Tees. 'Brass' was his mother's family name. Lord Mayor of London. Lived in Essex Street. The obelisk at St George's Circus names Crosby since it was during his mayoralty that the n...
2 memorials
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Second Lieutenant Geoffrey Woolley, VC
Born St Peter’s Vicarage in Bethnal Green, as Geoffrey Harold Woolley, the vicar’s son. The first British Territorial Army officer to be awarded the Victoria Cross. He was serving with the London R...
War served, WW1
2 memorials
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Artist. Born in Seville. Best known for his religious works, he also produced a number of paintings of contemporary women and children. He died after falling from a scaffold when painting an altarp...
2 memorials
St Nicholas churchyard extension - north gate, east pier
W4, Church Street, St Nicholas Church
Of course, none of you need reminding that a perch is equivalent to 5 and a half yards so the enlargement was by 137.5 yards or 125.73 me...
1 subject commemorated
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