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.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Thomas Challis
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Great Exhibition and Prince Albert
Designed by Joseph Durham with modifications by Sydney Smirke. Inaugurated by...
Other Subjects
Sir Thomas Bloodworth
As Lord Mayor of London 1665-6 he was sorely tested and found wanting. As the fire advanced he alone had the authority to create fire-breaks by demolishing buildings but he refused to make such an...
1 memorial
Sir George Wyatt Truscott
Son of Sir Francis Wyatt Truscott. A printer and a stationer. Knighted in 1902, created the First Baronet Trustcott of Oakleigh, East Grinstead, in 1909. served as Lord Mayor of London 1908-1909. F...
1 memorial
Sir Sydney Harold Gillett
Lord Mayor in 1958. He seems to have not used the 'Sydney' in his name.
1 memorial
Sir John Lawrence
Lord Mayor of London 1664-5. 2022: The book 'The Royal African Company' by K. G. Davies (Longmans Green, 1957) contains a list of the directors of the Royal African Company. Referring to Lawrence'...
1 memorial
George Broadbridge, 1st Baron Broadbridge
Conservative politician in the City of London, associated with the Candlewick Ward and the Worshipful Company of Gardeners. Lord Mayor of London 1936-7. MP for the City of London 1938 -1945. Also ...
1 memorial
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Geoffrey Palmer, OBE
Actor. Born London. Was directed at the National Theatre by Laurence Olivier. He died, aged 93 years, on 5 November 2020 at his home in Buckinghamshire.
1 memorial
W. H. Smith
Major William Hammond Smith whose birth was registered in the 1st quarter of 1886 in the Cambridge registration district was a son of Charles Smith (1844-1916) and Annie Smith née Hopkins (1858-194...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
1 memorial
Firemen Randolph & Skinner
WC1, Tavistock Square, Woburn House
This plaque was rededicated to the memory of the two firemen in a ceremony on 16 April 2011.
Civilian war dead | WW2
4 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
4 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
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