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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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
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
Thomas Sainsbury
Lord Mayor. Grocer of Ludgate Hill, Bowyer, Alderman of Billingsgate and Governor of the Fellowship Porters in 1786. Came from Wiltshire. Died at Newcourt House, Devon. His tomb is at St Mary's, Ma...
1 memorial
Henry Reader Williams
JP, chairman of the Hornsey School and Hornsey Local Board. Active in the Poor Schools movement, he was an early campaigner for the education and welfare of children. He also led the campaign to ...
2 memorials