Born as Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn. Labour politician. Inherited a title in 1960 on his father's death, Viscount Stansgate. This forced him out of the House of Commons so he fought to have the law changed to enable him to renounce the title, which he managed in 1963. The term 'Bennite' came to mean someone who shared his radical left-wing views.
On his death his son Stephen, a scientist, inherited the Stansgate title.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Tony Benn
See Davison's page for an explanation of this plaque. While still thinking a...
Thomas Rainsborough was buried in this churchyard on the 14th November 1648 a...
Clerk for the Haberdashers Company in 1826-8, at least.
Vice-Chairman of the Shoreditch Housing Committee in 1949. Elected onto the LCC in 1949.
Campaigner for human rights, gay freedom and social justice. Co-founder of Outrage!. Born Australia and began his campaigning there. To avoid conscription he moved to London in 1971 and here began ...
Barrister and one of the founders of Pakistan. Ali Mohammed Abbas was born on 1 January 1922 in West Bengal, India (now Pakistan) and according to the Open University website he came to London tow...
Person, Law, Nationalism, Politics & Administration, India, Pakistan
Conservative councillor. Mayor of Wandsworth in 1985. Chair of the Wandsworth Policy and Finance Committee 1994. Awarded an OBE in 2010 when he had "been a councillor for 40 years, and deputy leade...
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