Plaque

Walpole Park - opened

Erection date: 1/5/1901

Inscription

Walpole Park
Opened for the use of the public, 1st May 1901 by the Rt. Hon. Lord George Hamilton, MP for the Ealing Division of Middlesex, Secretary of State for India.
Purchased by the Ealing District Council in the year 1899 from Sir Spencer Walpole KCB, for the sum of £40,000, one fourth of which was contributed by the Middlesex County Council.
Members of the District Council 1899:
Sir E. Montague Nelson, KCMG - Chairman
H. C. Green - Vice Chairman
A. T. Tyer - Chairman of the Highways Committee
{followed by a list of 13 members - see Subjects commemorated for the names}
William Ruston - Clerk
C. A. Patten, LRCP Lon - Medical Officer of Health
Charles Jones, M.Inst, CE - Engineer & Surveyor

Site: Walpole Park - opened (1 memorial)

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
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Ealing Council

Governing body of the London Borough of Ealing, Formed in 1965 by the merging...

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F. Adamson

Member of the Ealing District Council in 1899.

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H. Armriding

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H. Brampton

Member of the Ealing District Council in 1899.

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A. V. Cowley

Member of the Ealing District Council in 1899.

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Walpole Park - opened

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Lord George Hamilton

Lord George Francis Hamilton was a Conservative politician. First Lord of the...

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