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 save nearby Highgate Wood. This was given much space in The Times and The Standard newspapers. This led to the then owners, the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, offering the wood (then called Gravel Pit Wood) to the Corporation of London as a gift in February 1885. This offer was accepted in 1886 and the wood was dedicated as "an open space for ever" on October 30 at a ceremony led by Sir John Staples, Lord Mayor of London. He similarly led the fight to save Queen's Wood.
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Henry Reader Williams
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Clock Tower centenary
Planted on 25th June 1995 to celebrate the spirit and vitality of the childre...
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Sir James Michael Yorrick Oliver
James Michael Yorrick Oliver was born on 13 July 1940, his birth being registered in the 3rd quarter of 1940 in the Worthing Registration District, Sussex (now West Sussex). His mother's maiden nam...
Person, Liveries & Guilds, Lord Mayor, Politics & Administration
1 memorial
Sir Henry Knight
Henry Edmund Knight was born in St Marylebone. 1882-3 the Lord Mayor of London. Sources: Wikitree, Grogono.
1 memorial
Sir Edmund Stockdale
Born into the landed gentry. Began his career with the Bank of England in 1921. Knighted in 1955 for services to banking. Lord Mayor of London 1959-60.
1 memorial
Sir Joseph Renals
Alderman on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894. Lord Mayor of London 1894-5. Partner in the firm of Renals & Co, merchants.
1 memorial
Clive Martin, OBE, TD
Alderman on the City Lands & Bridge House Estates Committee, 1994. Lord Mayor of London 1999 - 2000. Born London as Clive Haydn Martin. Alamy have an image of Martin.
3 memorials
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Bloomsbury Group - Gordon Square
WC1, Gordon Square, 50
Here and in neighbouring houses during the first half of the 20th century there lived several members of the Bloomsbury Group, including ...
4 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Sir Henry Cole
Born Bath. Secretary of the Department of Science and Art. He originated the custom of sending Christmas cards. In 1840, having worked on the introduction of the first postage stamp, he had a card ...
5 memorials
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