Politician. Born Janet Lee in Loghgelly, Fife. Entered parliament in 1929, becoming the youngest member of the house. She played a leading part in the founding of the Open University and the expansion of the Arts Council of Great Britain. She was married to Aneurin Bevan. Died at her home, 67 Chester Row, Chelsea.
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Jennie Lee
An important man in the court of Edward IV, rising to the position of Lord Chamberlain. On the king’s death he supported his brother, the later Richard III, but something was not to Richard’s liki...
Co-churchwarden of Christ Church Spitalfields, 1843 - 46, at least.
Member of Housing Committee, Diss Street 1922. Councillor and member of Housing Committee, Parmiter Street, and of the Bethnal Green Baths Committee in 1926.
Born Lille, France. Height 6 ft, 5 inches, nicknamed Le Grande Asperge. President of France 1958-69. Just like Queen Wilhelmina, while in London he used the BBC to send popular messages of resistan...
Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, Seriously Famous, France
Poplar councillor imprisoned during the 1921 rates protest. Given on the mural as ‘Edwin Summer’.
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