Member of Housing Committee, Diss Street 1922 and Housing Committee Parmiter Street, 1926.
Member of the Bethnal Green Baths Committee in 1926.
Mayor of Bethnal Green 1924-27 (three terms).
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Alderman Charles William Hovell
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Diss Street re-housing scheme
Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green Diss Street Re-housing Scheme This comm...
Lenin Estate / Parmiter Street Housing
Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green Parmiter Street Re-housing Scheme This ...
Swinburne House
Apart from the architect the names on this plaque are the same as those on th...
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Alderman Charles William Hovell
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Lenin Estate / Parmiter Street Housing
Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green Parmiter Street Re-housing Scheme This ...
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