Politician. Born Liverpool. Moved to Bermondsey and became a leather merchant. Chairman of the Commissioners of the 1890 Bermondsey Library.
MP for Bermondsey 1886 -1892 and 1895 -1900. Died at home, Hanworth Park, Feltham.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Alfred Lafone
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Bermondsey Library - foundation stone
This public library was erected 1890-1. Commissioners: A. Lafone, MP - Chairm...
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Shiekh Khaled Jaber F. Al-Sabah
We think we have found the right man. If so, Wikipedia informs that he was imprisoned in Kuwait in 2021.
1 memorial
Milos Crnjanski
Poet, and diplomat. Born in Csongrád, Hungary. His family moved to Romania in 1896, where the Serbian heritage was instilled in him. In 1912 he went to study in Rijeka (in modern day Croatia) and V...
Person, Poetry, Politics & Administration, Austria, Balkans, Hungary, Romania, Serbia
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Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham
Born Wales. His father was executed by Richard III. Buckingham was part of the court of Henry VII and Henry VIII but his Plantagenet heritage made Henry suspicious of him and so following a trial...
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W. Rea Edwards, OBE, ACA
William Rea Edwards was Superintendent Secretary in the St John Ambulance Brigade, Metropolitan Corps, 1892-1900. Knight Grace in the Order of St John. Inver Museum has a photo of a Rea-Edwards mo...
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
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Martin van Buren
Eighth US President. Born in Kinderhook, N.Y., USA. For a list of all the US presidents that appear on London Remembers see John F. Kennedy.
1 memorial
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Ronald Reagan
Actor and 40th President of the USA, 1981 - 1989. Honorary knighthood - Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath. Best film line? In the 1942 film "King's Row" on realising that his legs have...
Person, Cinema, Politics & Administration, Seriously Famous, USA
2 memorials
Samuel Lewis
N1, Liverpool Road, Lewis Mansions
The plaque can be seen in our photo, on the low building at the back. Lewis died in 1901 so this Centenary Memorial Hall of 2001 commemor...
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War dead, WW1
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Sophie Message
One of a list of 26 researchers involved in researching Hester Leggatt's background.
1 memorial
Thomas Crapper
Plumber. Born in Thorne, Yorkshire, and baptised 28th September 1836, (his exact date of birth is unknown). He is often mistakenly credited with the invention of the flushing lavatory (which actual...
1 memorial
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