Poplar councillor imprisoned during the 1921 rates protest.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Ben Fleming
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Poplar Rate Rebels mural - 1
The mural refers to "30 councillors" but actually names only 29. The count o...
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Sir Peter Studd
Lord Mayor in 1971. Excelled at cricket in his youth. In 1967, while Studd was Alderman Sheriff of the City of London, the 1831 London Bridge which had been sold to Arizona was installed in its n...
1 memorial
Nicholas Barbon
Builder and economist, a key figure in the rebuilding of London after the Great Fire. Laid out Essex Street in 1675. Also redeveloped Red Lion Fields and the Temple. It seems he was an extrovert ro...
1 memorial
Leyton Library
Designed by John Knight, this originally opened as Leyton Town Hall. It was outgrown and a replacement town hall was built next door in 1896. The empty building was later repurposed as a library.
Building, Museums / Libraries, Politics & Administration, Property
1 memorial
Sir Christopher John Benson, OAM, DL, FRICS
Serial Chairman. Chair of the Soho Housing Association in 1990. In view of the number of companies and groups that he's run, we're pretty sure we've got the right man. He was born on 20 July 1933 ...
Person, Armed Forces, Law, Liveries & Guilds, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration
1 memorial
James Wheeler
Father of James Baldwin Wheeler. "Glover" - we think this means he was a member of the Glovers guild, rather than actually made gloves.
1 memorial
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Mary Wilson
Drowned in the 1898 HMS Albion disaster, aged 63. Buried in grave 1 at the memorial in East London Cemetery.
1 memorial
Steven Lawn
United Kingdom citizen who died in the terrorist attacks in America on 11 September 2001. Steven Lawn was born on 28 October 1972 and his birth was registered in the Thanet, Kent, registration dis...
1 memorial
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