Statesman. Born London. Labour MP and leader of the party from 1955 until his sudden death from a rare illness. Died in the Middlesex hospital, Marylebone.
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Hugh Gaitskell
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Hugh Gaitskell House
{The top plaque:} These flats erected for the Stoke Newington Borough Council...
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David Burnett, FSI
Commoner on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894.
Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury, Viscount Cranborne
Conservative politician. Wikipedia has the wonderful phrase "In 1947, he succeeded his father in the marquessate...".
Edwin Willmott Sloper
A Trustee of Alexandra Park from 1902 and Honorary Manager from June 1910 until his death in March 1921. Mayor of Hornsey 1907-8 and again in 1913-1914. In 1919 he was elected a fellow and member ...
Gerard Conyers
Banker. Lived in Sheen. As Lord Mayor he decreed that on London Bridge carriages should drive on the left whereas, prior to this sensible ordnance, it was a free for all.
J. Steer
Worked for the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society. Was on the building committee for the Bostall Estate in 1900.
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George Simkins
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Sir John Pringle
Military physician. Born Roxburghshire, Scotland. Studied in Flanders/Netherlands, where he later returned in his role as military physician, and Paris. Instituted sanitary reforms first on battlef...
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