South African Prime Minister (1919-1924 and 1939-1948). Initially a vocal supportor of racial segregation, towards the end of his rule he was beginning to argue in favour of some integration. Involved in establishing the League of Nations. Born and died in South Africa.
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Jan Christian Smuts
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The Red Flag
A socialist song, written by Jim Connell. (supposedly on a train journey between Charing Cross and New Cross). It is the anthem of the British Labour Party, and is usually sung at the end of their ...
Concept, Community / Clubs, Music / songs, Politics & Administration, Seriously Famous
W. Meadmore
Councillor on the Committee for the 1901 Shoreditch Town Hall Extension.
Peter Leslie Biroum-Smith
Commoner on the City Lands & Bridge House Estates Committee, 1994.
Metropolitan Borough of Stepney
Created in 1900, it became part of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in 1965.
Francois Rabelais
Writer and physician. Born France, between 1483 and 1494, but probably November 1494. Became a monk and studied Latin and Greek, then left to study medicine. Died Paris.
Person, Literature, Medicine, Politics & Administration, Religion, France
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London County Council
Prior to the LCC London matters were run by church parishes. The LCC was the first directly elected strategic local government body for London. Replaced by the Greater London Council, covering a la...
Lloyd's of London war memorial plaque
EC3, Leadenhall Street, 12
This arch was the entrance to Lloyd's 1928 building. 37 feet high, of Portland stone, it was retained and now, rather incongruously, sits...
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