Person    | Male  Born 26/11/1939 

John Gummer

Conservative MP, As Environment Secretary 1993-7, during which he, infamously, fed a beefburger to his daughter during the 'mad cow' epidemic. Born Cheshire. Created Baron Deben in 2010.

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John Gummer

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West Silvertown Urban Village

This flagstone was unveiled on 6th November 1996 by the Rt Hon John Gummer MP...

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Stephen Woodbridge

Stephen Woodbridge

Brentford Town Clerk in 1909.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Baroness Gaitskell

Baroness Gaitskell

Politician. Born Dora Creditor near Riga, Latvia, and known as Anna. Her family emigrated to Britain in 1903. After her first marriage failed, she met and married the future Labour Party leader Hug...

Person, Politics & Administration, Latvia

1 memorial
Earl of Ellesmere, Francis Egerton

Earl of Ellesmere, Francis Egerton

Politician, poet, founding trustee of the National Portrait Gallery. One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition, 1951. Born 21 Arlington Street, Piccadilly. Died Bridgewater House, London. ...

Person, Literature, Museums / Libraries, Poetry, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
J. Bye

J. Bye

Councillor on the Committee for the 1901 Shoreditch Town Hall Extension.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Arthur Lindo

Arthur Lindo

Chairman of the Building Committee for the Lauderdale Road Synagogue in 1895.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

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World War 1

World War 1

We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came along at which point it was renamed as World War One or the First World War. But the term was first used in print in 1920...

Event, Armed Forces, Tragedy

402 memorials
Captain Lord Hugh W. Grosvenor
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
George Allen

George Allen

Father of George Maule Allen. We are grateful to Paul Frecker who found this: "Despite his partial retirement from general practice in 1892, 'there are not many days when Mr George Allen cannot be ...

Person, Law

1 memorial
Tommy Cooper

Tommy Cooper

Comedian.  Born Wales.  Member of the Magic Circle.  Died of a heart attack on stage at Her Majesty's Theatre, live on television. "I'm going to chop off the bottom of one of your trouser legs and...

Person, Humour, TV & Radio, Wales

4 memorials
Joe Strummer

Joe Strummer

Co-founder and lead singer of The Clash. Born as John Graham Mellor in Turkey and raised in Scotland. "London Calling" is his. Died suddenly of a heart defect at his home in Somerset.

Person, Music / songs, Scotland, Turkey

2 memorials