Chairman of Committee for letting the City lands of the Corporation of London when the monument to Temple Bar was erected in 1880. Commoner on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894 and a Deputy at that time.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
John Thomas Bedford
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Temple Bar memorial
{On the frieze at the top of the monument, above the columns, text runs aroun...
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John Thomas Bedford
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Tower Bridge, 1894 - opening
In 1894 the royal personages listed at the top of the plaque as: Prince of Wa...
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