William Orme Wedlake
Hon. Secretary of Willesden Council or a sub-committee in 1888. We think we found reference to him and his family at Ancestors, which gives his dates as 1856 - 1906.
Hon. Secretary of Willesden Council or a sub-committee in 1888. We think we found reference to him and his family at Ancestors, which gives his dates as 1856 - 1906.
Barrister. 1893 co-churchwarden of St Mary's Willesden Green. 1894 lived in Stonebridge Park and was involved in the development of Wallwood, Leytonstone. He was born on 28 February 1840 in Pimlic...
Chairman of Willesden Council or a sub-committee in 1887.
Treasurer of Willesden Council or a sub-committee 1887.
Member of the Willesden sub-committee 1887. The inscription seems to give his first name as JAs. which makes no sense to us. Especially since there was plenty of room to give this name in full. Ja...
Ironfounders and iron merchants. Glasgow West Address, in an 1888 entry, gives the London address as 4, Upper Thames Street and the Glasgow name McDowall, Steven & Co.
Singer. Born Vera Margaret Welch in Thackeray Road, E6. She adopted her maternal grandmother's maiden name as her professional surname. She started performing publicly at the age of seven, and sang...
Imperial Studios were the studios of the British and Dominions Film Corporation (B&D), a short-lived British film production company formed by Herbert Wilcox and located at Imperial Place, Elst...
Born in 1496 or 1497 in York. Upper Warden of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths many times, Sheriff of London 1540-1 and Lord Mayor of London 1545-6. Joined the Royal Mint in1526 in a senior ro...
Lord William Henry Berkeley Portman, 2nd Viscount Portman, of the Portman family. Seems he did not use 'William' but went by 'Henry'. He had 6 sons but they must have been less successful at produ...