Born Bangladesh. First directly elected Mayor of Tower Hamlets, 2010. In 2015 he was found to be "personally guilty" of "corrupt or illegal practices, or both" and was removed from office.
After forming the new Aspire party, he returned as Mayor of Tower Hamlets in 2022.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Lutfur Rahman
Marvell wrote 'The Garden', the poem which is quoted here.
One of the Special Commissioners for the Great Exhibition 1851. Born in Bengal. Chemist. 1st Baron Playfair. Died at home in South Kensington.
Person, Politics & Administration, Science, Bengal, Scotland
Co-churchwarden of Christ Church Spitalfields, 1843 - 45, at least.
Naval officer. While attempting to control the 1797 Spithead mutiny, Colpoys ordered the shooting of his own crew thus causing the death of several men (we can't find an exact number). Not surpri...
Born Buckinghamshire. First Earl of Portland. Charles I's most influential adviser after Buckingham's death in 1628. Lord Treasurer. Died at Wallingford House, where Admiralty House now stands.
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