Born in Manchester as Margaret Christian Garnett, great niece of Samuel Palmer. Aged about 6 her family moved to Hampstead. 1934-67 Labour member of the LCC/GLC. Married Douglas Jay (who had literally been the boy next door) in 1933; divorced 1972. Was Chair and then President of the Heath & Old Hampstead Society.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Peggy Jay
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Samuel Palmer fountain - re-opened
This drinking fountain was restored by The Heath & Old Hampstead Society ...
Other Subjects
A. C. Hodder
Chairman of the Committee for the 1901 Shoreditch Town Hall Extension.
1 memorial
Woodrow Wilson
President of the USA 1913 - 1921. the photo shows him at Buckingham Palace on his 1918 visit. Left to right: Mrs Wilson, Queen Mary, President Wilson, King George V, Princess Mary. For a list of...
1 memorial
Choi Wankeun
Vice Minister of Patriots & Veterans Affairs of the Republic of Korea in 2014.
1 memorial
Sir Thomas Gresham
Created the Royal Exchange in 1566 where the Gresham family crest, a grasshopper, can be seen. Son of Richard Gresham who was a Lord Mayor of London but Thomas never was.
3 memorials
2 memorials
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