Event    From 1898  To 1908

Pensions campaign

From British History On-line “…. the campaign which culminated in the Old Age Pensions Act of 1908 was begun at a conference held there {Browning Hall  - see Robert Browning Settlement} by Charles Booth in 1898.” 

The 'National Committee of Organised Labour for Promoting the Old Age Pensions for All' was formed in May 1899, and held meetings in Browning Hall.  This campaign was led by Rev. Francis Herbert Stead {brother of W. T. Stead}, warden of the Browning Settlement and Frederick Rogers, its secretary.   The first Old Age Pensions were paid in 1909. This one of the social reforms of the Liberal government, 1906–1914, led by Asquith.

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Pensions campaign

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R.A. Robinson

R.A. Robinson

Justice of the Peace and Chairman of the Improvements Committee for the Rotherhithe Tunnel in 1908.

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Colonel William Stephens-Smith

Colonel William Stephens-Smith

First Secretary of the Legation and an officer in the Revolution Army on Washington's staff. Married Abigail Adams, daughter to John Adams, second President of USA.

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1 memorial
Alderman Leonard John Chalstrey, MA, MD

Alderman Leonard John Chalstrey, MA, MD

Sheriff of the City of London and Alderman on the City Lands & Bridge House Estates Committee, 1994.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Esmond Patrick Thomson Roney, CBE, MA, Deputy

Esmond Patrick Thomson Roney, CBE, MA, Deputy

Commoner on the City Lands & Bridge House Estates Committee, 1994.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Robert Hanbury, MP

Robert Hanbury, MP

Robert William Hanbury. Conservative politician. President of the Board of Agriculture 1900-3. Married twice but produced no children. See our Hanbury fountain page for information on his Wimbledon...

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1 memorial

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Queen's Assurance

Established sometime in the 1850s.

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1 memorial