Lord Mayor in 1981-2. Alderman on the City Lands & Bridge House Estates Committee, 1994. A guest on Desert Island Discs in 1982 - at the picture source you can listen to his choices.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Sir Christopher Leaver, GBE DMus
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Tower Bridge, 1982 - opened to the public
City of London Tower Bridge The main towers, high level walkways and the mac...
Tower Bridge, 1994 - centenary
Corporation of London, Tower Bridge This plaque was unveiled on the centenary...
Other Subjects
Alderman Michael Savory, Lord Mayor
Lord Mayor in 2005.
Robert Besley
Alderman and Lord Mayor of London, 1869 - 70. Typefounder and and punchcutter, credited with cutting the first Clarendon, a fat typeface with thick slabs, the first ever registered typeface. The ...
Sir George Waterman
Lord Mayor of London 1671-2. Son of a Southwark vintner. A wholesale ironmonger. The picture source has some information about him and his family. Involved in the slave trade.
John Wilkes
A champion of English freedom, establishing the campaigning newspaper "The North Briton". In his 1754 'Essay on Woman' he wrote: 'Life can little more supply than just a few good f**ks and then w...
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