Person    | Male  Born 1842  Died 1912

Sir Horatio David Davies

Lord Mayor of London (1897), Army officer and businessman. Alderman on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894. Listed on the "opening" plaque as "Lieutt.Col." He was very successful running a number of restaurants and during his ownership the Pimms brand became an internationally renowned cocktail.

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Sir Horatio David Davies

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Cholmeley Boys Club

This stone was laid by Lt. Col. The Rt. Hon. Horatio D. Davies, MP, Lord Mayo...

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Tower Bridge, 1894 - opening

In 1894 the royal personages listed at the top of the plaque as: Prince of Wa...

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Sir Thomas Hallifax

Sir Thomas Hallifax

Politician. Born in Barnsley. 1753 was one of the three founders of what became Glyn, Mills & Co. Bank. Lord Mayor of London 1776 - 1777, and Member of Parliament for Coventry and then Aylesbur...

Person, Lord Mayor, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Robert Besley

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 ...

Person, Lord Mayor, Politics & Administration

2 memorials
Sir Thomas Davies

Sir Thomas Davies

Lord Mayor of London, 1676-7.  Pepys's bookseller.  The first Stationer Lord Mayor, though he had to translate to the Clothworkers to be eligible.  During his mayoralty the erection of the Monument...

Person, Lord Mayor

1 memorial
John Wilkes

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...

Person, Lord Mayor, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Sir Paul Henry Newall

Sir Paul Henry Newall

Lord Mayor in 1993-4, when the picture was taken.

Person, Lord Mayor, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

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Mrs Iris Samuel, MBE, Deputy

Mrs Iris Samuel, MBE, Deputy

1990 - awarded the MBE for charitable services to the City of London, where she is associated with Portsoken Ward.  Commoner on the City Lands & Bridge House Estates Committee, 1994. 

Person, Politics & Administration

2 memorials
old boys of Haggerston Road School killed in WW1

old boys of Haggerston Road School killed in WW1

The school was destroyed in WW2.

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1 memorial
members of the cavalry of the empire lost in WW1, WW2 and since

members of the cavalry of the empire lost in WW1, WW2 and since

Members of the cavalry of the empire who gave their lives in WW1 and WW2 and on active service thereafter.

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1 memorial