Building contractor. Vice-president of the Royal Northern Hospital. Represented Islington in the LCC for nearly thirty years. In about 1930 he purchased a site on Gray’s Inn Road as a gift for the Young Wales Association, a precursor of the London Welsh Association/London Welsh Centre.
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Sir Howell J. Williams
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RNH - St David’s Wing
RNH St David’s Wing for Private Patients This building was provided through ...
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County Borough of West Ham
Former outer London borough. It included Plaistow, West Ham, Stratford, Canning Town, Silvertown and the current Borough of Newham west of Green Street. It was amalgamated with other areas to form ...
3 memorials
Andrew Carnegie
Industrialist, business magnate, and philanthropist. Born Dunfermline, Scotland in a one-room cottage. 1848 the family emigrated to Pennsylvania, USA. Only about 5 feet in height and garrulous, Car...
Person, Industry, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, Scotland, USA
2 memorials
Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green
Bethnal Green was formed as a civil parish from the Bethnal Green hamlet in Stepney ancient parish. 1889 it became part of the County of London. 1900 it became a metropolitan borough. 1965 it was a...
5 memorials
Urban Hall
Prime Warden of the Fishmonger Company in 1716, 1717. Lived in Broad Street.
1 memorial
Annie Besant
Theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator and supporter of Irish and Indian self rule. Born Annie Wood at 2 Fish Street Hill. Married, aged 19, Frank Besant (brother to Sir Walter) bu...
Person, Gender Issues, Nationalism, Paranormal, Politics & Administration, India, Ireland
4 memorials
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