Lord Mayor in 1967. Born Gloucestershire but brought up in Fulham. Left school aged 14 to work hard and go to college in the evenings. In the picture we think Bellinger is the man with the spade.
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Sir Robert Bellinger
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London Bridge - begun in 1967
City of London London Bridge The building of this bridge by the Corporation o...
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Robert Waithman
Born Wrexham. A self-made man, a linen-draper who rose to the highest position in the City. Lord Mayor: 1823 - 4 Sheriff: 1820 - 1 Member of Parliament: 1818 - 20, 1826 - 33 Died at home, 7 Woburn...
1 memorial
Alan Raymond Mais, Baron Mais
Labour Party Life peer. Lord Mayor 1972-3. Born Southampton. After WW2 joined contractors Trollope & Colls, becoming joint-managing director and chairman in 1963 and retiring in 1968 when the ...
1 memorial
Sir William Lawrence
Alderman on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894. Builder and Liberal party MP. Lord Mayor 1863-4. Uncle of Pethick-Lawrence.
1 memorial
Sir Thomas Bloodworth
As Lord Mayor of London 1665-6 he was sorely tested and found wanting. As the fire advanced he alone had the authority to create fire-breaks by demolishing buildings but he refused to make such an...
1 memorial
John James Baddeley
Commoner on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894. The photo shows him as Mayor of London, 1921. 2022: Spitalfields Life has splendid post all about Baddeley and his work. Aged 14 he was appre...
1 memorial
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Sir Noel Coward - TW1
TW1, Waldegrave Road, 131
The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography says Coward was born at number 5. This house is the end house in a terrace of 7 so we can't ...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Sir Henry Irving - W1
W1, Grafton Street
Sir Henry Irving, 1838 - 1905, actor, lived here, 1872 - 1899. Greater London Council
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Francis Lord Derwent
Francis Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 2nd Baron Derwent. Army officer and landowner. Attended Eton, 1864-9. First born son to Harcourt Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone of Hackness Grange, Scarborough. Harcourt...
1 memorial
Eagle Tavern - plaque
N1, Shepherdess Place, The Eagle pub
The Eagle Tavern, Grecian theatre, pleasure grounds, Grecian saloon & Olympic theatre, stood here, 1825 - 1899. Here Marie Lloyd, mu...
2 subjects commemorated
Cotton family grave
E11, St John the Baptist, graveyard
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3 subjects commemorated
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