1906

Sir Sydney H. Waterlow

Categories: Lord Mayor, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration

Image source: www.waterlow.stamps.org.uk

Philanthropist. Born in Crown Street, now Sun Street, EC2. Brought up in Mile End. Followed his father and brothers into the stationery and printing business.

1963 founded, and chaired, the philanthropic housing company The Improved Industrial Dwellings Company. Created a Baronet in August 1873. Master of the Stationers' Company. Lord Mayor of London 1872 - 1878. In 1886 he donated to London County Council the grounds of his home to become "a garden for the gardenless", which opened in 1891 as Waterlow Park. At the same time he gave his Highgate home, Lauderdale House. Died at home in Kent.

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Sir Sydney H. Waterlow

Commemorated ati

Cromwell Buildings

The Prince Regent (later King George IV) had died more than twenty years befo...

Sandringham Buildings

Sandringham Buildings Erected by the Improved Industrial Dwellings Co Ltd (S...

Sir Sydney H Waterlow - Highgate statue

Bronze. Unveiled by Princess of Argyll 20 July 1900. A year later another ver...

Sir Sydney Waterlow - SW1 statue

This statue is a copy of the one in Highgate.

This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Sir Sydney H. Waterlow

Creations i

Bryant & May Testimonial fountain - lost

This elaborate fountain was commissioned by Bryant and May to celebrate the a...

See other memorials in this area

Other Subjects

Sir Henry Knight

Henry Edmund Knight was born in St Marylebone. 1882-3 the Lord Mayor of London. Sources: Wikitree, Grogono.

Person, Lord Mayor, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

Sir Joseph Sheldon

Lord Mayor of London, 1675-6. Nephew of Gilbert Sheldon, Archbishop of Canterbury. Master of the Drapers' Company 1676. Built a church in Paddington which was taken down in 1787. Sheldon Square...

Person, Lord Mayor

1 memorial

Brass Crosby

Born Stockton-on-Tees. 'Brass' was his mother's family name. Lord Mayor of London. Lived in Essex Street. The obelisk at St George's Circus names Crosby since it was during his mayoralty that the n...

Person, Lord Mayor, Politics & Administration

2 memorials

Sir John Lyon

Sir John Lyon was a wealthy City merchant and a grocer, and Lord Mayor of London 1554-5. He was first cousin to John Lyon who founded The John Lyon School.

Person, Commerce, Food & Drink, Lord Mayor

1 memorial

Henry Reader Williams

JP, chairman of the Hornsey School and Hornsey Local Board. Active in the Poor Schools movement, he was an early campaigner for the education and welfare of children. He also led the campaign to ...

Person, Lord Mayor, Politics & Administration

2 memorials

Previously viewed

London County Council

Prior to the LCC London matters were run by church parishes. The LCC was the first directly elected strategic local government body for London. Replaced by the Greater London Council, covering a la...

Group, Politics & Administration

279 memorials

Captain William Bligh

Naval officer and colonial governor. Born in Plymouth. He served under Captain James Cook and was chosen to command the Bounty on a voyage to Tahiti to collect bread-fruit plants. On the return jo...

Person, Armed Forces, Exploring, Seriously Famous, Australia

3 memorials

Robert Wallace Martin

Sculptor, normally referred to as Wallace, rather than Robert. Born Upper Thames Street. He was the lead sculptor in the art pottery factory run by him and his three brothers, producing from the 1...

Person, Sculpture

4 memorials

Westminster City Council

The ancient parish of St Margaret's was divided into St Margaret's and St John's in 1727 but it was still run as a single vestry. In 1855 the two parishes were reformed into the Westminster Distric...

Group, Politics & Administration

179 memorials

Sir Edward Lloyd Richard

It is difficult to determine who this person is. According to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, the 1st Earl Grosvenor, was Richard Grosvenor (1731-1802), who spent most of his life in C...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial