Group    From 1965 

Sutton Council

London borough formed by the merger of the Municipal Borough of Sutton and Cheam, with the Municipal Borough of Beddington and Wallington and Carshalton Urban District which had previously been part of Surrey.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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

This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Sutton Council

Creations i

Cheam School

Cheam School Once associated with Whitehall, the famous Cheam School was esta...

Read More

E. C. H. Rowland

E. C. H. Rowland The Surrey County Cinema (later the Gaumont) opened on this ...

Read More

H. G. Wells - Sutton

Herbert George Wells (1866 - 1946) H. G. Wells, the writer, lived in this dis...

Read More

Rotary Armillary

An armillary (or astrolabe) is a model comprising rings showing the positions...

Read More

Sir Noel Coward - Sutton

Sir Noel Coward 1899 - 1973 dramatist, actor and composer. Noel Coward lived ...

Read More

Other Subjects

Ernest Arthur Ebblewhite, FSA

Ernest Arthur Ebblewhite, FSA

Barrister, local politician and Mayor of Hornsey 1908-9. He was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and published a number of books on historical subjects. In the 1890s the College of Arms, Lond...

Person, History, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Lord Teignmouth, John Shore

Lord Teignmouth, John Shore

Anti-slavery campaigner.  Born St James Street, Piccadilly but brought up in Romford.  1769 went to work in Bengal where he was one of the first to learn a number of the local languages.  Like many...

Person, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Religion, Indian Sub-continent

1 memorial
Sir Francis Lycett

Sir Francis Lycett

Methodist Worthies by George John Stevenson Vol IV, 1885, has a biography which tells the story of the 50 chapels, claiming that he laid the foundations of 40. We find this hard to believe (show us...

Person, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, Religion

1 memorial
Sir Thomas Gresham

Sir Thomas Gresham

Created the Royal Exchange in 1566 where the Gresham family crest, a grasshopper, can be seen. Son of Richard Gresham who was a Lord Mayor of London but Thomas never was.

Person, Commerce, Politics & Administration

3 memorials
Sir Francis Wyatt Truscott

Sir Francis Wyatt Truscott

Lord Mayor of London from 1879 to 1880.  Alderman on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894.  His son, George, was Lord Mayor from 1908 to 1909 and was the 1st Baronet Truscott of Oakleigh.

Person, Lord Mayor, Politics & Administration

4 memorials