Trade unionist in the General Post Office (affiliated to the Western District Office). Became Secretary of the Fawcett Association in 1892, a post from which he was dismissed, together with the chairman William Clery, for lobbying MPs. Later became the chairman of the Government Workers' Federation.
The plaque claims he founded the Fawcett Association so it seems odd he only became its Secretary 2 years later. Perhaps he was a co-founder.
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Wallace Bligh Cheesman
Wallace Bligh Cheesman, 1865 - 1947, founder of the Fawcett Association, live...
Commoner on the City Lands & Bridge House Estates Committee, 1994.
It governs the non-metropolitan county of Essex, and meets at County Hall in Chelmsford.
Furniture designer, founding member of the Design and Industries Association and director of Heals.
Clerk for the managers that ran the 1873-75 changes at Aske’s Hospital. May be "Jnd.", either way we can't think what it might stand for.
Favourite of Queen Elizabeth I. Died near Oxford, on his way to Buxton to take the baths.
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