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Person    | Male  Born 7/7/1911  Died 28/11/1993

Alan Raymond Mais, Baron Mais

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 firm was taken over by Trafalgar House. Master of the Cutlers' Company and then of the Paviors' Company.

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Alan Raymond Mais, Baron Mais

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London Bridge - opened

London Bridge, opened by Her Mahesty Queen Elizabeth II, in the presence of: ...

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World's first cash machine

World's first cash machine

In spite of the plaque's claim, there is evidence of a cash dispensing machine being used in Tokyo in 1966. The invention of the British version has been credited to John Shepherd-Barron of the pri...

Event, Commerce, Engineering

2 memorials
George Robert Welby Wheeler, AMICE

George Robert Welby Wheeler, AMICE

George Robert Welby Wheeler was born on 20 November 1845 in Bermondsey, Surrey (now Greater London), the eldest of the six children of George Charles Wheeler (1820-1886) and Charlotte Wheeler née W...

Person, Architecture, Engineering, Liveries & Guilds

1 memorial
Sir William Cubitt

Sir William Cubitt

Civil Engineer. Born Norfolk. President of The Institute of Civil Engineers. One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition, 1851, and Chairman of its Building committee. Also designed a louvred...

Person, Engineering

5 memorials
Sir William Henry White

Sir William Henry White

2014: Via Facebook Martin Evans suggests this man for the name panel at IC.  His close links with IC are indicated by him becoming a governor at the same time that the building was being erected.  ...

Person, Engineering

1 memorial
First traffic lights in world

First traffic lights in world

Less than a month after the lights were installed the lamp blew up, seriously injuring the policeman who was operating it. See the IET and the Victorianist for two different takes on the story. 20...

Concept, Engineering, Science

1 memorial