Barrister and local politician in Chelsea. Born and lived his entire adult life in Chelsea. At the age of 16 lost the use of his right arm. Member of Chelsea Borough Council 1928 until his death. Mayor of Chelsea for 1957-59. Member of the LCC 1933 - 1946. The photo shows him, centre, at an LCC meeting in 1936.
Middle name Futvoye. Surname sometimes hyphenated as Marsden-Smedley.
Our colleague Andrew Behan found Smedley's dates and his probate effects totalled £37,472.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Basil Marsden Smedley
These trees are in memory of Basil Marsden Smedley, 1901 - 1964.Â
These trees are in memory of Basil Marsden Smedley OBE, 1901 - 1964, who love...
Engineer and creator of the Dartford Remembered Facebook page.
From the website: "We promote the music of Benjamin Britten and his work with singer Peter Pears, and are based at the home they shared, The Red House in Aldeburgh." Â Britten and Pears lived here f...
It takes its name from the streams that follow the lines of the A22 and A23 roads, and meet in Purley. Its objectives are to extend the knowledge of local history in Caterham, Purley and the surrou...
Benjamin Cotton was born on 10 February 1794, in Leyton, Essex (now Greater London), the ninth of the ten children of Captain Joseph Cotton (1745-1825) and Sarah Cotton née Harrison (1751-1818). On...
This is a very vague indication of who erected the plaque for P.D. James. We'd guess it's a group of local residents.
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