William Henry Anscombe
Secretary of the Chelsea Temperance Society for over 50 years.  Uncle to Fredrick William Anscombe.  Died before 1908.
Anti-Corn-Law League
Founded in Manchester by Richard Cobden with the objective of having the Corn Laws abolished. Â This achieved, the League was dissolved. The Corn Laws imposed a high import tax on foreign grain, th...
Anti-fascists in Bermondsey
One day before the anniversary of the Cable Street battle Mosley's Fascists, now banned from the East End and prevented from wearing uniforms, attempted to march through Bermondsey.  20,000 people ...
Earl of Antrim, 6th
Randal William MacDonnell, 6th Earl. He had no sons so King George III recreated the Earlship (resetting the numbering) so that his daughters could inherit and pass on the title until a male heir ...
Takeshi Araki
Politician. A survivor of the bombing of Hiroshima. He was mayor of the city from 1975 to 1991. Every year on the anniversary of the bombing, he made appeals to the world to ban nuclear weapons. I...
J. A. Archer, Esq.
One of the managers of the 1873-75 changes at Aske’s Hospital.
John Archer
Political activist. John Richard Archer was born at 3 Blake Street, Liverpool. He travelled the world as a seaman, living in Canada and the USA, before eventually settling in Battersea, where he op...
Person, Photography, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Canada, USA
Wilfred William Archibald, Deputy
Commoner on the City Lands & Bridge House Estates Committee, 1994.
Henry Armriding
We have found references to Henry Armriding as a member of the Ealing District Council in 1899, 1908 and 1919. He was Mayor of Ealing 1916-17. Our colleague, Andrew Behan, states that Henry Armrid...
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