Polish statesman, Ambassador to Great Britain. At Rafal Heydel-Mankoo writes:
A marvellous monocled character (he married for the third time at the age of 99) he held the dubious honour of being the first person to inform Churchill that the Second World War had started, telephoning him at Chartwell to notify him that the Germans had crossed the border.
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Samuel Lloyd Howard, DL, JP
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Sir Francis Knollys
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Councillor A. R. Bean
Councillor and member of Housing Committee, Parmiter Street, 1926. Councillor and on the Bethnal Green Baths Committee in 1926. Councillor on the Bethnal Green Housing Committee in 1937.
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Nelson Mandela
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Ministry of Public Building and Works
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