Labour leader and politician. Born John Elliott Burns in Vauxhall. in 1889 he played a major part in the London dock strike. Entered parliament in 1892. Appointed president of the Board of Trade in 1914. Died in the Bolingbroke Hospital, Wandsworth.
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John Burns
Member of Parliament. When Charles II was restored to the throne he ordered the disinterment of the bodies of Oliver Cromwell and his supporters, including Stroud, and their reburial in an unmarke...
Rev. Henry Augustus Squire, an itinerant preacher. Founding President (for 21 years) of the Old Baptist Union. Born Hertford. Died Stoke Newington. Henry Squire was a Baptist minister in England i...
Michael Bruce Forsyth, Baron Forsyth of Drumlean, financier and Conservative politician. Founded the Westminster Tree Trust.
Trustee of the Lambeth Hayles Estate development in 1894.
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