Alderman, J.P. and Mayor of West Ham in November 1905.
records: Businessman and local politician. Born Canning Town, he was made a partner in the business founded by his father, which became John Byford & Son. They were lime, cement and brick merchants of Poplar. 1898 elected to West Ham Borough Council, becoming an alderman in 1901 and served as Mayor of West Ham 1904-5. Knighted in 1925.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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John Byford, junior
The composer of this plaque has been very mean with first names and initials.
Co-overseer of the Westminster Union workhouse in 1826.
Dean of the Medical and Dental Schools at Guy's Hospital in 1964. Born Scotland. Lost an eye in WW1.
Canon of Rochester. Elected Guardian and Chair of the Lewisham Union - Lewisham in 1894.
Whig politician. Grandson of the first Baron, and nephew of Charles James Fox. Born Wiltshire and orphaned by the age of 5. Owned 401 slaves. Express Informer provides "‘By the unexpected death of...
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