Poplar councillor imprisoned during the 1921 rates protest. Labour MP for Mile End 1923-31.
Born in Australia as John Rennie but was adopted by his uncle, Captain John Scurr, and brought to London at six months old. Married to Julia Scurr.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
John Scurr
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John Scurr House
John Scurr House This block was built by Stepney Borough Council in 1937 and ...
Poplar Rate Rebels mural - 1
The mural refers to "30 councillors" but actually names only 29. Â The count o...
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Alderman Charles William Hovell
Member of Housing Committee, Diss Street 1922 and Housing Committee Parmiter Street, 1926. Member of the Bethnal Green Baths Committee in 1926. Mayor of Bethnal Green 1924-27 (three terms).
4 memorials
Richard Cobden
Political economist and Liberal MP. Born near Midhurst, Sussex, into a large and very poor family. One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition. Spoke repeatedly to Parliament against war with...
5 memorials
1 memorial
3 memorials
Ho Chi Minh
Communist revolutionary and founder of modern Vietnam. Left Vietnam in 1911 and worked on ships as a kitchen helper. In New York he was a baker at the Parker House Hotel. In 1913 he arrived in Lond...
1 memorial
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