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Group    From 21/3/1889  To 1965

London County Council

London County Council

Prior to the LCC London matters were run by church parishes. The LCC was the first directly elected strategic local government body for London. Replaced by the Greater London Council, covering a larger area.

In 1901 took over the blue plaque scheme from the Royal Society of Arts. Now run by English Heritage.

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
London County Council

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Andrew Young

Andrew Behan directed us to Coletti where we discovered that the plaque was "...

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Avondale Park

This park was acquired and laid out by the Vestry of Kensington with financia...

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Beechwood - William Sebright

Beechwood House This building was built in 1948 by the London County Council ...

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Cobden House

Cobden House This block was built in 1958 by the London County Council and wa...

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Coram's Fields

These grounds, the site of the Foundling Hospital, established in 1739 by Cap...

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This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
London County Council

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Adam, Hood, Galsworthy, Barrie, etc.

Robert Adam, Thomas Hood, John Galsworthy, Sir James Barrie and other eminent...

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Albert Chevalier

Albert Chevalier, 1861 - 1923, music hall comedian, was born here. London Cou...

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Alfred Stevens

Alfred Stevens (1817 - 1875) artist, lived here. LCC

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Alice Meynell

Alice Meynell, 1847 - 1922, poet and essayist, lived here. London County Council

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Andrew Bonar Law

London County Council Andrew Bonar Law, 1858-1923, prime minister lived here.

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Other Subjects

Benjamin Brookman

Benjamin Brookman

Church warden of Christ Church Spitalfields in 1867.  There was a butcher with this name in Pearl Street in the Christ Church parish in 1844, who may be our man.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Nicholas Goodison

Nicholas Goodison

Chairman of the London Stock Exchange (1976-1986), the Art Fund (1986-2002), the Courtauld Institute of Art (1982-2002), TSB Group (1989–95) Crafts Council (1997–2005).  Wife Judith.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Earl of Halifax

Earl of Halifax

Politician and diplomat. Born Edward Frederick Lindley Wood at Powderham Castle, Devon. He served in parliament from 1910, until he became Lord Irwin in 1925. Viceroy of India from 1926 to 1931. In...

Person, Politics & Administration, India, USA

1 memorial
Sir Michael Kerr

Sir Michael Kerr

Treasurer of Lincoln's Inn in December 1989.

Person, Law, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Charles Wager

Charles Wager

Born Rochester, Kent to a naval family. He entered the navy, rose to Rear-Admiral and was knighted 1709. Entered Parliament in 1713 and worked the rest of his life in the Board of Admiralty. Known ...

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration

1 memorial