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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

Thomas James Clements

Thomas James Clements

1883, Trustee of Lopping Hall, Loughton. According to G. Sludge, ".. a tea broker".

Person, Commerce, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Sir Christopher Leaver, GBE DMus

Sir Christopher Leaver, GBE DMus

Lord Mayor in 1981-2.   Alderman on the City Lands & Bridge House Estates Committee, 1994.  A guest on Desert Island Discs in 1982 - at the picture source you can listen to his choices.

Person, Lord Mayor, Politics & Administration

2 memorials
Sidney James Webb

Sidney James Webb

Social researcher, economist and reformer, founder of the L.S.E., Born London.  Early Socialist.  He and his wife, Beatrice Webb, were, with George Bernard Shaw, early members of the Fabian Society...

Person, Politics & Administration

2 memorials
Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond, KG, PC.

Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond, KG, PC.

Charles Lennox was born on 3 August 1791 in Richmond House, Whitehall Gardens, London, the son of Charles Lennox (1764-1819) and Charlotte Lennox née Lady Charlotte Gordon (1768-1842). His Wikiped...

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Sir John Wollaston

Sir John Wollaston

Born at Perton in Staffordshire. His name varies in spelling: Wollaston or Woolaston. In London, apprenticed to the Goldsmiths' Company from 1604 to 1611. Achieved great wealth in the City of Londo...

Person, Benefactor, Lord Mayor, Politics & Administration

1 memorial