Born in Manchester as Margaret Christian Garnett, great niece of Samuel Palmer. Aged about 6 her family moved to Hampstead. 1934-67 Labour member of the LCC/GLC. Married Douglas Jay (who had literally been the boy next door) in 1933; divorced 1972. Was Chair and then President of the Heath & Old Hampstead Society.
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Peggy Jay
Creations i
Samuel Palmer fountain - re-opened
This drinking fountain was restored by The Heath & Old Hampstead Society ...
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Tony Blair
Prime Minister. Â Born Edinburgh.
Person, Politics & Administration, Seriously Famous, Scotland
1 memorial
Nirmal Roy
Nirmal Chandra Roy first stood as a Labour party candidate in the Adelaide Ward of the London Borough of Camden in the 1978 council elections and came 6th. Four years later in 1982 he stood in the ...
1 memorial
Claudia Jones
Born Trinidad. Moved to New York where she became a Communist. Caught up in the McCarthy trials she was imprisoned and then extradited to Britain in December 1955. Became a community organiser afte...
Person, Community / Clubs, Journalism / Publishing, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Caribbean Islands, USA
3 memorials
W. L. MacKenzie King
Born as William Lyon Mackenzie King in Canada. Prime Minister of Canada 1921–30, 1935–48. The photo shows him in 1942.
1 memorial
John Boothman Stuttard, Lord Mayor
Lord Mayor in 2006.
2 memorials
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