Simon de Montfort, having seized power from King Henry III, called a Parliament with a wider representation catchment than the usual knights and barons; he summoned representatives of cities and boroughs. This was merely to widen his support but it was also the beginnings of what later became the House of Commons.
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Simon de Montfort's Parliament of 1265
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Westminster Hall - Simon de Montfort
Queen Elizabeth II here replied to addresses presented by both Houses of Parl...
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Alan Raymond Mais, Baron Mais
Labour Party Life peer. Lord Mayor 1972-3. Born Southampton. After WW2 joined contractors Trollope & Colls, becoming joint-managing director and chairman in 1963 and retiring in 1968 when the ...
1 memorial
Arthur Leggatt
Arthur Leonard George Leggatt was born on 19 June 1935, the son of Arthur Edward Leggatt (1910-1967) and Lilian Leggatt née Charlton (1915-1955). His birth was registered in the Edmonton registrati...
2 memorials
Jeannie MacKay
Poplar councillor imprisoned during the 1921 rates protest. Given on the mural as ‘Jenny’.
1 memorial
James Telfer
Treasurer of St Luke's School in 1870 and had a new wing named after him in 1887.
1 memorial
Frederick Neuner
Alderman and Councillor 1952 - 1982, London Boroughs of Hornsey and Haringey, Mayor of the London Borough of Haringey, 1979 - 1980. Campaigner for the elderly, disabled and children, he dedicated h...
1 memorial
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