Lord Mayor of the City of London 1899-1900 and in that role instrumental in the creation of The City of London Imperial Volunteers who fought in the South African War. Alderman on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Sir Alfred James Newton
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Queen Victoria visits The City
Victoria died on 22 January 1901, less than a year after this last visit to t...
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Sir Alfred James Newton
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Lauderdale Road Synagogue - Halford
This design was used repeatedly to commemorate the dead of the City of London...
Tower Bridge, 1894 - opening
In 1894 the royal personages listed at the top of the plaque as: Prince of Wa...
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Charles Cheers, Baron Wakefield of Hythe CGE, LLD
Charles Cheers Wakefield was born and raised in Liverpool. (Cheers was his mother's maiden name). Became an oil-broker, founding his own firm in 1899, C.C. Wakefield & Co. later Wakefield Oil C...
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Henry Wallis
Mayor of London in 1282. Wikipedia gives "Henry le Waleys" as the name and says that he built the nave of the church of Grayfriars. Alchemipedia has a whole page about him.
Gerard Conyers
Banker. Lived in Sheen. As Lord Mayor he decreed that on London Bridge carriages should drive on the left whereas, prior to this sensible ordnance, it was a free for all.
Sir Joseph Sheldon
Lord Mayor of London, 1675-6. Â Nephew of Gilbert Sheldon, Archbishop of Canterbury. Â Master of the Drapers' Company 1676. Â Built a church in Paddington which was taken down in 1787. Â Sheldon Square...

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