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Person    | Male  Born 5/11/1853  Died 17/1/1927

Sir Marcus Samuel

Sir Marcus Samuel

Mayor of the City of London 1902 - 03. President of the committee for the 1903-05 Royal Waterloo Hospital for Children and Women.

Marcus Samuel, 1st Viscount Bearsted, was a Lord Mayor of London and the founder of the Shell Transport and Trading Company, which was later restructured including a Netherlands-based company commonly referred to as Royal Dutch Shell.

Born Whitechapel.

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Sir Marcus Samuel

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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...

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David Greig

David Greig

A chain of grocery shops across north London. Faded London have more details and some photos of a splendid shop in Atlantic Road SW9.

Person, Commerce, Philanthropy

3 memorials
First pub outside Ireland to have bottled Guinness

First pub outside Ireland to have bottled Guinness

The Tipperary pub, Fleet Street, was the first pub outside Ireland to have bottled Guinness and later draft.

Concept, Commerce, Food & Drink

1 memorial
London Tea History Association

London Tea History Association

Founded to record and commemorate over 335 years of the World’s tea trade in London. Feb 2018 City Matters reported that "a statue recognising the City’s pivotal position in the tea trade planned ...

Group, Commerce, Food & Drink, History

3 memorials
Bearman's Department Store

Bearman's Department Store

Opened by Frank Bearman on the site of a former vicarage. By 1906 he had purchased a nearby furniture shop, and in 1910 opened an arcade to match the larger department stores in London. It claimed ...

Building, Commerce

1 memorial
W. Beeson & Sons

W. Beeson & Sons

Trader at Covent Garden Market at its original site.

Group, Commerce

1 memorial