Administrator. Born Richard Melvill Beachcroft in Hampstead. He was Deputy Chairman, Vice Chairman and finally Chairman of the London County Council from 1896 to 1910. An early Alpinist, he first travelled to the Alps in 1864, and keen cricketer, he established the Paddington Recreation Ground with Lord Randolph Churchill.
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Sir Richard Beachcroft
Richard Beachcroft & Lord Randolph Churchill Both Richard Beachcroft &...
Richard Beachcroft & Lord Randolph Churchill Both Richard Beachcroft &...
Politician and scientist. Born in London and educated at Eton and the University of Geneva, Switzerland. A brief browse on the web brought up Stanhope's name in association with inventions in the f...
Chair of the Electric Lighting and Tramways Committee in 1905. London Wikia records a Willaim Ivey who we think in our 'Alderman Ivey': Mayor of the Municipal Borough of West Ham 1897-8, and memb...
Commoner on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894.
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Managing Director of the Savoy Group in 1979 - 1994.
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