Freemason. Following a naval career, he was appointed a Provincial Grand Master. He instituted a national body for Templar masonry, which was made possible by an annuity obtained from King George III, who he claimed was his illegitimate half brother.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
Founded by Charles Evenden as a brotherhood of South African front-line ex-soldiers. The club-houses are known as shell-holes.
Jacob Astley, 1st Baron Astley of Reading was a Royalist commander in the English Civil War. Born Norfolk. Served Charles I loyally and, when the cause was lost, retired to Maidstone.
Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.
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