Born as Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn. Labour politician. Inherited a title in 1960 on his father's death, Viscount Stansgate. This forced him out of the House of Commons so he fought to have the law changed to enable him to renounce the title, which he managed in 1963. The term 'Bennite' came to mean someone who shared his radical left-wing views.
On his death his son Stephen, a scientist, inherited the Stansgate title.
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Tony Benn
See Davison's page for an explanation of this plaque. While still thinking a...
Thomas Rainsborough was buried in this churchyard on the 14th November 1648 a...
Member of Housing Committee, Diss Street 1922.
MP. Born Surrey.  Son of the anti-slavery campaigner first baronet, he entered the family brewing business.  He later published his father's memoirs and a history 'Slavery and Freedom in the Britis...
Alderman and on the Bethnal Green Housing Committee in 1937.
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