Member of the Chelsea Vestry Hall Building Committee in 1885.
We wonder if this is the same William Davies as that listed on the 1887, Chelsea Embankment, Rossetti fountain as one of many 'Subscribers and Promoters'.
Member of the Chelsea Vestry Hall Building Committee in 1885.
We wonder if this is the same William Davies as that listed on the 1887, Chelsea Embankment, Rossetti fountain as one of many 'Subscribers and Promoters'.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
William Davies
This stone was laid by G. W. Osborn Esquire, acting-Chairman of the Vestry on...
As secretary of the Admiralty in November 1805 it was Marsden who was the first to receive the news of the Battle of Trafalgar. Born County Wicklow. Sent by the civil service to work in Sumatra a...
MP, Postmaster General, in 1886 - 91. One of the first British politicians to have his voice recorded for posterity, by Thomas Edison's British agent.
Co-church warden of St James & St John, Clerkenwell in 1890.
Born in Winford, Somerset. "The Dockers' K.C.". Self-taught. National Organiser of the Dockers' Union, 1910 - 1921. General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers Union (which he created...
Investment banker. Chairman of Beechams Pills Ltd in 1936. Chairman of Covent Garden Properties Company Limited, in 1933. The most interesting fact we can discover is that he moved into 68 Brook St...
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