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List Of Mayors Of St Pancras
This is a list of mayors of the Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras, London, from 1900 to 1965. After 1965, the metropolitan borough became part of the London Borough of Camden. * 1900-02 Councillor Edmund Barnes D.L. J.P. * 1902-03 Alderman W.H. Matthews * 1903-04 Alderman Thomas Howell Williams Idris Thomas Howell Williams Idris (5 August 1842 – 10 February 1925), known as Howell Idris, was a Welsh Liberal Party politician and chemical manufacturer. Background Born Pembrokeshire, 2nd son of Benjamin Williams; assumed additional surnam ... J.P. * 1904-05 Alderman Frederick Purchese * 1905-06 Councillor George Hickling * 1906-07 Alderman Donald McGregor * 1907-08 Councillor Alfred Mills * 1908-09 Councillor E.T. Heron * 1909-10 Councillor James Bryan * 1910-11 Councillor F.W. Avant * 1911-12 Alderman David Davies * 1912-13 Councillor C.A. Coggan * 1913-14 Councillor Thomas A. Collins * 1914-15 Alderman Joseph May * 1915-16 Alderman J.H. Mitchell D.L. * 1916-17 Alderman Char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metropolitan Borough Of St Pancras
St Pancras was a civil parish and metropolitan borough in London, England. It was an ancient parish in the county of Middlesex, governed by an administrative vestry. The parish was included in the area of responsibility of the Metropolitan Board of Works in 1855 and became part of the County of London in 1889. The parish of St Pancras became a metropolitan borough in 1900, following the London Government Act 1899, with the parish vestry replaced by a borough council. In 1965 the borough was abolished and its former area became part of the London Borough of Camden in Greater London. Geography It included Tottenham Court Road, Camden Town, St Pancras, Kings Cross, Somers Town, Kentish Town, Euston, and part of Regent's Park. There are still a few street name signs with "Borough of St Pancras" on them. Governance St Pancras was just outside the area of London mortality statistics known as the bills of mortality, and was counted as one of the "five villages beyond the Bil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Borough Of Camden
The London Borough of Camden () is a London borough in Inner London. Camden Town Hall, on Euston Road, lies north of Charing Cross. The borough was established on 1 April 1965 from the area of the former boroughs of Hampstead, Holborn, and St Pancras—which together, prior to that date, had comprised part of the historic County of London. The cultural and commercial land uses in the south contrast with the bustling mixed-use districts such as Camden Town and Kentish Town in the centre and leafy residential areas around Hampstead Heath in the north. Well known attractions include The British Museum, The British Library, the famous views from Parliament Hill, the London Zoo, the BT Tower, The Roundhouse and Camden Market. In 2019 it was estimated to have a population of 270,000. The local authority is Camden London Borough Council. History The borough was created in 1965 from the areas of the former metropolitan boroughs of Hampstead, Holborn, and St Pancras, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Howell Williams Idris
Thomas Howell Williams Idris (5 August 1842 – 10 February 1925), known as Howell Idris, was a Welsh Liberal Party politician and chemical manufacturer. Background Born Pembrokeshire, 2nd son of Benjamin Williams; assumed additional surname of Idris by deed poll, 1893; m 1873, Emeline, d of John Trevena, Pembroke Dock; five s one d. Political career He was an ardent Welsh Nationalist. His nonconformist background ensured that he favoured Welsh disestablishment. He was an advocate of industrial Profit sharing for workers, which he practised in his own company, initiating a profit sharing scheme in addition to wages. He was elected to the London County Council (LCC) at the inaugural elections of 1889. He was elected to represent St Pancras North for the Progressive Party. He served as Chairman of the Water, Main Drainage and Rivers Committee. He was re-elected until standing down in 1898. He also served as a member of the London Water Board and the Thames and Lea Conser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Thomas Heron
Edward Thomas "E.T." Heron (18 April 1867 – 1949) was a pioneering English film enthusiast who published The Kinematograph Weekly. An industrialist and printing entrepreneur, he established a number of technical and trade journals. A freemason, he was mayor of St Pancras in 1908, and founded the printing and publishing company E. T. Heron and Co Ltd, at Tottenham Court Road, London and at Silver End, Essex. Life and career Heron was born at 13 Chichester Street, Paddington, the eldest son of Thomas Heron and his wife, Jane Eliza Ann (née Greene), who had three businesses in the district, selling poultry, game, cheese, and butter. Both parents died in 1879 and, in the care of three strict Baptist maiden aunts, he had a brief education at Dr Moore's Prep School, Marylebone Road, and Haberdashers' Aske's in Hoxton. The following year, he left school at age 14 and was apprenticed to Faulding & Truslove Printers in Fulham. In 1888, he started his own imprint at Westminster Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Davies (Lincoln MP)
Sir Alfred Thomas Davies, CBE, JP, DL (17 July 1881 – 16 November 1941) was a British Conservative politician. Educated at the London Polytechnic, Davies joined the family business and became the chairman of its board of directors. During the First World War, his work for the Welsh Prisoners of War Fund and for the Welsh Soldiers Service Service at Westminster Abbey was rewarded with an appointment as a CBE. He was first elected for Lincoln in 1918 with the Coalition Coupon as a supporter of the government, unseating the Liberal incumbent Charles Roberts. He was re-elected twice, with increased majorities. As MP, he undertook government missions abroad, served on several departmental committees, and was arbitrator in industrial disputes. He stood down at the 1924 general election, having been taken ill in Mesopotamia. A municipal councillor for St. Pancras from 1913 to 1918 and mayor of St. Pancras from 1931 to 1932, Davies was a member of the London County Council ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Albert Watts
George Albert Watts (16 December 1885 – 25 January 1957) was a British justice of the peace, councillor and the mayor of the Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras, London, from 1938 to 1939. He was born in Finsbury Finsbury is a district of Central London, forming the south-eastern part of the London Borough of Islington. It borders the City of London. The Manor of Finsbury is first recorded as ''Vinisbir'' (1231) and means "manor of a man called Finn ..., Clerkenwell, the son of George and Caroline Watts.''1911 England Census'' He is buried in Southgate Cemetery along with his wife, Pamela Jane Watts (died 23, May 1948) and their daughter Joyce Evelyn Potter (died 11 May 1989). References 1885 births 1957 deaths Members of St Pancras Metropolitan Borough Council Mayors of places in Greater London English justices of the peace People from Clerkenwell {{UK-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Lawrence Combes
Frank Lawrence Combes (1886 – 26 September 1948) was a British politician and trade unionist, who served on the London County Council. Born in Sussex, Combes moved to Kentish Town, where he worked as a plasterer. In 1902, he joined the National Association of Operative Plasterers, and he soon became the secretary of the union's London No.2 branch. Combes also joined the Labour Party, and in 1909 he was elected to St Pancras Metropolitan Borough Council. He stood unsuccessfully for St Pancras North at the 1922 London County Council election, then in 1934 Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maxi ..., he won a seat in St Pancras South East.London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society In 1945/45, Combes additionally served as Mayor of St Pancras. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Powe
Frederick William Powe (7 July 1903 – 15 March 1990) was a British politician, who served on the London County Council and Greater London Council. Powe joined the Labour Party in his youth, and in 1928 was elected to St Pancras Metropolitan Borough Council. At the 1937 London County Council election, he was elected in Fulham East, and served until he lost the seat in 1949. In 1946/47, he additionally served as Mayor of St Pancras. Powe was re-elected in the 1952 London County Council election, having switched to represent Islington South West. In 1948, when Frank Coombes, vice chair of the council, died, Powe was elected to serve the remainder of his term. He became the leader of St Pancras Council, on which he worked closely with the Conservative Party opposition. By the mid-1950s, he was facing significant opposition from his backbenchers and when, in 1956, they voted to overturn an agreement he had made to nominate five Conservatives as aldermen, he resigned, to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Barker (trade Unionist)
Tom Barker (3 June 1887 – 2 April 1970) was a New Zealand tram conductor, trade unionist and socialist. He was born in Crosthwaite, Westmorland, England. He was a leading member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and politician in New Zealand and Australia. Early life Barker was the eldest son of farm worker Thomas Grainger Barker and his wife Sarah, née Trotter. As a boy, he worked on the farm until the age of 11 years and then in a milking parlor until he was 14 years old. He then went to Liverpool and in 1905 joined the British military, in a cavalry regiment. However, due to growing health problems with the strength of his heart, he was discharged soon from the army and worked in Liverpool on the rail-road. In 1909 he emigrated to New Zealand, and worked in Auckland as a conductor on the trams. He married Bertha Isaakovna, a Polish-born ballet dancer. Politics New Zealand In New Zealand, he became an active trade unionist and secretary of the New Zealand Soc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
