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Lieut Colonel and Alderman Sir Ian Frank Bowater DSO TD DSc Lord Mayor of London fixed this stone 4th May 1970 Samuel Richard Walker CBE Deputy Chairman of the Central Criminal Court Extension Commitee. George Mesban Vine Chairman of the City Lands and Bridge House Estates Committee
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This stone was laid by the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor (Sir George Thomas Broadbridge, Kt) on the 10th day of December 1936 in the first year of the Reign of His Majesty King Edward VIII.
Capt. George Sampson Elliston, MC, MP - Chairman of the City of London Schools Committee of the Corporation of the City of London
Trollope & Colls Ltd - Builders
Whinney, Son and Austen Hall - Architects
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This monument was unveiled by HRH the Duke of Edinburgh KG, KT in the presence of Senator Eduardo Menem the President of the Honourable Senate of the Argentine Republic; Councillor Angela Hooper CBE, the Lord Mayor of Westminster; The Rt. Hon. Douglas Hurd MBE, MP, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and H. E. Ambassador Mario Campora.
November 1994.
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... Chinese and Native inhabitants of Singapore to commemorate the visit in the month of February 1850 of the most noble Marquess of Dalhousie K.T. Governor General of British India on which occasion we emphatically recognized the wisdom of liberating commerce from all restraints under which enlightened policy this settlement has rapidly attained its present rank among British possessions and with which its future prosperity must ever be identified.
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Here lie the remains of Catherine Hankey wife of Colonel the honourable Sir Frederick Hankey Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael & St George and Chief Secretary to the Government of Malta. SHe died on the 26th May 1835 aged 38 years.
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This replica of the statue of Queen Anne was erected at the expense of The Corporation of London in the year 1886. The Rt Hon. Sir Reginald Hanson M.A. F.S.A. Lord Mayor Wm. Braham Esq Chairman of the City Lands Committee
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Corporation of London, Tower Bridge
This plaque records the visit on the centenary of Tower Bridge, Thursday, 30th June 1994 by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, KG, KT, GCB, AK, QSO, ADC, in the presence of the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor Alderman Sir Paul Henry Newall, TD, DL, MA, DLitt
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{top plaque}On this site stood the home, 1778-1780, of Juan de Miralles (1715-1780) the first Spanish diplomatic representative to the United States of America. He died April 28, 1780, while visiting General George Washington at his Morristown headquarters. The same home became the residence of his successor, Francisco Rondón, who lent it to General Washington for the winter of 1781-1782.
Through these officials Spanish military and financial assistance was channeled to the American Patriot.
{bottom plaque} On this site was the home 1766-1771 of John Penn 1729-1795 last colonial governor of Pennsylvania son of Richard Penn and grandson of William Penn the founder. Also the home 1771-1810 of Benjamin Chew 1722-1810 last colonial Chief Justice of Pennsylvania
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On this site stood the lodgings of Sir Simon Preston of Craigmillar, Provost of the City of Edinburgh 1566-7, in which lodging Mary Queen of Scotland after her surrender to the confederate lords at Carberry Hill, spent her last night in Edinburgh, 15 June 1567. On the following evening she was conveyed to Holyrood and thereafter to Lochleven Castle as a state prisoner.
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The Stone below had to be moved in 1970. Mais of Walbrook R Theodore Beck cc Sheriffs Corporation of the City of London. This stone was laid by The Rt Honble Sir Marcus Samuel Lord Mayor on the 20th day of December 1902 Claudius George Algare....
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TARXIEN REMEMBERS THE CHILDREN VICTIMS OF THE 1939-45 WAR ESTABLISHED BY THE CIVIC COUNCIL-TARXIEN WAS INAUGURATED BY THE PRESIDENT MR JOE SCICLUNA SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 1992
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This Bridge was opened by HRH the Prince of Wales, KG on behalf of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, on Saturday the 30th June 1894 in the presence of HRH The Princess of Wales, HRH The Duke of York KG and other members of the Royal Family, the Right Honorable Sir George Robert Tyler, Bart., Lord Mayor.
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