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List of members of the Metropolitan Board of Works 1856-1889.

The first members were elected December 1855, coming into office January 1856. From May 1857 one third of the board retired annually, the seats becoming vacant being chosen by ballot as follows:[1]

  • † May 1857, 1860, 1863 and every three years until 1887
  • ‡ May 1858, 1861, 1864 and every three years until 1888
  • § May 1859, 1862, 1865 and every three years until 1886
    Where casual vacancies occurred these were filled for the remainder of the term these are shown with bracketed letters: (a) .

Metropolis Management Amendment Act 1885 (48&49 Vict. c.33)

"From and after the passing of this Act the Vestries of the Parishes of Saint Mary Islington, Lambeth, Saint Pancras, Saint Mary Abbott Kensington, and the Board of Works for the District of Wandsworth, shall each be entitled to elect three persons to be members of the Metropolitan Board of Works, and the Vestries of the parishes of Camberwell and Paddington, and the Boards of Works of the Greenwich, Hackney, and Poplar Districts shall each be entitled to elect two persons to be members of the said Board, instead of the number in the said recited Act mentioned with respect to those Parishes and Districts."

"The Districts of Plumstead and Lewisham shall, from and after the passing of this Act, cease to be united for the purpose of electing a member of the Metropolitan Board of Works, as in the said recited Act provided, and the Board of Works of each of those Districts shall be entitled to elect a separate member, as though each District were mentioned in the first part of Schedule B to that Act. The first election of a member for each district shall take place on or before the first day of October, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, and, on that day, the member elected for the united Districts of Plumstead and Lewisham shall go out of office, and, on the following day, the new members shall come into office."

"From and after the twenty-fifth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, the Board of Works for the District of Fulham shall be dissolved, and the Vestries of the respective Parishes of St. Peter and St. Paul, Hammersmith, and Fulham, shall from that date be incorporated, and shall have all such powers and be subject to all such provisions as if they had been named in Part II. of Schedule A to the said recited Act. "The Vestry of each of the said Parishes shall on the said day elect one person to be a member of the Metropolitan Board of Works, and on that day the member elected by the Fulham Board of Works shall go out of office, and on the following day the new members shall come into office."


Electing Authority Members Notes
City of London (3) Henry Lowman Taylor (1855 - 1883) (a)[2] [3]

William Burnham Garrett (1883 - 1888)[4] [5] [6](b)
George Manners (1888 - 1889) (c)

(a) Taylor died 7 July 1883.[7]

(b) Garrett elected by Common Council 26 July 1883.[8]
(c) Garrett resigned, Manners elected 12 July 1888[9]

Thomas Henry Hall (1855 - 1856)[2] (a)
Alderman William Cubitt (1856-1860) (b)
Alderman William Lawrence (1860 - 1863) (c)
Alderman Thomas Quested Finnis[10] (1863 - 1866) (d)
Alderman David Henry Stone (1866 - 1868) (e)
Alderman Sills John Gibbons (1868 - 1871) (f)
Alderman David Henry Stone (1871 - 1874)(g)
Alderman Thomas Sidney (1874 - 1875) (h)
Alderman Sir Francis Wyatt Truscott (1875 - 1879) (h)
Alderman James Figgins[11] [12] (1879 -1881) (i)
Alderman Simeon Charles Hadley (1881 - 1883) (j)
Alderman Sir Charles Whetham (1884) (k)
Alderman John Staples (1884 - 1885) (k)
Alderman Sir Robert Norman Fowler (1885 - 1886) (l)
Alderman Sir John Staples (1886 - 1888) (m)
Alderman Sir Francis Wyatt Truscott (1888 - 1889) (n) 		(a) Hall died 2 October 1856[13]
(b) Cubitt took seat 17 October 1856[14] He resigned in 1860.[15]
(c) Lawrence took his seat on 19 October 1860.[15]
(d)Finnis elected 19 November 1863 [16]
(e) Finnis resigned, Stone elected May 1866[17]
(f) Stone resigned, Gibbons chosen by Common Council 11 June 1868[18]
(g) Stone resigned on being elected Lord Mayor of London November 1874.[19]
(h) Sidney resigned, Truscott elected 3 December 1875.[20]
(i) Truscott resigned on becoming Lord Mayor November 1879. Figgins elected 20th November 1879.[21]
(j) Figgins resigned, Hadley appointed 1881.[22] [23]
(k) Whetham resigned 17 October 1884, Staples elected 30 October 1884.[24] [25]
(l) Staples resigned on becoming Lord Mayor, Fowler elected 19 November 1885[26]
(m) Staples died 16 January 1888.[27]
(n) Truscott elected 16 February 1888.[28]
Deputy Edward Harrison[2] (1855 - 1863)[29] (a)

James Ebenezer Saunders (1863 - 1885)(a)
George Shaw (1885 - 1889)

(a) Harrison resigned, Saunders chosen by Common Council 23 July 1863.[30]
Bermondsey Vestry Beriah Drew (1855-1858)[2][31] (a)

Cyrus Legg (1858 - 1881) (b)
William Shepherd[32] (1881 - 1889) [33]

(a) Resigned 17 September 1858[34]
(b) Chosen by Bermondsey Vestry 28 September 1858[35] Resigned 21 January 1881.[36]
Bethnal Green Vestry Thomas B Bevan (1855 - 1879)[2]
Alfred Ewin (1879 - 1889)(a) 		(a) Ewin took seat 14 November 1879[37]
Camberwell Vestry
Representation increased to 2 members in 1885. 		Alexander Lodwick Irvine (1855-1858)[2]

James Pew (1858-1866)[38]
Edward Dresser Rogers[39] [40] (1866 - 1889)
Andrew Middlemass (1885 - 1889)(a) (a) Middlemass died January 1889, seat remained vacant until abolition of board on 21 March 1889.
Chelsea Vestry Francis Chalmers (1855-1858)[2] (a)

William Tite MP (1858 - 1873) (b)
Edward Kingsbury (1873 - 1885)(c)
Charles Mossop (1885 - 1889)

(a) Chalmers resigned November 1858[41]

(b) Tite took his seat 26 November 1858[41] He died 20 April 1873.
(c) Kingsbury elected by Chelsea Vestry 13 May 1873.[42]

St. James & St. John Clerkenwell Vestry James Pascall (1855 - 1864)[2](a)

Edward John Thompson (1864 - 1883) (b)
William Robson (1883 - 1889) (b)

(a) Pascall died 10 January 1864.[43]
(b) Thompson resigned, Robson chosen by Clerkenwell Vestry 20 September 1883.[44]
Fulham Vestry
From 1886.
Previously part of Fulham District. 		William Henry Lammin (1886 - 1887)
P P Perry (1887 - 1889)
Fulham District
Fulham District dissolved 1886,
with parish vestries of
Fulham and Hammersmith
each electing a
member thereafter. 		Valentine Stevens[45] (1855 - 1862 )[2] (a)
William Henry Lammin (1862 - 1881)
George Brown (1881 - 1886) 		(a) Stevens died 30 November 1862.[46] [47]
Greenwich District
Representation increased to 2 members in 1885. 		John Thwaites (1855-1856)[2] (a)

Alfred Rhodes Bristow (1856-1862) (b)[48]
Guildford Barker Richardson[49] (1862 - 1889)

(a) Thwaites was also elected for St Saviours District. He resigned both seats on being elected chairman 22 December 1855.

(b) Bristow took seat 7 January 1856[50]

William Andrews (1885 - 1889)
Hackney District
Representation increased to 2 members in 1885. 		George Offor[51] [52] (1855 - 1862)[2]
John Joseph Tanner[53] [54] (1862 - 1868)

John Runtz[55] [56](1868 - 1889)

Frederick Cox (1885 - 1888) (a) (a) Cox resigned December 1888.[57] Seat remained vacant until dissolution of board.
Hammersmith Vestry
From 1886.
Previously part of Fulham District. 		George Brown (1886 - 1889)
Hampstead Vestry Thomas Turner (1855 - 1859)[2]

Philip Hemery Le Breton[58] [59](1859 - 1879) (a)
S Stone (1879 - )(a) (b)
Henry Harben[60] (1880 - 1889)(b)

(a) Le Breton resigned 26 September 1879.[61] Stone took his seat 21 November 1879.[62]
(b) Stone resigned October 1880. Harben took seat 29 October 1880.[63]
Holborn District Robert B Seeley (1855 - 1857)[2] (a)

John Orde Hall (1857 - 1880)[64] [65] (b)
G Phillips (1880 - 1889)

(a) Seeley resigned September 1857[66]

(b) Hall elected 23 September 1857 [67]

Islington St Mary Vestry (2)
Representation increased to 3 members in 1885. 		William Dennis[2] (1855-1858)

George Peckett[68] [69](1858-1866) (a)
Charles Henry Elt[70](1866-1882) (b)
John Edwin Bradfield (1882 - 1888) (c)
Henry Samuel Friend (1888 - 1889)

(a) Peckett resigned in October 1866 [70] and died 30 November 1866.[68]

(b) Elt took seat 19 October 1866,[70] died 19 May 1882[71] [72]
(c) Bradfield died 16 October 1888.[73] [74]

John Savage[2](1855 - 1875)(a)
Robert Stephens Cufflin[75] (1875 - 1878) (a) (b)
John Reddish (1878 - 1887)(b)
John Spencer Furlong[76] (1887 - 1889) 		(a) Savage died, Cufflin took seat 10 December 1875.[77]

(b) Cufflin died 5 October 1878. [78] Reddish took his seat 25 October 1878.[79]

Samuel Price (1885 - 1888)(a)
Frederick Murray (1888) (b)
W Adams (1888 - 1889) 		(a) Price resigned, Murray took seat 24 February 1888.[80]
(b) Murray died 1888.[81]
St Mary Abbott Kensington Vestry
Representation increased to 3 members in 1885. 		William Hawkes (1855-1858)[2] (a)

Robert Freeman (1858-1887) (b)
Frederick Charlwood Frye (1887 - 1889)

(a) Hawkes retired 1858

(b) Freeman held the seat from 1858 until his death on 19 January 1887[82]

W A Lindsay (1885 - 1889)
William Boutcher (1885 - 1888)
Jubal Webb[83] [84] (1888 - 1889)
Lambeth Vestry (2)
Representation increased to 3 members in 1885. 		Frederick Doulton (1855 - 1868)[2] (a)
Francis Hayman Fowler (1868 - 1888)
Captain C W Andrew (1888 - 1889) (b) 		(a) Doulton resigned 18 February 1868 [85]
(b) Andrew took seat on 22 June 1888 in place of Fowler, resigned.[86]
Robert Taylor (1855 - 1881)[2] (a)
George Hill[87] (1882 - 1889) 		(a) Taylor died 19 October 1881.[88]
Peter William Funnell[89] (1885 - 1889)
Lewisham District with Plumstead District
Ceased to elect a joint member from 1886,
with District Boards of
Lewisham and Plumstead
each electing a
member thereafter. 		Charles Atkins (1855 - 1857)[2] (a)

James Brooker (1857 - 1870) (b)
James Richard Lloyd (1870 - 1885)
Edwin Hughes (1885 - 1886)

(a) Atkins resigned 24 April 1857[90]

(b) Brooker elected May 1857

Lewisham District
From 1886 		Theophilus William Williams[91] (1886 - 1889)
Limehouse District Benjamin Dixon (1855 - 1872)
William Nathan (1872 - 1880) (a)
John Abbott (1880 - 1889) 		(a) Nathan took his seat following Dixon's resignation, 14 April 1872.[92] He died in January 1880.[93]
Hamlet of Mile End Old Town Vestry William F Snow (1855 - )[2]
William Newton (1862 - 1876) (a)
Robert Jones (1876 - 1888)
Henry Cushen[94] (1888 - 1889) 		(a) Newton died 9 March 1876 [95]
St Mary Newington Vestry Ambrose Boyson (1855 - 1866)
B Evans (1866 - 1869)
Charles Stuart Barker[96] (1869 - 1873)(a)
William Robbins Selway[97] (1873 - 1889) (a) 		(a) Barker resigned January 1873. Selway took seat 24 January 1873.[98]
Paddington Vestry
Representation increased to 2 members in 1885. 		Henry Burslem (1855 - 1860)
Charles Mills Roche[99] (1860 - 1881)
William Urquhart (1881 - 1888)
Mark Hayler Judge[100] (1888 - 1889)(a) 		(a) Judge took seat on 22 June 1888 in place of Urquhart, resigned.[86]
Thomas George Fardell (1885 - 1889)
Plumstead District
From 1886 		Colonel Edwin Hughes MP (1886 - 1889)
Poplar District
Representation increased to 2 members in 1885. 		Simon Knight (1855 - 1869)
Edward Rider Cook (1869 - 1889)
John Lenanton (1885 - 1889)
Rotherhithe Vestry with St Olave District William Misken (1855 - 1857)

Alderman John Humphery[101][12] (1857 - 1863) (a)
S B K Judkins (1863- 1866)
Thomas Turner (1866 - 1875) (b)
John Tolhurst (1875 - 1889)

(a) Humphery died 28 September 1863[102]

(b) Turner resigned, Tolhurst took seat 26 November 1875.[103]

St George Hanover Square Vestry (2) Henry A Hunt (1855 - 1856)[2] (a)

James Leslie (1856 - 1880) (b)
Lord Frederick John Fitzroy (1880 - 1885)(c)
Robert Grant Webster (1885 - 1888)(d)
Colonel Howard Vincent MP (1888 - 1889)

(a) Hunt resigned 7 March 1856 on appointment to a government post[104] [105]

(b) Leslie took seat 16 March 1856[105] He died in January 1880. (c) Fitzroy took his seat 16 January 1880.[106] (d) Fitzroy resigned and Webster took his seat 19 June 1885.[107]

Major William Lyon (1855 - 1858)[2]

Joseph Bennett (1858 - 1867)
Colonel James Hogg (a)
Charles Westerton (1870 - 1872) (b)
General Sir William John Codrington (1872 - 1878) (b) (c)
Dr. William Brewer MP (c) (d)
Hon. Alan de Tatton Egerton (1881 - 1889)

(a) Hogg gave up his seat on being elected chairman in November 1870.

(b) Codrington took seat following death of Westerton 17 May 1872.[108]
(c) Codrington resigned and Brewer took seat 18 January 1878.[109]
(d) Brewer died 3 November 1881.

St George in the East Vestry Philip Crellin (1855 - 1865)[2]
W Clarke (1865 - 1876)(a)
Thomas W Fairclough (1876 - 1886)(a)
Richard Stevens Sly (1886 - 1889) 		(a) Fairclough took his seat 14 January 1876 following the death of Clarke.[110]
St Giles District Captain Edward Barnett, RN (1855 - 1857)[2]

Lieutenant Colonel John Pitt Kennedy (1857 - 1860) (a)
Borlase Hill Adams[111] [112] (1860 - 1885) (b)
William Henry Hewitt (1885 - )(c)
Lieutenant-Colonel George Gardiner (1888 - 1889) (d)

(a) Kennedy resigned 27 April 1860 [113]

(b) Adams died 29 April 1885
(c) Hewitt took his seat 8 May 1885.[114]
(d) Gardiner took his seat 8 May 1888 following Hewitt's resignation[115]

St Luke Middlesex Vestry Joseph Moreland (1855 - 1875)[2] (a)
Alfred J Walker (1875 - 1878) (a)
Joseph Storey (1878 - 1879) (b)
Sir Edmund Hay Currie (1879) (b) (c)
Dr. Frederick Ingoldby (1879 - 1887)(c)
George Berry (1887 - 1889) 		(a) Moreland died July 1875. Walker took his seat 8 August 1875.[116]
(b) Storey resigned June 1879, Currie took his seat 20 June 1879.[117]
(c) Currie resigned, Ingoldby took seat 21 November 1879.[62]
St Martin in the Fields Vestry William Henry Dalton (1855 - 1884)[2] (a)
George James (1884 - 1889) 		(a) Dalton died June 1884.[118]

James took his seat 20 July 1884.[119]

St Marylebone Vestry (2) John Augustus Nicholay (1855 - 1873)[2] (a)
George Edwards (1873 - 1889)(b) 		(a) Nicholay died 21 November 1873.[120]
(b) Edwards took his seat 19 December 1873[121]
Thomas D’Iffanger junior (1855 - 1865)[2] (a)
Alexander Nesbitt Shaw (1865 - 1872) (b)
Charles Carr (1872 - 1881) (c)
G A Poland (1881 - 1883) (d)
William Debenham (1882 - 1889) 		(a) D'Iffanger died 1865.[122]
(b) Shaw died 1872.[123]
(c) Carr was elected by St Marylebone Vestry 11 October 1872.[124] He died in January 1881.[125]
(d) Poland took his seat on 21 January 1881.[126] He resigned on 29 September 1882.[127]
St Pancras Vestry (2)
Representation increased to 3 members in 1885. 		William Corrie (1855 - 1856)[2](a)

Johnathon Rashleigh (1856 - 1858)(b)
Rev. Robert Eckett (1858 - 1863)[128]
Frederick Healey (1863 - 1873)
James Watkins (1873 - 1882)
W J Wetenhall (1882 - 1889)

(a) Corrie resigned seat.[129]

(b) Rashleigh took seat 5 December 1856[129]

Josiah Wilkinson (1855 - 1864)
Silas Taylor (1864 - 1871)(a)
Robert Furniss (1871 - 1889)(b) 		(a) Taylor died March 1871.[130]
(b) Furniss was elected by St Pancras Vestry 5 April 1871.[131]
F G Baker (1885 - 1889)
St Saviour's District John Thwaites (1855)[2](a)

Charles Harris (1856 - 1886)(b)
Thomas Francis Rider (1886 - 1889)

(a) Thwaites was also elected for Greenwich District. He resigned both seats on being elected chairman 22 December 1855.

(b) Harris took his seat 7 January 1856[50] He died on 18 November 1886.[132]

Shoreditch St Leonard Vestry (2) John Ware (1855 - 1862)[2] (a)
Jeremiah Long (1862 - 1869) (b)
Henry Dodd (1869 - 1872) (b)
George Rooke (1872 - 1878) (c) (d)
Thomas Turner (1878 - 1886) (e)
Edwin Lawrence (1886 - 1889) 		(a) Ware resigned 5 December 1862 [133]
(b)Long resigned and Dodd took his seat 5 February 1869.[134]
(c) Rooke took his seat following Dodd's resignation, 14 April 1872.[92]
(d) Rooke resigned 1 November 1878.[135]
(e) Turner died February 1886, Lawrence took his seat 19 March 1886.[136]
William Arnold Hadden Hows[137] (1855 - 1861)[2]
Edward Shepherd (1861 - 1865)
William Arnold Hadden Hows (1865 - 1871)(a)
Alfred Lawrence (1871 - 1875)(a)
William Halford Fell[138] (1875 - 1885)(b)
Major Frederick Moore Wenborn (1885 - 1889) (c) 		(a) Lawrence took seat 19 May 1871 following resignation of Hows.[139]
(b) Fell resigned 23 October 1885 [140]
(c) Wenborn took his seat 3 November 1885.[141]
Southwark St George the Martyr Vestry Edward Collinson (1855 - 1857)[2]
Edward Palmer (1857 - 1862) (a)
Edward Collinson (1862 - 1871) (b)
Alfred Redman (1871 - 1875) (b) (c)
Alfred Pocock (1875 - 1887) (d)
Alexander Hawkins (1887 - 1888) (e) 		(a) Palmer died 23 April 1862.[142]
(b) Collinson resigned and Redman took his seat 21 April 1871.[143]
(c) Redman resigned and Pocock took his seat 18 June 1875.[144]
(d) Pocock died 17 May 1887.[145]
(e) Hawkins resigned 19 October 1888.[146] The seat remained vacant until the dissolution of the board.
Strand District Charles Few[147] (1855 - 1857)

John Samuel Phillips[148] (1857 - 1879) (a)
John Jones (1879 - 1889)

(a) Phillips died 4 January 1879.[149]
Wandsworth District
Representation increased to 3 members in 1885. 		William Carpmael (1855 - 1867)[2] (a)
George Pitney Meaden (1867 - 1889) 		(a) Carpmael died 9 July 1867.[150]
Benjamin Weir (1885 - 1889)
Andrew Cameron (1885 - 1889)
Westminster District Alexander Wright (1855 - 1859)[2]
Samuel Hughes (1859 - 1868)
Thomas J White (1868 - 1889)
Westminster St James Vestry Sir John Villiers Shelley MP (1855 - )[2](a)

Henry Bidgood (1856 - 1877)(b)
Thomas Henry Elam (1877 - 1883)(c) John Bonthron (1883 - 1889)

(a) Shelley resigned 1 January 1856 before the first meeting of the board[151]

(b) Bidgood took his seat 14 January 1856[152]

(c) Elam took his seat following Bidgood's resignation 26 January 1877.[153]

Whitechapel District George Starkins Wallis (1855 - 1865)[2]
Thomas Brushfield (1865 - 1875) (a)
Colonel Donald Munro (1875 - 1888) (a) (b)
George Ilsey (1888 - 1889) 		(a) Munro took seat following death of Brushfield, 8 October 1875.[154]
(b) Munro died May 1888.[155]
Woolwich Vestry Lewis Davis (1855 - 1857)[2]

George Hudson[156] (1857 - 1878)
W P Jackson (1878 - 1881)
John R Jolly (1881 - 1889)


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  3. ^ 1808-1883. Wholesale ironmonger at 10 Queen Street, Cheapside, 1845-1866; member of common council from 1843 until death. The Letters of Charles Dickens: 1850-1852. p. 129.
  4. ^ Died 1 September 1889 at Stony Stratford aged 63: of Wallington and 16 Water Lane "Deaths". Morning Post. 5 September 1889.
  5. ^ Member of the Common Council for Tower Ward, Chairman of the Markets Committee"The Wardmotes". Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper. 31 December 1876.
  6. ^ Solicitor "No. 24358". The London Gazette. 29 August 1876.
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  10. ^ "born in January 1801, the son of Robert Finnis, an upholsterer of Hythe, Kent, and Elisabeth Quested. At the age of 14 he was apprenticed to James Smith, bowyer, for a period of seven years from 6th December 1815. He was admitted to the Freedom of the Bowyers' Company in April 1823 and to the Freedom of the City in September. Whilst serving as Master from 1856 to 1858 he also served as Lord Mayor in 1856/1857. Partner in a firm of , Finnis & Fisher, provision merchants. Deputy Chairman of the Southwark and Vauxhall Water Company and of the Improved Industrial Dwellings Company. 1833 Common Councillor for Tower Ward, Deputy in 1848 and Alderman as well as Sheriff in the same year. He was also Deputy Governor of the Irish Society 1843/1844, member of the Metropolitan Board of Works 1863 to 1866, the Thames Conservancy Board 1872 to 1883 and Treasurer of the Sons of the Clergy from 1874 to 1882, plus a member of the City Glee Club. Retired to Wanstead, Essex where he died on 29 November 1883. The "Alderman Finnis". Bowyers Company. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
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  29. ^ Died in 1865, a stationer presumably of Matthews Harrison and Sons Ltd. of 82, Cornhill "SINGER, CHARLES DOUGLAS". AIM 25.
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  32. ^ Builder and contractor of Bermondsey, one time president of the London Master Builders Association, died 1919.Shaw, C D; Winterton, W R (1983). The Middlesex Hospital. The Names of the Wards and The Story They Tell. p. 37.
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  38. ^ James Pew, who for nearly half a century was intimately connected with Camber- well, was born at Leith, N.B., in 1793, and at the age of 14 he appears to have been seized with a complaint common to his countrymen, called the " south fever, for he not only came south, but " South of London." His grandfather, Mr. Lees, had long been resident at Camberwell, and as the youth, when 14 years of age, received an appointment as clerk in the Stores Department of the Tower, nothing was more natural than that he should take up his residence with his grandfather at Camberwell — a place in which he was, before long, destined to become a ruling power. When Mr. Pew's connection with Camberwell first commenced, the place was a little village — as far removed from the City, as regards time, as the Brighton of our own day. The parish had but one church, and no vestry hall; but it had two beadles, over whose election furious fights, of two days' duration, had been fought The stocks were an institution. " Cages" for the "entertainment" of either man or beast abounded throughout the parish ; and the fire brigade was represented by three small " parish squirts " and about twelve buckets ! Patrols crossed from Peckham to the Old Kent Road, and from the " Fox-under- the-Hill" to Dulwich, for the protection of pedestrians. Omnibuses had not yet been " invented ;" gas had not even commenced to twinkle ; roads were narrow and ruts deep and lasting; open sewers abounded, and our local powers quarrelled, and did their business in the body of the church, and sometimes in a public-house. Mr. Sandby wis vicar ; Joseph Irons was about to preach in Camden, and Dr. Collyer at Hanover Chapel, at which place a royal duke was shortly to tell him that he "preached a very fine sermon, but gave d bad music with it" Such was Camberwell in 1807, and it reads like a romance when we recall how gnat have been the changes within the brief space of one life. Bearing in mind that the vestrymen have lately been forming themselves into a new vestry hall committee, it is rather an interesting fact to note that the first com- mittee on which Mr. Pew was appointed was a new vestry hall committee ! And a new vestry hall— a sort of cross between a toll-gate keeper's hat and a police-station — was built, which said magnificent hall has since been converted into a vaccination station! In 1827 Mr. Pew was appointed auditor, a position then of small labour, it is true, but one of considerable parochial importance. In 1829 he was promoted to be overseer of the poor, and from the warm vote of thanks, it is natural to suppose that he acquitted himself in an exceptionally able manner. In 1830 he became a fixture on what was called the workhouse conunittee--an k *organisation which had existed in the parish for about 200 years, in which was vested great parochial responsibility. About this time Mr. Pew took a leading part in procuring the Camberwell Local Act, which received the royal sanction in 1833 ; and in 1839 he was appointed, by the Rev. J. Q. Stone, vicar's warden, a position which he held for about thirty years. At the visitation of cholera in 1832, Mr. Pew was appointed hon. sec. of the local committee formed " to use every exertion both to check the spread of the disease and to mitigate the sufferings of the afflicted." On this committee with Mr. Pew were many " good men and true," nowno more — Henry Melville, Joseph Irons, Thomas Dale, Dr. Collyer, John Burnett, John Vane, Robert Puckle, Dr. Arnauld, and others ; whilst there are still amongst us Robert Alexander Gray, Dr. Webster, Rev. H. W. C. Hyde, and Dr. Steane. Mr. Pew's activity, zeal, and devotion at this terrible time were beyond all praise ; and it has been our privilege to listen to incidents of enduring and loving devotion, and a sacrifice of self, sufficient to start half a dozen modern philanthropists in business. For his services on this occasion Mr. Pew was presented with a silver salver, bearing the following inscription : — " Presented to James Pew, Esq., by the subscriber* of the Cholera Fund, raised by tbe parish of 8t Giles, Camberwell, and its neighbourhood, in testimony of their gratitude and respect for bis efficient, gratuitous, and most laborious sendees as one of the joint secretaries of tbje Cholera Committee and Board of Health, Norember, 1833.'* Mr. Pew was one of the first guardians of the poor elected under the Poor Law Amendment Act, in addition to which he took an active part in promoting and sustaining a society for the relief of the deserving poor. He was for many years treasurer of the Camberwell Green Coat School, one of the early promoters of the Camberwell Savings' Bank, member of the Burial Board, governor of Dulwich College, member of the Metropolitan Board of Works, and chairman of the Camber- well Vestry. In April, 1860, a portrait of Mr. Pew was placed in the Camberwell Vestry Hall, with the following inscription : — " This portrait of James Pew, Esq., for many years senior churchwarden, is presented by members of the Vestry and other inhabitants of the parish, as a sincere mark of their esteem." Three years later Mr. Pew resigned all official duties, and retired into private life at the age of 75, with his physical powers somewhat impaired,] but with an intellect as clear and vigorous as ever. As evincing both his natural and never- ceasing industry, as well as his intellectual power, it may be mentioned that whilst spending the last few winters in Italy, he studied and mastered the German and Italian languages. The following extract from his diary, written in the Coliseum at Rome, in May last, speaks so eloquently of the faith that was in him, that we make no apology for placing it before our readers: — "As the time draws nigh for leaving Rome, my spirits fall and I sink below zero. I sometimes think I enjoy life too much, and my thoughts are too much of this earth ; and yet I only indulge in the affection and feeling implanted in my heart by a good and benevolent Creator. The delights I enjoy are not those of passion, but of the soul, which elevate in their character, and form, in my humble judgment, the longing after immortality for the fall fruition of those feelings." Four months after penning these lines James Pew died at Asiago, in the Italian Tyrol, and was buried at Padua, at the age of 81 ; and the memory of his name was committed to those who knew him best, and therefore loved him most He will, perhaps, best be remembered as a public man in connection with the chairmanship of the Camberwell vestry. His word was alwayc iaw, and his ruling never questioned. He quieted turbulent gatherings by a look or a wave of the hand. As he advanced in years, it is stated that he renounced argument and despised logic. Over and over again did he annihilate doughty antagonists by his inimitable " Pooh, pooh, pooh ! " Behind those three words was utter discomfiture for his opponent — a treasure-house of knowledge, a keen logician's knife, a torrent of warm, and telling speech, considerable tact — in short, an armoury so ready to the speaker's hand, or rather lips, that it was universally recognized and respected, but seldom used. Now that the busy and eventful career of James Pew has run its course, all who knew him must be ready to acknowledge that he was a man of high character and commanding ability, and a devoted slave in any cause which had for its object the happiness and welfare of even the meanest resident of his adopted parish.William Harnett Blanch (1877). Ye Parish of Camberwell. A Brief Account of the Parish of Camberwell its History and Antiquities. London: E W Allen. pp. 186–189.
  39. ^ Died 1890, aged 65. Register of Deaths, Camberwell District Vol.1d p.445
  40. ^ Ye Parish of Camberwell. p.189: Mr. Dresser Rogers has been connected with the parochial affairs of this parish for many years, and at the present time is the representative of Camberwell at the Metropolitan Board of Works. He is also chairman of the General Purpose Committee, a guardian, and until very recently was captain in the 1st Surrey Rifle Volunteers. He was for two years chairman of the Finance Committee of the Metropolitan Board of Works (1872-73), and whilst in that capacity his talent and ability as a financier obtained for him universal approval. About two years since, a substantial testimonial was presented to him by many of the leading residents in Camberwell, in recognition of his services in connection with the gas question. Mr. Dresser Rogers lias always taken a prominent and active part in all questions affecting local self-government, and in order more effectually to carry out his strong opinions on this subject, he undertook the management of the Metropolitan newspaper, which is now recognized as an authority on all parochial questions. To instance his indefatigable industry and versatile talents, an amusing sketch was published in the South London Courier (June, 1869), from which we extract the following : — " Mr. Dresser Rogers is a very extraordinary fellow ; no one can dispute that fact. He is not only hie et ubique, but he is everywhere at once ; has a finger in everything, and if he doesn't know everybody, he can safely assert that everybody knows him. No one will ever persuade us that Nature did not make a mistake when he was produced. He was intended for twins, but somehow or other Nature was caught napping, and so he got rolled into one. The work he gets through is prodigious; a mere enumeration of the offices he holds is a sufficient proof. He is an active member of the Court of Common Council ; a member of the Camberwell Vestry, which he represents at the Metropolitan Board of Works ; chairman of the General Purposes Committee at Camberwell ; captain of the 1st Surrey Rifles; is connected with several literary institutions and building societies ; a member of the Executive Committee and Social Science Association ; a member of the St. Saviour's Board of Works and Vestry ; member of the National Finance Reform Union ; and other less important societies too numerous to mention."
  41. ^ a b "Metropolitan Board of Works". Morning Post. 27 November 1858. p. 2.
  42. ^ "Reuters Telegrams". Pall Mall Gazette. 8 May 1873.
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  44. ^ "The Metropolitan Board of Works". The Times. 21 September 1883. p. 6.
  45. ^ Law publisher of Frankley House, Brook Green, Hammersmith and Bell Yard Lincoln's Inn. Died in 69th year.
  46. ^ "Deaths". The Times. 3 December 1862. p. 1.
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  48. ^ "Alfred Rhodes Bristow of Bushey Green House, Lewisham, Kent, was b. at Greenwich 1816, the 3rd and yst. son of Isaac B. of that place, government contractor, and having been educ. at King's Coll. London, was adm. a Solicitor in Easter term 1840, and practised in London. He was a Commr. of Oaths in 1863, but having ent, Gray's Inn 18 Jan. 1866, he was called to the bar 17 Nov. 1868. Mr. Bristow m. 16 June 1S42 Margaret eldest dau. of John Oswald of The Palace, Croydon, and was F.R.S., Dep.Lieut. for Kent, a member of the Metropolitan Board of Works (for Greenwich, Deptford, and Hatcham), from its establishment in 1855 to 1862, MP. Kidderminster 1859-62, and Solicitor to the Admiralty and Navy May 1862 till his death 5 April 1875"Williams, William Retlaw (1897). The parliamentary history of the county of Worcester including the city of Worcester, and the boroughs of Bewdly, Droitwich, Dudley, Evesham, Kidderminster, Bromsgrove and Pershore, from the earliest times to the present day, 1213-1897 ; with biographical and genealogical notices of the members. Hereford: Jakeman & Carver. p. 188. {{cite book}}: line feed character in |title= at position 54 (help)
  49. ^ East India Merchant and banker, died 10 September 1895, aged 78."Wills and Bequests". Morning Post. 30 January 1896. p. 2.
  50. ^ a b "Metropolitan board of Works". The Daily News. 8 January 1856.
  51. ^ "GEORGE OFFOR (1787–1864) was born at No. 3, Postern Row, Tower Hill, England, where his father (George Offor, Sr.) was a book-seller. He began his own business selling old books, was a literary editor, bibliographer, and prodigious book collector. He was employed in many government offices and was on many boards." "Offor, George, Esq". Authors. Curiosmith Gospel Heritage Literature.
  52. ^ Died 4 August 1864 aged 77 at residence Grove House South Hackney "Deaths". The Standard. 8 August 1864. p. 7.
  53. ^ John Joseph Tanner (d. 1873) [1]
  54. ^ JP of Foulden Lodge Upper Clapton d. 19 August 1873 at Tunbridge Wells aged 77 "Deaths". the Standard. 23 August 1873. p. 7.
  55. ^ 20 December 1818 - 19 December 1891 [2]
  56. ^ Member of MBW, failed to be elected to first LCC, member of Stoke Newington Vestry and Library Ctte, Hackney DBW, Lea Conservancy Board, New River Co. "Obituary". The Times. 22 December 1891. p. 4.
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  58. ^ Deaths, Hampstead District Sep 1884 aged 77. Vol.1a p.446
  59. ^ died 6 August 1884, Hampstead. Barrister-at_law aged 77"Deaths". 8 August 1884. p. 1.
  60. ^ "Harben, Sir Henry (1823–1911)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
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  64. ^ Solicitor of Brunswick Row, Queen Square, d.21 January 1884"No. 25326". The London Gazette. 7 March 1884.
  65. ^ "It was named after John Orde Hall, member of the Holborn District Board of the Metropolitan Board of Works""Orde Hall Street". UCL Bloomsbury Project. University College London. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
  66. ^ "Resignation of a Member of the Metropolitan Board of Works". The Standard. 8 September 1857. p. 5.
  67. ^ "Multiple News Items". The Standard. 24 September 1857. p. 2.
  68. ^ a b Stockbroker, aged 62 at death. The Daily News. 11 January 1867. p. 4. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help); Text "The Will of Mr. George Peckett" ignored (help)
  69. ^ Peckett Square (completed in) 1981... named after George Peckett who was on the local Vestry in the 1860s and was involved in the creation of Finsbury Park."Peckett Square and Taverner Square, Taverner Estate". London Gardens Online. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
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  71. ^ Aged 77, one of the last surviving members of the original Islington Vestry "Obituary". The Times. 25 May 1882. p. 7.
  72. ^ d. 2Q 1882, aged 76, Islington District Vol.1b p.158
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  75. ^ Robert Stephens Cufflin 20 February 1814 - 5 October 1878, who established his jewellery business in Upper Street, Islington [3]
  76. ^ d. Jun 1895 aged 65 Isl Dist 1b p.191
  77. ^ "Metropolitan Board of Works". Morning Post. 11 December 1875. p. 2.
  78. ^ "Deaths". The Standard. 9 October 1878.
  79. ^ "Metropolitan Board of Works". The Times. 26 October 1878. p. 5.
  80. ^ "Metropolitan Board of Works". The Times. 25 February 1888. p. 9.
  81. ^ Aged 68. Register of Deaths, June 1888, Islington District Vol.1b p.166
  82. ^ "Obituary". The Times. 22 January 1887. p. 6. ..member of (Kensington) vestry from its first formation in 1855... representative of Kensington on the Metropolitan Board of Works, and continued so until the time of his death... On the formation of the London School Board he became the representative of Kensington...
  83. ^ "cheesemonger and capitalist" [4]
  84. ^ d. 1901 aged 61. Register of Deaths, Dec 1901, Thanet District Vol.2a, p.609
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  87. ^ GEORGE HILL, Esq., London, Member of the MetropoUtan Board of Works Editor of the "Westminster and Lambeth Gazette"; Author of " Electoral History of the Borough of Lambeth," and of " Glance at the Commons and Open Spaces near London." [5]
  88. ^ "Deaths". The Standard. 22 October 1881.
  89. ^ 1824 - 1889, d 16 March 1889"Wills and Bequests". Belfast Newsletter. 10 May 1889.
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  91. ^ Steve Grindlay. "Theophilus William Williams". Sydenham Town.
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  93. ^ "Metropolitan Board of Works". Morning Post. 7 February 1880. p. 7.
  94. ^ Henry Cushen, grocer, of 207 & 209 Mile End Road"No. 25749". The London Gazette. 21 October 1887.
  95. ^ "No. 24612". The London Gazette. 9 August 1878.
  96. ^ Auctioneer, 1826 - 1882 [6]
  97. ^ Surveyor, died 27 June 1893 aged 70, Deaths Jun 1893, Kingston District Vol.2a p.211 "No. 26508". The London Gazette. 1 May 1894.
  98. ^ The Times. 25 January 1873. p. 6. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help); Text "Metropolitan Board of Works" ignored (help)
  99. ^ Solicitor, died 15 January 1901"No. 27309". The London Gazette. 30 April 1901.
  100. ^ Died 25 January 1927 "one month before his 80th birthday... after ten years suffering. ARIBA, formerly of 7 Pall Mall The Times]. 26 January 1927. p. 1. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help); Text "Deaths" ignored (help)
  101. ^ "Humphrey, John (1794-1863) sometime radical reformer, MP, Lord Mayor and civic activist was born of uncertain date in 1794. He was originally apprenticed to a ship chandler but failed to complete its term. Subsequently he became a clerk to his uncle, the proprietor of Hay’s Wharf. He succeeded to the business in 1821 and then acquired other wharf property in Southwark. He was also a Director of the Central Gas Company. 1832 became Sheriff and MP for Southwark, the latter held until his retirement in 1852 ...1835 Alderman for the Aldgate ward... Mayoral year in 1842. Governorship of the Irish Society between 1843 and 1863, Hmember of the Metropolitan Board of Works from 1857 to 1863 and the Thames Conservancy Board from 1857 until 1863. He had already been a Master of the Tallow-Chandlers’ in 1838 and then in 1858. Died on 28 September 1863.
  102. ^ "Death Of Alderman Humphery". The Times. 29 September 1863. p. 10.
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  109. ^ "Metropolitan Board of Works". The Times. 19 January 1878. p. 8.
  110. ^ "Metropolitan Board of Works". Morning Post. 15 January 1876. p. 2.
  111. ^ "Borlase Hill Adams was born on 4 April 1817. He was the son of William Adams and Hon. Mary Anne Cokayne. He married, secondly, Mary Anne Staveley. He married, firstly, Harriet Anne Rose Cobbold, daughter of John Cobbold and Harriet Chevallier, on 10 May 1845.1 He died on 29 April 1885 at age 68. He graduated with a Master of Arts (M.A.). He was a practising barrister. He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Middlesex." "Borlase Hill Adams". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  112. ^ "2nd son of Dr WM Adams etc... ed at Winchester and Exeter Coll Oxf, called to bar Lincolns Inn 1843, JP 1859, chairman of visiting ctte County Lunatic Asylum, Hanwell. rep of St Giles etc on MBW and chairman of District Board" "Obituary". The Times. 1 May 1885. p. 10.
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  120. ^ "Summary of This Morning's News". Pall Mall Gazette. 22 November 1873.
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  122. ^ Register of Deaths, Marylebone District June 1865, Vol. 1a p.394
  123. ^ Register of Deaths, Marylebone District September 1872, Vol. 1a p.330
  124. ^ "Member of the Metropolitan Board for Marylebone". The Times. 12 October 1872. p. 11.
  125. ^ "Metropolitan Board of Works". The Times. 8 January 1881. p. 11.
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  128. ^ "Robert Eckett was also a Methodist born Scarborough in Yorkshire 1797 but was raised in London He. Died 1862. Robert was a leading Wesleyan reformist and took an active role in the Leeds organ dispute. He agitated for the establishment of the Theological Institute in 1834 but was expelled from the church and joined the Wesleyan Methodist Association in 1839. He planned its foundation and deed in 1840 emphasizing democracy in governance. He played a leading role in the United Methodist Free Church serving 3 times as president." "The Church". The Eacott Family Genealogy Site. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
  129. ^ a b "Metropolitan Board of Works". The Standard. p. 6 December 1856.
  130. ^ "Death of a Prominent Member of the Metropolitan Board". Morning Post. 27 March 1871. p. 5.
  131. ^ "Election of a Member of the Metropolitan Board for St Pancras". The Standard. 6 April 1871. p. 7.
  132. ^ "Deaths". The Times. 20 November 1886. p. 1.
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  137. ^ "William Arnold Hadden Hows". Howes Family. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
  138. ^ 1 March 1822 - 22 October 1906, master carver and gilder "William Halford Fell".
  139. ^ "Metropolitan Board of Works". The Times. 20 May 1871. p. 10.
  140. ^ "Metropolitan Board of Works". The Times. 24 October 1885. p. 6.
  141. ^ "Multiple News Items". The Standard. 5 November 1885. p. 3.
  142. ^ "Deaths". The Times. 24 April 1862. p. 1.
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  147. ^ Solicitor of 19 Surrey Street, Strand and Lavington, Putney Heath, died 4 April 1887 "No. 25726". The London Gazette. 2 August 1887.
  148. ^ Law Stationer ; Memberof Metropolitan Board of Works 1857, died 1879[7]
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  150. ^ "Obituary: William Carpmael 1804 - 1867". Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institute of Chartered Engineers. 30 (1870): 430. 1 January 1870. doi:10.1680/imotp.1870.23033. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
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  156. ^ George Hudson (1806–83), a builder (often as Hudson and Burgess), auctioneer and undertaker based on Brewer Street. Hudson was the agent of the Burrage Estate and a Woolwich Town Commissioner in the 1840s, when he opened an auction house on the north side of William Street, which had become the hub of professional Woolwich. By 1860 he was representing Woolwich on the Metropolitan Board of Works and operating from a large Powis Street property (on the site of the east part of Kent House)."CHAPTER 4 – POWIS STREET AND GREEN'S END AREAS (draft)" (PDF). Survey of London: Woolwich. English Heritage. Retrieved 29 June 2012.