Mrs Henry Foreman
Sir Henry Foreman OBE (7 June 1852 – 11 April 1924) was a British Conservative politician. He was the mayor of Hammersmith and he married twice. His second wife and mayoress, Lucy Beatrice (née Randall), was the first President of Hammersmith Ladies Swimming Club. Biography ''Lady Foreman, Wife of Sir Henry Foreman (Mayor)'' (unknown artist) Foreman was the son of Edwin George Foreman and Amelia Cox of Campden Hill, Kensington, London. He married first in 1893 and he became deeply involved in the municipal politics of Hammersmith. From 1913 to 1920 he was mayor of the Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith, and was an alderman on the borough council from 1918. Foreman married firstly in 1873 Marion, (died 1893), daughter of William Howe, of Kensington. He married his second wife, Lucy Beatrice Randall, daughter of A. J. Randall, in 1901. She became his mayoress and was the founding President of the Hammersmith Ladies Swimming Club in 1916. During the First World War Foreman wa ...
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Order Of The British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established on 4 June 1917 by King George V and comprises five classes across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two of which make the recipient either a knight if male or dame if female. There is also the related British Empire Medal, whose recipients are affiliated with, but not members of, the order. Recommendations for appointments to the Order of the British Empire were originally made on the nomination of the United Kingdom, the self-governing Dominions of the Empire (later Commonwealth) and the Viceroy of India. Nominations continue today from Commonwealth countries that participate in recommending British honours. Most Commonwealth countries ceased recommendations for appointments to the Order of the British Empire when they ...
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