George Hudson his time as Mayor of York is still displayed in the York Mansion House, once found in the basement and currently at the top of the main staircase. The painting has itself survived the years following his fall from grace in remarkable condition, but its frame, bearing a description of his accomplishments and titles has been disfigured, thought to be the work of disgruntled successors. George Hudson George Hudson (probably 10 March 1800 – 14 December 1871) was an English railway financier and politician who, because he controlled a significant part of the railway network in the 1840s, became known
George Cooper (Bermondsey MP) had succeeded Cooper on the LCC, stood as an Independent Labour Party candidate. The local Liberal organisation in the constituency had been heavily dependent on Cooper and his son, who had run the 1906 campaign. Weakened by his absence, and with the non-Conservative vote split, the Conservative candidate won the seat. However, the Liberals regained it within months, at the general election in January 1910. George Cooper (Bermondsey MP) George Joseph Cooper (1844 – 7 October 1909) was a British Liberal Party politician in London. He qualified as a doctor in 1867 and became a GP with a house and