Jabez Balfour the memorial plaques at Croydon University Hospital (formerly Mayday Hospital). Croydon Road and Tamworth Road in Arthur's Hill, Newcastle upon Tyne, were built using funds invested in the Liberator Building Society and named in tribute to Balfour. Jabez Balfour Jabez Spencer Balfour (4 September 1843 – 23 February 1916) was an English businessman, British Liberal Party politician and fraudster. Balfour was born in Marylebone, London to James and Clara Lucas Balfour. He was Member of Parliament for Tamworth from 1880 to 1885, and for Burnley from 1889 to 1893. Balfour was also interested in local politics in his home town
George Hardy (Liberal politician) George Hardy (Liberal politician) George Alexander Hardy (29 December 1851 – 2 October 1920) was an English businessman and Liberal Party politician who served for many years as a councillor in South London, and briefly as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Stowmarket division of Suffolk. Hardy was born in the Islington district of North London, and went into business in the City of London. He was a member of the Greenwich Vestry, and later served as a councillor on Camberwell Borough Council. In the March 1901 elections for the London County Council, Hardy was elected as a Progressive