Wallingford/Jarlov Family Trees

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Mr. George Thomas London

Mr. George Thomas London was born in Wellington, in 1800, being the grandson of one of Wellington's earliest ratepayers, before the borough became a city.

As a boy he was employed by Brogdens, a firm which had the contract for the construction of the railway line from Wellington to the Hutt Valley. At the conclusion of this work, when the line was handed over to the New Zealand Government, Mr. London also transferred his services to the Railway Department, becoming the first, and at the time sole clerk, in the railway workshops' office. Mr. London resigned from the railway service to enter into business on his own account, and quickly distinguished himself; one of his many interests being the ownership and editorship of the Hutt and Petone Chronicle. Public life occupied much of his time. In 1903 he was appointed a trustee of the Wellington Hospital Board, retaining the position continuously till 1912. (In 1909 the method of hospital control was changed to the board system). Perhaps Mr. London's greatest work was as an educationist. On the subject of education he held advanced views. He served on the Wellington Education Board from 191(5 to 1930, was one of the foundation members of the Board of Governors of the Hutt Valley High School, remaining on the Board till 1930, was for many years and up to his death a member of the Hutt Valley Memorial Technical College. He occupied the Mayoral Chair from 1903 to 1907, and it was during his period of service that the municipal buildings were erected. He is survived by his widow and two sons, the eldest of whom is the present mayor, and the proud possessor of a silver cradle given to his father on the occasion of his birth, by the then councillors of the borough.