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January 29, 2019 | The Vermilion Voice

Mannville’s Lord Mayor Of London

Craig Baird Columnist

Many famous people have come from Mannville, i n c l u d i n g h o c key players and actors, but there was one individual who was born in the community on June 28, 1929, that would go on to have a great deal of success in life. Peter Drury Haggerston Gadsden was born in Mannville when his father, Basil Claude Gadsden, was serving as a missionary priest in the community. Basil and his wife Mabel would have three children, of which Peter was the oldest. Prior to coming to Canada, Basil had been ordained in Australia and served in the East End of London. For the first five years of his life, Peter would live in Mannville with his family before the entire family moved back to England and began living at a rectory in Shropshire. Educated at several schools and at Wrekin College, Peter would serve in the National

Service and study geology and mineralogy at Jesus College, Cambridge. In 1952, after graduating, he began working for Fergusson Wild and Company as a minerals trader. Known as Trader Gadsden, he would be very successful in his position and would set up his own mineral consultancy in the 1960s and then become a managing director of an Australian mining company. In 1955, he would marry Belinda Ann Haggerston, the eldest daughter of Sir Carnaby Haggerston, and they would have four daughters together. Through his life, Peter would serve as an honory Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy and a member of both Lloyd’s of London and the London Metal Exchange. He was also a member of seven livery companies and served as the founder master of the Worshipful Company of Engineers from 1983 to 1985. In 1969, he was elected to the Court of the Common Council and was appointed as the Sheriff of the City of London in 1970.

In 1971, he became an alderman for the Information for this column comes from ward of Farringdon Without, and would Wikipedia. remain as alderman until 1999. In 1979, he was appointed as the Lord Mayor of London and would remain in the position until 1980. On his election, he was invested as a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire. This allowed him to be called Sir Peter Gadsden. As Lord Mayor, he held a firework display on the River Thames at the climax of the Lord Mayor’s Show. This has now become a regular feature of the event. From 1984 to 1986, he was the chairman of the Private Pensions Plan, and he would be awarded an honorary Company of the Order of Australia, the highest honour in the country, for his work on the Britain-Australia Bicentennial Committee. Despite living in England for most of his life, he would always retain his citizenship to Canada, and he worked hard to foster a better relationship between Canada and England. He would die of a heart attack on Dec. 4, 2006. Peter Gadsden. Photo submitted

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In Loving Memory

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In Loving Memory of our Special Grandfather

January 28, 1989

In Loving Memory of our Dad There is a bridge of memories from here to heaven above that keeps you very close to us, It's called the bridge of love. As time goes by without you and days are now 30 years, They hold a million memories and a thousand silent tears. To us you were so special, what more is there to say? Except to wish with all our hearts, That you were here today. We hold you close within our hearts, And there you will remain, To walk with us throughout our lives until we meet again. Ever remembered and sadly missed by

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The treasure of your memory Papa will never fade or die. In silence we will shed a tear and ask the reason why, God called your name so softly that only you could hear And no one heard the footsteps of the angels drawing near. As each and every day goes by we think of you awhile, And always in our hearts we will keep the memory of your smile. It broke our hearts to lose you, but you didn't go alone, For part of us went with you the day God called you home. The flowers and leaves may wither, The golden sun may set, But the hearts that truly loved you Are the ones that won't forget. God bless you Papa, 'til we meet again.

Forever in our hearts with love, your Grandchildren, Lori, Alysha, Breanne, Joel, Mark, Darcie and

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