 On This Day 21 July 1777 Henry Ryder, bishop of Lichfield and Coventry was born in Streatham
The son of Nathaniel Ryder first Baron Harrowby of Sandon and Elizabeth. He was educated at Harrow School before being admitted in 1795, as a fellow commoner, at St John's College, Cambridge, where he gained a reputation for literary taste, studious habits, and irreproachable conduct. He graduated MA in 1798 and DD in 1813. (Mark Smith)   On This Day 20 July 1943 Wendy Emerton also known as Wendy Richards was born.
An actress, born at the Municipal Maternity Home, Middlesbrough, on 20 July 1943, the daughter of Henry William Emerton (1892–1954) and his wife, Beatrice Reay, née Cutter (1910–1972), who both ran the Corporation Hotel, Middlesborough. Her parents later ran the Streatham Park Hotel, now called the Furzedown She is best known for her roles in Are you being served? (1973-85) and Eastenders where she was cast in the pivotal role of the downtrodden matriarch Pauline Fowler in the original cast of the BBC soap opera EastEnders. She appeared in more than 1400 episodes, until her character's death in an episode broadcast on Christmas day 2006. (Anthony Haywood)   Brigadier Sir Geoffrey Syvester Peren died On This Day 19 July 1980.
He was born in Streatham in 1892 at Hitherfield Road and was baptised at St Peter's Leigham Court Road An agricultural scientist, university professor, and agricultural college principal, as well as a soldier in the two world wars, serving in the Canadian, British, and New Zealand armies. He was knighted in 1959 for services to agriculture and as head of Massey Agricultural College NZ  The pioneering photographer William Strudwick died On This Day 18 July 1910. He is recorded living at Thurlow Park Rd (No 4 Albany Villas) in the Historic Parish of Streatham Images V&A and Museum of London      On This Day 18 July 1848 the legendary cricketer WG Grace was born. WG Grace played at Streatham Cricket Club and Gracefield Gardens in Streatham is named after him Images of WG Grace at Streatham in 1902  |
