| Topic: | Sir Montague Sharpe 1857-1942 | |
| Posted by: | John Todd | |
| Date/Time: | 24/07/11 09:50:00 |
| Sir Montagu’s name is inscribed on Brentford Monument, Kew Bridge, the Middlesex Guildhall and elsewhere. He lived at Brent Lodge in Hanwell. Sir Montagu was called to the Bar, was a Brentford Magistrate and a keen lifelong historian of Brentford and Middlesex. Endeavours to trace some of the history of Julius Caesar’s Thames crossing in 54 BC led him to the conclusion that Brentford was the place He vigorously opposed the proposal to site a new sewage works in Syon Park; the existing one at Mogden was enlarged instead. |