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The son of Robert Jolly, a prominent local Liberal Party politician, and member of Woolwich Local Board. Jolly entered the family's business as a building contractor and tile and brick-maker. Resident in Rectory Place, Woolwich, he later moved to Plumstead Common, where housing was developed on the site of former brickfields. Active in the temperance movement, he co-founded the Woolwich and Plumstead Coffee Taverns Company. The company opened the Duke of Connaught Coffee Tavern and Royal Assembly Rooms in 1881 in New Road, Woolwich. He subsequently moved to Lee, where he died in 1907, aged 75.

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  • John Robert Jolly
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  • The son of Robert Jolly, a prominent local Liberal Party politician, and member of Woolwich Local Board. Jolly entered the family's business as a building contractor and tile and brick-maker. Resident in Rectory Place, Woolwich, he later moved to Plumstead Common, where housing was developed on the site of former brickfields. Active in the temperance movement, he co-founded the Woolwich and Plumstead Coffee Taverns Company. The company opened the Duke of Connaught Coffee Tavern and Royal Assembly Rooms in 1881 in New Road, Woolwich. He subsequently moved to Lee, where he died in 1907, aged 75.
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  • The son of Robert Jolly, a prominent local Liberal Party politician, and member of Woolwich Local Board. Jolly entered the family's business as a building contractor and tile and brick-maker. Resident in Rectory Place, Woolwich, he later moved to Plumstead Common, where housing was developed on the site of former brickfields. Active in the temperance movement, he co-founded the Woolwich and Plumstead Coffee Taverns Company. The company opened the Duke of Connaught Coffee Tavern and Royal Assembly Rooms in 1881 in New Road, Woolwich. Jolly was a member of the Metropolitan Board of Works from 1881–89, nominated by Woolwich Vestry. The Metropolitan Board was abolished in 1889, with its functions taken over by the newly-created London County Council. In 1892 he was elected as an Independent Progressive member of the council, representing Woolwich until 1895. He subsequently moved to Lee, where he died in 1907, aged 75.
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