James Ebenezer Saunders III (3 February 1830 - 24 November 1909) was an architect and local politician. He did much work for the Metropolitan Board of Works, of which he was a member, leading to a corruption scandal, formal investigation, and the board's abolition. He was the great-grandson of James Saunders (died 1831, [1]), a successful fish merchant who had moved from Harwich, Essex to London and become a leading member of the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers and member of the Corporation of London.
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| - James Ebenezer Saunders III (3 February 1830 - 24 November 1909) was an architect and local politician. He did much work for the Metropolitan Board of Works, of which he was a member, leading to a corruption scandal, formal investigation, and the board's abolition. He was the great-grandson of James Saunders (died 1831, [1]), a successful fish merchant who had moved from Harwich, Essex to London and become a leading member of the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers and member of the Corporation of London.
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| - James Ebenezer Saunders III (3 February 1830 - 24 November 1909) was an architect and local politician. He did much work for the Metropolitan Board of Works, of which he was a member, leading to a corruption scandal, formal investigation, and the board's abolition. He was the great-grandson of James Saunders (died 1831, [1]), a successful fish merchant who had moved from Harwich, Essex to London and become a leading member of the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers and member of the Corporation of London. He trained as an architect, and was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1866. He succeeded his father as Deputy of Dowgate Ward on the City corporation, subsequently serving as deputy for Coleman Street Ward from 1856 until 1887 when he became the ward's alderman. He was a leading member of the City's Commission of Sewers. Saunders was member of six livery companies and was Master of the Worshipful Company of Wheelwrights in 1873-1874 and 1892-1893 and of the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights in 1884-85. In 1863 he was nominated by the City corporation to be a member of the Metropolitan Board of Works holding his seat until 1885. In 1876 he was elected to the London School Board as one of the representatives for the Greenwich Division, as a member of the majority group on the board that supported the building of non-denominational schools. He was re-elected in 1879 and 1882. Between 1880 and 1886 he made three attempts to win parliamentary seats on behalf of the Liberal Party without success.
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