Francis Fowler (architect)

He was a member of the Metropolitan Board of Works (MBW, the predecessor of the London County Council) for Lambeth Vestry from 1868 until his resignation in 1888.

Fowler was considered to be a "pillar" of the MBW, and was chairman of the movement to abolish tolls for bridges across the Thames, for which he had done "important and useful work".

[9] Rumours circulated that Saunders had exploited his position as an MBW member to obtain commissions for architectural work.

The Financial News had hinted that his role as an architect on the London Pavilion and the Metropole and Grand Hotels in Northumberland Avenue were "simply because of his position" at the MBW.

Fowler and Saunders were both members of the Building Acts Committee and both were on its five-man theatres subcommittee.

[10] He left to his son Sydney his leasehold house in Fleet Street and to Mary Laura Ray, £200, his household effects and a lifetime annuity of £200.