J. J. Sexby

John James Sexby VD (known as JJ Sexby) (15 July 1847 – 10 May 1924) was a British civil servant who served as the first Chief Officer for Parks for the London County Council from 1892 to 1909, and was responsible for the creation of many of London's late Victorian and Edwardian parks.

[5] When letters of administration were granted to Sexby in 1868 for his mother's personal estate and effects, his address was given as 46 Thorne Road, South Lambeth.

[7] (In that year the 19th Surrey Rifle Volunteer Corps acquired the Braganza Street drill hall, a short distance from Thorne Road.)

[18] By the late 1880s, the MBW had been mired in a number of corruption scandals[19] and, in 1889, it was replaced by the London County Council as a result of the Local Government Act 1888.

[41] In the following year's census, he is recorded as a boarder at the Haddon Hall Hydro Hotel in the spa town of Buxton; his occupation is given as 'Retired Lt-Colonel'.

At the time of his death his address was Melbourne House, 79 Worple Road, Wimbledon, and he was described as the Late Lieut-Col John James Sexby, 4th VB Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment, VD.

She notes that the measure of his success is that he set standards in public park design and management worldwide that still prevail.

The Old English Garden in Southwark Park was opened in 1936 and named in honour of Sexby, but in 1942 it was renamed after Ada Salter following her death that year.