What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Aretas Akers-Douglas GBE PC JP DL 1851-1926 Home Secretary 1st Viscount Chilston Baron Douglas of Baads born here Recorded plaque organisation: West Malling Blue Plaques Group, Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council.
Aretas Akers-Douglas, 1st Viscount Chilston, served as Home Secretary from 1905 to 1916 and was known for his work in penal reform and his role during the suffragette movement.
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