| abstract | - Charles Pearce (c.1889 - 5 October 1982) was a school teacher and local politician. He was at various times a Governor of Dulwich College from 1945-73, Alleyn's School, James Allen's Girls' School and St. Dunstan's College and Chairman of The Dulwich Estate Governors from 1958-1960. He was at different times President and General Secretary of the London Teachers' Association, part of the National Union of Teachers. Was a member of the London County Council representing Camberwell, Dulwich from November 1938 when he was elected unopposed to fill a vacant seat until 1958. He sat as a Municipal Reform Party councillor until 1946 when the Municipal Reformers adopted the Conservative Party label. He held the position of Deputy Chairman of the London County Council for 1949 – 1950. He was awarded the OBE in the New Years' Honours 1952 for "political and public services in London". A vice-president of the Dulwich Society, he died at St Christopher's Hospice, Sydenham, aged 93, and donated his body to science.
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