Building    From 1791  To 1854

Giltspur Street compter

Categories: Law

A prison for debtors. The picture is by George Shepherd, brother of Thomas.

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Giltspur Street compter

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Giltspur Street compter

Site of the Giltspur Street Compter, demolished 1854. The Corporation of the...

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Sir Henry Rider Haggard

Sir Henry Rider Haggard

Novelist. Born at Wood Farm, West Bradenham, Norfolk. At the age of nineteen he was sent to Natal to serve the Lieutenant-Governor, as his father said he was only fit to be a greengrocer. He achiev...

Person, Law, Literature, South Africa

1 memorial
Pilot Officer Anthony Sainte Croix Rose, BA

Pilot Officer Anthony Sainte Croix Rose, BA

Anthony Sainte Croix Rose was born on 17 February 1910 in Chipperfield, Hertfordshire, the son of Harcourt George Sainte Croix Rose (1883-1955) and Florence Norah Rose née Deane (1884-1970). The bi...

Person, Armed Forces, Law

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Felix Arthur Davis

Felix Arthur Davis

Felix Arthur Davis was born in Molesey, Surrey, the ninth of the ten children of Frederick Davis (1826-1899) and Eliza Davis née Falcke (1825-1898). His birth was registered in the 3rd quarter of 1...

Person, Law, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
John Popham

John Popham

Born Somerset.  Speaker of the House of Commons 1580-3, Attorney General, 1581-92, and Lord Chief Justice of England 1592 - 1607. Presided at the trials of Sir Walter Raleigh in 1603 and of Guy Faw...

Person, Law, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Sir Thomas Plumer

Sir Thomas Plumer

Judge and politician. Called to the bar in 1778, he acted for the defence in a number of important cases. In Parliament, he sat in the pocket borough of Downton in Wiltshire, and was promoted to At...

Person, Law, Politics & Administration

1 memorial