Sir Edward Henry, 1850 - 1931, Metropolitan Police Commissioner 1903 - 1918, and pioneer of fingerprint identification, lived here, 1903 - 1920.
English Heritage
W8, Sheffield Terrace, 19
In 1912 this doorstep was the site of an assassination attempt. Henry arrived home to be met by a gunman, a disgruntled cab driver who'd been refused a licence.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Sir Edward Henry
Metropolitan Police Commissioner 1903 - 1918, pioneer of fingerprint identifi...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Sir Edward Henry
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This plaque is no longer on display.
Lord Hugh Jenkins, 1908 - 2004, Putney MP, 1964- 1979, Minister for the Arts, lived at Kenilworth Court. The Putney Society
We think this may have been the sign giving the name of a ward at the hospital. It would fit in a fan-light above a door very nicely.
Ex-pupil Brian Longman tells us that these two stone plaques, all that remain of the school, were above the entrances. They must have bee...
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