Sir Edward Henry, 1850 - 1931, Metropolitan Police Commissioner 1903 - 1918, and pioneer of fingerprint identification, lived here, 1903 - 1920.
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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
A lovely and unusual plaque - we cannot discover when, nor by whom, it was er...
The plaque seems to be attempting to justify the presence here of these bits ...
Site of St. Margaret's Church (13th century) and the Borough Compter.Historic...
