Barrister and judge. Born Colchester. Never went to university but on gaining an inheritance entered law. MP for Deptford. QC and then judge. Became 1st Baron Darling in 1924. Died Hampshire.
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Lord Justice Charles John Darling
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Foyles - William Foyle
Lord Justice Darling was in the shop. He offered me 4 shillings for a book m...
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Dieter Bock
Hans-Dieter Bock, or Dieter Bock, was born on 3 March 1939 in Dessau, the capital of the Free State of Anhalt. (This later became the German Democratic Republic and is now Germany). Having fled wi...
4 memorials
Giltspur Street compter
A prison for debtors. The picture is by George Shepherd, brother of Thomas.
1 memorial
Major Brett Cloutman, VC
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Brett Mackay Cloutman VC MC KC was a British Army officer. Son of A. B. Cloutman. Educated at Berkhamsted School, Bishop's Stortford College and London University where he wa...
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Watch House in Hampstead
A watch house was an early form of local police station. Soon after the formation of the Hampstead police force in 1829, prisoners were kept in the Watch House at the top of Holly Walk.
1 memorial
Tun prison, Cornhill
The Sole Society say The Tun "stood here between 1283 and 1401 and was used in the main to incarcerate ‘street walkers and lewd women’. Stocks and a pillory replaced it and in 1703 Daniel Defoe, wh...
1 memorial
Previously viewed
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Sir Nicholas Winton
Sir Nicholas George Winton MBE was a British banker and humanitarian who established an organisation to rescue children at risk from Nazi Germany. Born to German-Jewish parents who had emigrated to...
1 memorial
Olympic Games - 2012
See also 2012 Paralympics. The first event was held on 25 July in Cardiff but the opening ceremony in London was on the 27th. Closing ceremony 12 August.
13 memorials
Jenny Agutter
Actor. Born Jennifer Ann Agutter in Taunton, Somerset. Best remembered for playing the role of 'Bobbie' in the 1970 film version of the Railway Children. She had played the same role in a televisio...
1 memorial
Ernie Lotinga
Comedian and film actor. Born Sunderland. Best known for a series of films in which he played a character, Josser, in the 1930s. T. S. Eliot was a big fan. Died London. British Pathe have some...
1 memorial
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