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 Fawkes and his co-conspirators in 1605.
c. 1594 occupied Friary House, N20.
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John Popham
Friary House Friary Park opened to the public on Saturday 7th May 1910 after ...
Law reformer. Born in Frith Street. Solicitor-General 1806. Caroline's Miscellany has done the research on his campaign to reduce the number of crimes with a mandatory death penalty. Kept 2 pet le...
High Commissioner for Australia 1964-72. Known as Alick and not to be confused with his son, Alexander John Gosse Downer (b.1951) who was also High Commissioner from 2014 to 2018. Our Picture Sou...
Person, Armed Forces, Law, Politics & Administration, Australia
Born Lancashire but brought up in London. A friend of Jeremy Bentham, Bentham dying in his arms. Chadwick's major achievement was the 1842 publication of the Poor Law Commissioners' "Report on the ...
Legal group established with the objectives of working towards the elimination of racial discrimination within the legal profession and the achievement of true equality of opportunity and equal acc...
Politician. Born Charles Benjamin Bright McLaren in Edinburgh. He began his career in journalism before turning to the law. Elected as an M.P. in 1880. Member of the Privy Council. Became Baron Abe...
Person, Industry, Journalism / Publishing, Law, Politics & Administration, Scotland, Wales
