Lawyer. Born in Wyndham Place, Bryanston Square, son of Benjamin Cohen and nephew of Moses Montefiore. Studied maths and became the first practising Jew to graduate from Cambridge. Admitted to Inner Temple in 1853 and became a QC in 1874. Was Treasurer of the Temple in 1894. MP in Southwark. Important active member of the London Jewish community. Died 26 Great Cumberland Place.
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Arthur Cohen
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Justice for Lai Dai Han
This group campaigns for an independent UN-led investigation into allegations of widespread sexual violence by South Korean soldiers during the Vietnam War. The group commissioned the Mother and Ch...
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Borough Compter
Courthouse and prison. The building was part of St Margaret's Church, which was closed during the reformation. It burned down in 1676 and was rebuilt in 1685. The functions moved to a new building ...
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Francis Percy Hodes
Justice of the Peace and Chairman of the Penge Urban District Council 1921 - 22. In 1937, when was elected as one of the County Aldermen for Kent he was described as a retired engineer and his add...
1 memorial
Sophie Hannah Marguerite Hosking, MBE
Sophie Hannah Marguerite Hosking and Katherine Sarah Copeland (b.1990) won the gold medal in the 2012 Olympics in the Rowing: Lightweight - Women's Double Sculls, held at Dorney Lake, Court Lane, o...
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Lieutenant Arthur James Austen-Cartmell
Arthur James Austen-Cartmell was born on 24 April 1893, the eldest of the three children of James Austen Cartmell (1862-1921) and Mary Affleck Cartmell née Peacock (1860-1906). Civil Registration B...
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Robert Nesta Marley, singer, lyricist and Rastafarian icon. His reggae songs include: No Woman, No cry, One Love, I Shot the Sherriff. Born in Jamaica. Marley was invited by American singer Johnny...
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Mrs Laurence Evans
Laurence Evans was a theatrical agent with many famous clients including Laurence Olivier. Evans's fourth and last wife, Mary Campion, remained his wife for 42 years, until his death in 2002.
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Lisa Pontecorvo
Killed at the junction of Madras Place and Holloway Road. Run over by a cement mixer while wheeling her bicycle across the Holloway Road. The traffic had stopped, she walked her bike across and the...
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Lord George Cavendish Bentinck
Grandson of the 3rd Duke of Portland. Member of Parliament for Kings Lynn. Private secretary to George Canning, his uncle. Voted for the Reform Bill and as head of the Protectionist Party opposed ...
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
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