Novelist, playwright. Born Somerset. Half-brother to Sir John Fielding. Lived in Bow Street and Essex Street. Play: The Miser. Novels: Joseph Andrews, Tom Jones. As magistrate he carried out a number of reforms including the formation of the 'Bow Street Runners', the first modern police force. Towards the end of his life moved to Ealing. Travelled to Portugal for his health but died near Lisbon and was buried there in the English cemetery at St George's Church.
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Henry Fielding
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Bow Street
Bow Street was formed about 1637. It has been the residence of many notable m...
Essex Street & Essex Hall
This plaque was first erected at 7 Essex Street in 1962 and then re-erected h...
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Giltspur Street compter
A prison for debtors. The picture is by George Shepherd, brother of Thomas.
1 memorial
Doctor's Commons
Also called the College of Civilians, this was a society of lawyers practising civil (as opposed to common) law. The buildings where the court proceedings took place also had a big library and room...
1 memorial
Edwin Bedford
Co-executor, with Charles Jellicoe, to Mary Gray Ratray who died in 1873. He was a solicitor who lived at 5 Royal Crescent and worked at Haberdasher's Hall. We were shocked to read in The Law Time...
1 memorial
Fig Tree Court
Fig Tree Court , 1515 - 1666, was destroyed in the Great Fire of London, rebuilt in 1679 and again destroyed by enemy action 1940.
1 memorial
Robert Davis
Solicitor and Westminster Councillor. Mayor of Westminster 1996/97.
1 memorial
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