Person    | Male  Born 30/6/1758  Died 10/10/1832

James Stephen

Anti-slavery campaigner. Born Dorset. Trained in law and worked for a time in the Carribean where he saw the cruelty to slaves and became an abolitionist. The death of his first wife deepened his religious convictions. He moved to Clapham and became involved in the Clapham Sect to the extent of making William Wilberforce's sister his second wife.  Great-grandfather of Virginia Woolf. Died at Bath.

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James Stephen

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Holy Trinity Clapham - Clapham Sect

The damage on this plaque is the result of WW2 bombs.

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Old Hall, Lincoln's Inn

Old Hall, Lincoln's Inn

The construction was partly funded by a sharp increase in the fine for "fornicating with a woman in chambers".

Building, Law

1 memorial
Captain Egerton Lowndes Wright, MC

Captain Egerton Lowndes Wright, MC

Egerton Lowndes Wright was born on 15 November 1885 in Lytham, Lancashire, the second of the four children of Henry Lowndes Wright (1854-1940) and Alice Maud Wright née Eckersley (1861-1914). His W...

Person, Armed Forces, Law, Sport / Games, France

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Paul Percy Harris

Paul Percy Harris

Lawyer and co-founder of Rotary International. Born in Racine, Wisconsin. He started practising law in 1896 in Chicago. He began to consider the benefits of the formation of a social organisation f...

Person, Benefactor, Law, USA

1 memorial
First Baron Aberconway

First Baron Aberconway

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

1 memorial
Tun prison, Cornhill

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...

Place, Law

1 memorial