The King's Bench, as opposed to, The Common Bench, was initially where the King, with his advisors, would hear and decide on matters requiring his involvement. In some form it dates back to King Alfred. At first it could sit wherever the King happened to be but by 1421 it had settled permanently in Westminster Hall. In 1882 it moved to the Royal Courts of Justice in Strand. See also the King's Bench Prison.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
King's Bench
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Westminster Hall - William Wallace + Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee
{Top plaque:} Near this spot, at the Kings Bench at the South end of the Hall...
Other Subjects
Henry Jerrold Randall Lane, CBE
Henry Jerrold Randall Lane was born on 29 April 1898. He married Elizabeth Kathleen Coulborn (1905-1988) in the 1st quarter of 1926 in the South Manchester registration district, Lancashire. (See ...
1 memorial
George Goldney-Cary, B.A.
Barrister. 1893 co-churchwarden of St Mary's Willesden Green. 1894 lived in Stonebridge Park and was involved in the development of Wallwood, Leytonstone. He was born on 28 February 1840 in Pimlic...
1 memorial
Sir William Bull
Conservative MP for Hammersmith / Hammersmith South, 1900-29. William James Bull was the son of Henry Bull, a solicitor. He sat on the committees for the repairs to the Palace of Westminster, and f...
1 memorial
Stanley Bean Atkinson
Barrister-at-law, Stepney Borough Councillor, guardian of the poor, member of Metropolitan Asylums Board. On top of his legal qualifications he also studied medicine at St Bartholomew's. Died aged ...
1 memorial
Lord Justice Charles John Darling
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.
1 memorial
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Tagore
NW3, Vale of Health, 3, Villas on the Heath
Tagore rented the house for about 3 weeks or a few months (depending on source) on one of him many visits to Britain.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Lance Corporal Arthur Stephen Bradbury
Arthur Stephen Bradbury was born in 1896 in Sunbury, Middlesex (now Surrey), the fourth of at least nine children of John Bradbury (1863-1933) and Annie Bradbury née Skipper (1865-1922). His birth ...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Regent Street Polytechnic
Initially known as the Young Men's Christian Institute this was founded by Quentin Hogg out of the ruins of the Royal Polytechnic Institution.
3 memorials
Sir William Molesworth, 8th Baronet
MP, Secretary of State for the Colonies 1855. Born Upper Brook Street. 1835 financed the launch of publication, the London Review and its merger with the Westminster Review. Co-founder of the Refo...
1 memorial
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