Lawyer and statesman. Born 3 Bury Street, died at home at 32 Curzon Street.
2018: A critical Londonist article gives: "A government enquiry found the politician Rufus Isaacs guilty of 'grave impropriety' for awarding contracts to his buddies."
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Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading
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Rufus Isaacs
Greater London Council Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading, 1860 - 1935, l...
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Tyburn tree
The first recorded execution here was the hanging of the champion of London's poor, William Fitz Osbern in 1196. Back then there may have been a real tree but in 1571 the 'Tyburn Tree' was erected....
5 memorials
St Mary Rotherhithe watch-house
The building, situated close to the church of St Mary the Virgin, was used by a watchman or constable whose job was to to look out for wrongdoers; particularly grave-robbers or 'Resurrection Men' a...
1 memorial
Lord Bingham of Cornhill
Born as Thomas Henry Bingham on 13 October 1933, his birth was registered in the Marylebone registration district. Appointed to the High Court Bench (Queen's Bench Division) in 1980; a Lord Justic...
2 memorials
Lieutenant Felix Ernest Jones, MC
Felix Ernest Jones was born on 27 May 1888, a son of William Jones (1855-1925) and Madeline Mary Jones née Weiss (1857-1914). His birth was registered in the Edmonton registration district, Middles...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Cannon Hall
A Queen Anne mansion. The name probably refers to the whole estate at the time, not just the house. About 1730, when the house was used as a court, a lock-up was built into the garden wall. Gerald ...
1 memorial
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Millennium Measure
EC4, Millennium Bridge, Under the bridge
This monument is a tall, triangular, pyramidal, glass case containing a steel rule, 2 metres long, marked off in millimetres. That's a p...
1 subject commemorated,
3 creators
Ahmed Ali Kanoo
He appears in a list of "World's Richest People," Forbes 1996/8 and as a member of the 'Bahrain Monetary Council' in 1965. A tree seems somewhat inadequate.
1 memorial
Mercury Theatre
Founded by Ashley Dukes as a new stage for plays by poets. The plaque gives 1931 as the start date, but Wikipedia gives 1933. Possibly for those first 3 years it was a home for the Ballet Club an...
1 memorial
King's Wardrobe
EC4, Wardrobe Place, 5
This must be the most surreal street in London. It has pavements and kerbs, and a cobbled road-way. So far, so good, but the pavement is ...
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
1 memorial
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