Person    | Male  Born 14/2/1768  Died 1/3/1845

Sir John Gurney

Sir John Gurney

Judge. Chief Baron of the Exchequer. Born London. Married Maria Hawes (1767-1849). Died at his house in Lincoln's Inn Fields.

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Sir John Gurney

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Burdett-Coutts Memorial Sundial

This elaborate piece of high Victoriana was designed by George Highton of Bri...

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Sir John Gurney

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transportation to Australia

transportation to Australia

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Thomas Godfrey Baynes

Thomas Godfrey Baynes

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Person, Law, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Lord Bingham of Cornhill

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...

Person, Law, Wales

2 memorials
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
Lord Lyndhurst

Lord Lyndhurst

Lawyer and politician. Born John Singleton Copley in Boston, Massachusetts and brought to England aged 3. He served as an MP for several constituencies and was Lord Chancellor three times. As solic...

Person, Law, Politics & Administration, USA

1 memorial