Treasurer of Lincoln's Inn in December 1989.
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Bloody Assizes
A series of trials which started at Winchester in the aftermath of the Battle of Sedgemoor, which ended the Monmouth Rebellion. Further trials took place at Salisbury, Dorchester and Taunton, and i...
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Alfred George Marten
Son of Robert Giles Marten. Admitted to Inner Temple in 1852 and became a QC, County Court Judge and knighted in 1896. MP for Cambridge. Was Treasurer of the Temple in 1893. Died St Leonard's on Sea.
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King's Bench Prison
Established in medieval times as a place to hold prisoners of the King's Bench court, primarily debtors. It was originally sited in Angel Place, off Borough High Street, just north of what is now J...
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Furnival's Inn
One of the two Inns attached to Lincoln's Inn, the other being Thavie's Inn (which has a street and building just south of Holborn Circus). At Staple Inn we share with you our meagre understanding ...
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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...
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Normansfield Asylum
See Lost Hospitals of London for an excellent history of this hospital. Briefly: The White House, a mansion with 5 acres of grounds, was built in 1866. Dr Langdon Down and his wife Mary bought it ...
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Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company
E15, Silverton Way, Canning Town bus station
The monument, created by sculptor Richard Kindersley, comprises a number of concrete panels, bolted together with rivets to give the impr...
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William Burdett-Coutts
Born of British stock in America as William Lehman Ashmead-Bartlett. On his father's death the family moved to England in 1852. In 'The Story of Holly Lodge' by Margaret Downing, March 2009, we le...
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RNH - Princess Louise
N7, Manor Gardens, Royal Northern Gardens
In 1997, as a condition of developing the RNH site, Bellway Homes (the developer) was required to create one acre of public open space - ...
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