Law reformer. Born in Frith Street. Solicitor-General 1806. Caroline's Miscellany has done the research on his campaign to reduce the number of crimes with a mandatory death penalty. Kept 2 pet leeches. Suffering intense grief he died by suicide, at 21 Russell Square, a few days after his wife's death.
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Sir Samuel Romilly
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Samuel Romilly - Gray's Inn Square
Sir Samuel Romilly, Knt., Solicitor-General 1806, occupied chambers here, 177...
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John Compton Lawrance, QC, MP
High Court Judge. Came from Lincolnshire. From Plymounth Law Review we learn: "John Lawrance was Conservative MP for South Lincolnshire for ten years, from 1880 to 1890, until his appointment as ...
1 memorial
Watch House in Hampstead
A watch house was an early form of local police station. Soon after the formation of the Hampstead police force in 1829, prisoners were kept in the Watch House at the top of Holly Walk.
1 memorial
Ali Mohammed Abbas
Barrister and one of the founders of Pakistan. Ali Mohammed Abbas was born on 1 January 1922 in West Bengal, India (now Pakistan) and according to the Open University website he came to London tow...
Person, Law, Nationalism, Politics & Administration, India, Pakistan
1 memorial
Chrystal MacMillan
Liberal politician, barrister, and NUWSS, and internationalist. Jessie Chrystal Macmillan was a suffragist, peace activist, barrister, feminist and the first female science graduate from the Unive...
Person, Gender Issues, Law, Peace, Politics & Administration, Scotland
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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Henry the Navigator statue
SW1, Belgrave Square, Opposite West Halkin Street
The origin of the statue is mysterious, as it was erected more than fifty years after the sculptor's death. Wikipedia says it was made in...
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
John Christopher Smith
W1, Carlisle Street, 6
The dates on the plaque confuse Smith (1712 - 1795) with his father, Johann Christoph Schmidt (1683–1762/3), also confusingly later known...
1 subject commemorated
Sir Humphry Davy
Chemist. Born Penzance. Wrote "Researches, Chemical and Philosophical". Discovered potassium, sodium, barium, strontium, etc. Invented the safety lamp for coal miners.
1 memorial
Network Rail
Government-created owner and operator of most of the rail infrastructure in Great Britain. It superseded Railtrack P.L.C.
9 memorials
Lieutenant Colonel Wilson Victor Edwards
Wilson Victor Edwards was born on 19 July 1918 in Los Angeles, California, USA the fifth of the six children of James Barrett Edwards (1877-1952) and Emory Bertie Edwards née Wilson (1880-1929). Hi...
War served, WW2
1 memorial
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