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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Richard Brandon
King Charles I's alleged executioner. Buried in St Mary Matfalon churchyard.
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
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
Kenny ‘Zulu’ Whitmore
From a 2008 interview with Carrie Reichardt: "Black Panther Kenny ‘Zulu’ Whitmore has been locked up since 1975 in Angola, one of the most brutal prisons in the USA, also known as ‘the last slave p...
Person, Law, Race Issues, Tragedy, USA
2 memorials
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Sir Arthur Harris, "Bomber Harris"
Marshal of the Royal Air Force BT, GCB, OBE, AFC. Born Cheltenham. Died at home at Goring-on-Thames. Appointed Commander-in-Chief, Bomber Command in 1942. He quickly made his command very success...
1 memorial
Hanbury Hall - tiled plaque
E1, Hanbury Street, 22, Hanbury Community Centre
These 20 Delft tiles are decorated with scenes and symbols important in Huguenot history, such as early church buildings in the area and ...
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Ping Pong
Sport. Also known as gossima, indoor tennis, table tennis, wiff-waff or whiff-whaff. The John Jaques and Son Company were producing equipment in the 1890s, and patented the game in 1901. Its origi...
1 memorial
W. Bryer & Sons
Gold refiners and assayers who occupied 53 and 54 Barbican. One of the few buildings in the area to survive the incendiary bombing in December 1940, it was demolished in 1962. In 2009 Yellow Page...
1 memorial
Robert J. Halligan
United Kingdom citizen who died in the terrorist attacks in America on 11 September 2001. Robert John Halligan was born on 11 June 1942 in Amersham, Buckinghamshire. He was a son of William John H...
1 memorial
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