Judge and politician. Called to the bar in 1778, he acted for the defence in a number of important cases. In Parliament, he sat in the pocket borough of Downton in Wiltshire, and was promoted to Attorney General, and the Master of the Rolls (the second most senior judge in the country), 1818 until his death.
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Sir Thomas Plumer
Judge. Lord Keeper. Born Exeter. Lived in Essex Street. Died Teddington. Buried in St Mary with St Alban church where he is featured in a modern window.
Ramirez's divorced wife's lover was murdered in Texas in 1998. Ramirez was indicted for solicitation of capital murder. In 1999 he was sentenced to death and executed in 2005.
Person, Law, Race Issues, Tragedy, USA
This was partly based on Magna Carta.
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.
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
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Conductor and composer. Born Stuttgart. Settled in London in 1834. His works include the opera The Lily of Killarney. Died at home, 2 Manchester Square.
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