Novelist, playwright. Born Somerset. Half-brother to Sir John Fielding. Lived in Bow Street and Essex Street. Play: The Miser. Novels: Joseph Andrews, Tom Jones. As magistrate he carried out a number of reforms including the formation of the 'Bow Street Runners', the first modern police force. Towards the end of his life moved to Ealing. Travelled to Portugal for his health but died near Lisbon and was buried there in the English cemetery at St George's Church.
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Henry Fielding
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Bow Street
Bow Street was formed about 1637. It has been the residence of many notable m...
Essex Street & Essex Hall
This plaque was first erected at 7 Essex Street in 1962 and then re-erected h...
Other Subjects
John James Park
Author of the first History of Hampstead which he published aged 16. Celebrated career in law. Son of Thomas Park.
Doctor's Commons
Also called the College of Civilians, this was a society of lawyers practising civil (as opposed to common) law. The buildings where the court proceedings took place also had a big library and room...
Sir Tasker Watkins
Soldier and judge. Born at 9 Station Terrace, Nelson, Glamorgan. In Normandy, he led an assault on a German machine-gun post. After all the other officers were killed in the approach, he continued ...
Person, Armed Forces, Law, France, Wales
Lord Denman
Thomas Denman was born on 23 February 1779 in London, the eldest son of Dr Thomas Denman (1733-1815) and Elizabeth Denman née Brodie (1746-1833). His life is described in his Wikipedia page which ...
Luis L. Ramirez
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
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