Born Somerset. Speaker of the House of Commons 1580-3, Attorney General, 1581-92, and Lord Chief Justice of England 1592 - 1607. Presided at the trials of Sir Walter Raleigh in 1603 and of Guy Fawkes and his co-conspirators in 1605.
c. 1594 occupied Friary House, N20.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
John Popham
Friary House Friary Park opened to the public on Saturday 7th May 1910 after ...
Alderman in the Borough of Hammersmith in 1948. Our colleague Andrew Behan has researched this man: Frederick Brader was born about 1880 and in late 1914 he married Lilian Soper in Fulham, their s...
Serial Chairman. Chair of the Soho Housing Association in 1990. In view of the number of companies and groups that he's run, we're pretty sure we've got the right man. He was born on 20 July 1933 ...
Person, Armed Forces, Law, Liveries & Guilds, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration
Author of the first History of Hampstead which he published aged 16. Celebrated career in law. Son of Thomas Park.
Anthony Roger Mellows was an English solicitor, academic and British Army officer. Lord Prior of the Order of St John, 2008 - 2014. 1969 he received the Territorial Decoration (TD) awarded for long...
We thank our colleague Alan Patient for these photos. A few houses to the east at number 14, there is some impressive topiary. And with ...
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Unveiled in Adams's lifetime which puts him in a select club - see Fenner Brockway statue.
Anthropologist and poet. Born at Viewfield, in Selkirk. Chiefly known for his publications on folklore, mythology, and religion. He was one of the founders of 'psychical research' and his writings ...
17th century diarist and garden designer. Born Wotton, Surrey. Through his 1647 marriage he came into possession of the Sayes Court estate in Deptford, on the Thames. As far as we can tell the poss...
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