Judge. Chief Baron of the Exchequer. Born London. Married Maria Hawes (1767-1849). Died at his house in Lincoln's Inn Fields.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Sir John Gurney
Commemorated ati
Burdett-Coutts Memorial Sundial
This elaborate piece of high Victoriana was designed by George Highton of Bri...
Sir John Gurney
We are indebted to Rosemary Jeffreys for the translation from the Latin. The ...
Other Subjects
Tun prison, Cornhill
The Sole Society say The Tun "stood here between 1283 and 1401 and was used in the main to incarcerate ‘street walkers and lewd women’. Stocks and a pillory replaced it and in 1703 Daniel Defoe, wh...
1 memorial
Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins
Anthony Hope Hawkins was born on 9 February 1863 at Clapton, Middlesex (now Greater London), the last of the three children of the Reverend Edwards Comerford Hawkins (1827-1906) and Jane Isabella H...
1 memorial
St Mary Rotherhithe watch-house
The building, situated close to the church of St Mary the Virgin, was used by a watchman or constable whose job was to to look out for wrongdoers; particularly grave-robbers or 'Resurrection Men' a...
1 memorial
George Jeffreys
Judge. First Baron Jeffreys, known as the 'Hanging Judge'. Born at Acton Park, near Wrexham in Denbighshire. He became Lord Chief Justice in 1683 and Lord Chancellor in 1685. Most famously, he pres...
1 memorial
United States constitution
This was partly based on Magna Carta.
1 memorial
Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them