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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Parish Lock-up - Hampstead
Parish Lock-up About 1730, this lock-up was built into the garden wall of Cannon Hall, where local magistrates held court. Prisoners were kept in this dark single cell until more lasting arrangeme...
1 memorial
Lord Eldon
Lord Chancellor. 1st Earl of Eldon. Opposed both the abolition of the slave trade and Catholic emancipation.
1 memorial
Tothill Fields Prison
Also known as Tothill Fields Bridewell, Westminster Bridewell and the Westminster House of Correction. It was one of the less severe places of incarceration, as one of the main punishments was not ...
2 memorials
Judge Donald Cryan
His Honour Judge Donald Michael Cryan was born on 18 January 1948 and his birth was registered in Ealing. He was Called to the Bar by Inner Temple in 1970 and appointed as a Circuit Judge in 1996....
2 memorials
Sir Edwin Chadwick
Born Lancashire but brought up in London. A friend of Jeremy Bentham, Bentham dying in his arms. Chadwick's major achievement was the 1842 publication of the Poor Law Commissioners' "Report on the ...
1 memorial
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