Group    From 1969 

Society of Black Lawyers

Categories: Law, Race Issues

Legal group established with the objectives of working towards the elimination of racial discrimination within the legal profession and the achievement of true equality of opportunity and equal access to justice for all people from minority ethnic communities through the provision of effective legal representation, advocacy, education and leadership.

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Society of Black Lawyers

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Rudy Narayan

Rudy Narayan, 1938 - 1998, barrister, civil rights activist, community champi...

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James Stephen

James Stephen

Anti-slavery campaigner.  Born Dorset.  Trained in law and worked for a time in the Carribean where he saw the cruelty to slaves and became an abolitionist.  The death of his first wife deepened hi...

Person, Law, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Religion, Caribbean Islands

1 memorial
Stephen Lushington

Stephen Lushington

Doctor of Civil Law, judge, MP, supporter of the campaigns for the abolition of slavery and of capital punishment.  Born Berkshire.  Died Surrey.

Person, Law, Politics & Administration, Race Issues

1 memorial
Hackney parish watch house

Hackney parish watch house

A watch house was an early form of police station and prison. Criminals were held here temporarily.

Place, Law

1 memorial
F. E. Smith, Earl Birkenhead

F. E. Smith, Earl Birkenhead

Lawyer and politician. Born Frederick Edwin Smith in Pilgrim Street, Birkenhead. Called to the bar in 1899 and entered parliament in 1906. He became Attorney-General and Lord Chancellor. Successful...

Person, Law, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Bridewell Palace / Prison

Bridewell Palace / Prison

Built by Henry VIII, who lived there 1515-23. It deteriorated so that Edward VI gave it to the City of London who then used it as a prison, hospital (actually school) and workrooms. "Bridewell" was...

Building, Law, Property, Royalty

2 memorials

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Cuthbert Arthur Brereton

Cuthbert Arthur Brereton

Civil engineer. His many projects include: with Wolfe-Barry, the 1903 Kew Bridge, over the Thames, correctly known as King Edward VII Bridge; his involvement with the construction of the Barry and ...

Person, Engineering

1 memorial
Mrs Hester Thrale (Piozzi)

Mrs Hester Thrale (Piozzi)

Writer and good friend to Samuel Johnson. Born near Bwlheli, Caernarvonshire, as Hester Salusbury. In 1763 was married for money to Henry Thrale, a wealthy London brewer. An unhappy marriage, with ...

Person, Gender Issues, Literature, Wales

2 memorials
Ludgate

Ludgate

Site was just to the west of St Martin's church. Rebuilt: 1215, 1450, 1586. 1666 destroyed in Great Fire and rebuilt in 1670 when a statue of the mythical King of the Britons, King Lud, was placed ...

Building, London Wall

2 memorials
Private Henry Robinson

Private Henry Robinson

Henry Robinson was born on 15 April 1879, one of the thirteen children of Henry Robinson (1846-1923) and Hannah Robinson née Williams (1850-1930). His birth was registered in the 2nd quarter of 187...

Person, Armed Forces, China/Hong Kong

War dead, Other war
1 memorial
White Lion pub, Islington

White Lion pub, Islington

We can find no information about this pub.

Building, Commerce, Food & Drink

1 memorial