Doctor of Civil Law, judge, MP, supporter of the campaigns for the abolition of slavery and of capital punishment. Born Berkshire. Died Surrey.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Stephen Lushington
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Buxton Memorial Fountain
Due to strong shadows it was only on our fourth visit that we managed to take...
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Borough Compter
Courthouse and prison. The building was part of St Margaret's Church, which was closed during the reformation. It burned down in 1676 and was rebuilt in 1685. The functions moved to a new building ...
1 memorial
Culloden - prisoners
3,470 prisoners were taken, men women and children, and it was decided that they should all be tried in England. Seven ships carried them from Inverness on 10 June 1746. Their destinies were vari...
1 memorial
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...
1 memorial
William Ralston Shedden-Ralston
Born York Terrace, Regent’s Park. His strange name seems to be the result of his father's near-illegitimacy and subsequent extensive litigation. Librarian, folklorist and Russian scholar. He gra...
1 memorial
Lord Bingham of Cornhill
Born as Thomas Henry Bingham on 13 October 1933, his birth was registered in the Marylebone registration district. Appointed to the High Court Bench (Queen's Bench Division) in 1980; a Lord Justic...
2 memorials
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Terence MacSwiney
SW2, Lyham Road, Rear wall of Brixton Prison
The design of this spray-painted graffiti is cheekily copied from the English Heritage blue plaques. According to Wikipedia MacSwiney "w...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Cicely Mary Barker
Illustrator. Born at West Croydon. An epilepsy sufferer, she was housebound for most of her youth. In this time she showed a talent for drawing, and the first of her many books 'Flower Fairies of t...
1 memorial
Virginia Woolf - SW7
SW7, Hyde Park Gate, 22
Virginia Stephen, Virginia Woolf, 1882-1941, novelist and critic, born and lived here until 1904.
1 subject commemorated
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