Sir Edward Henry, 1850 - 1931, Metropolitan Police Commissioner 1903 - 1918, and pioneer of fingerprint identification, lived here, 1903 - 1920.
English Heritage
W8, Sheffield Terrace, 19
In 1912 this doorstep was the site of an assassination attempt. Henry arrived home to be met by a gunman, a disgruntled cab driver who'd been refused a licence.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Sir Edward Henry
Metropolitan Police Commissioner 1903 - 1918, pioneer of fingerprint identifi...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Sir Edward Henry
English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that ma...
The plaque is on the wall of the house, framed in our picture by the gate piers.
Reading top down the plaques are: Holstein, Harvey, "Supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund".
The Royal Brass Foundry, 1717, attributed to Sir John Vanbrugh. Following an explosion at Bagley's Foundry at Moorfields in 1716 which k...
Edvard Grieg, 1843 - 1907, Norwegian composer, stayed here when performing in London. English HeritageÂ
London County Council Thomas Rowlandson 1757-1827 artist and caricaturist lived in a house on this site.
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