LCC
Spencer Perceval (1762 - 1812) Prime Minister, lived here.
WC2, Lincoln's Inn Fields, 59
This was London's first garden square. 59-60 were probably designed by Inigo Jones in about 1630-40.
The house next door, number 57-58 is where Tulkinghorn lived, lawyer in Dickens' Bleak House. Dickens is known to have visited number 58.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Spencer Perceval - WC2
Prime Minister - and the only one, so far, to have been assassinated. Born Au...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Spencer Perceval - WC2
Prior to the LCC London matters were run by church parishes. The LCC was the ...
We are indebted to Rosemary Jeffreys for the translation from the Latin. The business about "the south part being his own" is partly expl...
This house seems modest for a man who was so successful, but he was touring a lot of the time, and he moved in before he really hit the b...
Having been walked on for many decades the plaque is very worn but with David Hopkins' help we believe we now have it transcribed correct...
We can add nothing to this tale of 13th century upper crust marriage brokerage.
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