Mayor's and City of London Courts
A county court in the City of London, which is the successor to courts pre-dating the County Courts Act of 1846, which introduced the modern system of county courts. Under the Courts Act of 1971, i...
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Professor Anthony Mellows, OBE, GCSTJ, TD
Anthony Roger Mellows was an English solicitor, academic and British Army officer. Lord Prior of the Order of St John, 2008 - 2014. 1969 he received the Territorial Decoration (TD) awarded for long...
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Metropolitan Streets Act 1867
The Metropolitan Streets Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 134) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom applying to the City of London and all places and parishes then within the jurisdicti...
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Millbank Prison
The design and construction of this prison stretched from 1799 -Â 1821 and passed through many hands: Jeremy Bentham, William Williams, Thomas Hardwick (father of Philip), John Harvey and Robert Smi...
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Rudy Narayan
Barrister and civil rights activist. Born Rahasya Rudra Narayan in British Guiana (now Guyana). Arrived in Britain in 1953, where he served in the army for seven years, before reading for the bar. ...
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Niblett Hall
Funded by William Niblett, Niblett Hall was built in 1932, survived WW2, but were later destroyed by fire and demolished in 1992. Replaced by the Littleton Building.
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William Charles Niblett
Born India. Called to the bar by the Inner Temple in 1882. Travelled extensively, settled in Singapore where he made his fortune in property. Returned to England in 1905. In 1915 he gave his Singap...
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Helena Normanton
Barrister and advocate for women's rights. Helena Florence Normanton was born in Stratford, London. One of the first female barristers; campaigner for women's rights; pioneer of divorce reform; fi...
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Caroline Norton
Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton, Lady Stirling-Maxwell, was an active English social reformer and author. She left her husband in 1836. He sued her close friend Lord Melbourne, then the Prime Minis...
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Old Hall, Lincoln's Inn
The construction was partly funded by a sharp increase in the fine for "fornicating with a woman in chambers".
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