High Court Judge. Came from Lincolnshire. From we learn: "John Lawrance was Conservative MP for South Lincolnshire for ten years, from 1880 to 1890, until his appointment as a High Court judge....the appointment was ‘greeted with hoots of derision.’ The Law Times had this to say about it: This is a bad appointment, for although a popular man and a thorough English gentleman, Mr. Lawrance has no reputation as a lawyer, and has been rarely seen of recent years in the Royal Courts of Justice ..... 'Long' Lawrance {he had a habit of endlessly delaying the judgements in difficult cases} ... was a stupid man, a very ill-equipped lawyer, and a bad judge."
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John Compton Lawrance, QC, MP
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Dairy Supply Company - Directors
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Pilot Officer Anthony Sainte Croix Rose, BA
Anthony Sainte Croix Rose was born on 17 February 1910 in Chipperfield, Hertfordshire, the son of Harcourt George Sainte Croix Rose (1883-1955) and Florence Norah Rose née Deane (1884-1970). The bi...
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Mathew Philip Crosse
Mathew Philip Crosse was born on 18 May 1914 in Wandsworth, London, the son of Samuel Crosse (b. circa 1854) and Alice Edith Crosse (b. 1885). His birth was registered as Matthew P. Cross in the 2n...
Person, Armed Forces, Emergency Services, Journalism / Publishing, Law
1 memorial
J. B. Bennie
Councillor in the Borough of Hammersmith in 1948. Our colleague Andrew Behan has researched this man : James Bishop Bennie was born on 11 July 1898 at Manse Road, Corstorphine, Midlothian, Scotlan...
1 memorial
T. V. and Anthony Edwards
Anthony is a senior partner of the law firm T. V. Edwards which was established by his uncle, T. V., in 1929.  Their offices at 33 Mile End Road had a large blank wall.  Anthony commissioned the mu...
1 memorial
George Jeffreys
Judge. First Baron Jeffreys, known as the 'Hanging Judge'. Born at Acton Park, near Wrexham in Denbighshire. He became Lord Chief Justice in 1683 and Lord Chancellor in 1685. Most famously, he pres...
1 memorial
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