"Edward Russell, 26th Baron de Clifford Lieutenant Colonel Edward Southwell Russell, 26th Baron de Clifford, (31 January 1907 – 3 January 1982), was the only son of Jack Southwell Russell, 25th Baron de Clifford, and Eva Carrington. In 1935 he became the last peer to be tried in the House of Lords for a felony, manslaughter, the result of a car accident. He was found not guilty. He lost his father to a road accident; in his maiden speech in 1928 in the House of Lords he called for mandatory driving tests. Later he spoke for speed limits, both of"
"vehicle, he ran into the New Palace Yard and fatally stabbed PC Keith Palmer, an unarmed police officer guarding the Carriage Gates. He was then shot by an armed close protection officer and died at the scene. New Palace Yard New Palace Yard is an open courtyard northwest of the Palace of Westminster in Westminster, London, England. It forms part of the Palace estate and is not open to the public. The yard has existed since around the year 1100, but it has been considerably reduced in size over the years due to the construction of new streets and buildings,"
"South Hill Park, London South Hill Park is a street in the Hampstead district of London. It is within the London Borough of Camden, and some of its houses overlook Hampstead Heath. Hampstead Heath railway station, on the North London Line, is at the southern end of South Hill Park. Buses, chiefly the number 24, depart from nearby South End Green. The last woman to be hanged in Britain, Ruth Ellis, was sentenced to death for a murder committed on South Hill Park. She shot her boyfriend, David Blakely, outside a public house, The Magdala, on 10 April 1955. The"
"filmed in a grass-covered hangar at RAF Hullavington near Chippenham in Wiltshire. Some scenes set in Victory Square were also filmed at Alexandra Palace in London. Senate House (University of London) was used for exterior shots of the Ministry of Truth. The disused Battersea Power Station in Wandsworth served as the façade for the Victory Mansions; and the Beckton Gas Works in the Docklands of Newham was used as the setting for the proletarian zones. The pawnshop exterior, a pub scene and a scene with a prostitute were filmed in Cheshire Street, in London's East End, an area Orwell had"
"exhumed for reburial elsewhere. Ellis's body was reburied in the churchyard extension of St Mary's Church in Amersham, Buckinghamshire. The headstone in the churchyard was inscribed ""Ruth Hornby 1926–1955"". Her son, Andy, destroyed the headstone shortly before he committed suicide in 1982. Coincidentally, Styllou Christofi, who was hanged in December 1954 for murdering her daughter-in-law (the second-to-last woman to be executed in Britain), lived at 11 South Hill Park in Hampstead, with her son and daughter-in-law, a few yards from the Magdala public house at number 2a, where David Blakely was shot four months later. In 1980, the third episode"
"Kimpton Fitzroy London Hotel The Kimpton Fitzroy London is a historic five-star hotel, located on Russell Square, Bloomsbury, in the London Borough of Camden. It was known for much of its life as the Hotel Russell. The Hotel Russell was built in 1898 by the architect Charles Fitzroy Doll and opened in 1900. It is distinctively clad in decorative thé-au-lait (""tea with milk"") terracotta and was based on the Château de Madrid on the Bois de Boulogne in Paris. Its restaurant, which was named after the architect but is now called Neptune, is said to be almost identical to the"
"and was the first Renaissance building in London. It later became a museum to the Royal United Services Institute and has been opened to the public since 1963. Oliver Cromwell moved to the street in 1647, taking up residence in Wallingford House. Two years later, Charles I was carried through Whitehall on the way to his trial at Westminster Hall. Whitehall itself was a wide street and had sufficient space for a scaffold to be erected for the King's execution at Banqueting House. He made a brief speech there before being beheaded. Cromwell died at the Palace of Whitehall in"
"""Rumpole's Last Case"" by John Mortimer; in a The Matrix-based story, ""Goliath"", by Neil Gaiman. It features often in novels by Mark Billingham and in ""The Lonely Londoners"" by Sam Selvon. Sherlock Holmes once said that he purchased his Stradivarius from ""a Jew broker in the Tottenham Court Road."" It is mentioned briefly as the location where 'I' was allegedly arrested for 'toilet trading' in the 1986 Bruce Robinson cult-classic movie ""Withnail and I"". Mrs. Eysnford-Hill, Freddy's mother, lives in Tottenham Court Road, according to Professor Henry Higgins (""My Fair Lady""). Also it is where one person becomes victim to"
"Crystal Palace, London Crystal Palace is an area in South London, England, named after the Crystal Palace Exhibition building which stood in the area from 1854 until it was destroyed by fire in 1936. Approximately 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Charing Cross, it includes one of the highest points in London, at , offering views over the capital. The area has no defined boundaries and straddles five London boroughs and three postal districts, although there is a Crystal Palace electoral ward and Crystal Palace Park in the London Borough of Bromley. It is contiguous with Anerley, Dulwich Wood, Gipsy"
"Paddington station to record the train sounds featured in the song ""Rudy"" on the 1974 album Crime of the Century. Citations Sources London Paddington station Paddington, also known as London Paddington, is a Central London railway terminus and London Underground station complex, located on Praed Street in the Paddington area. The site has been the London terminus of services provided by the Great Western Railway and its successors since 1838. Much of the main line station dates from 1854 and was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Paddington is the London terminus of the Great Western main line, operated today by"
"Old Palace Yard Old Palace Yard is a paved open space in the City of Westminster in Central London, England. It lies between the Palace of Westminster to its north and east and Westminster Abbey to its west. It is known as the site of executions, including those of Sir Walter Raleigh, Guy Fawkes and other conspirators of the Gunpowder Plot, and James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, following the Battle of Preston. St Margaret Street / Abingdon Street divides Old Palace Yard into two parts, running diagonally from the north-west to the south-east. The eastern, larger part belongs to"
"pub is now closed and the building converted into apartments. Coincidentally, the second-last woman to be hanged in Britain, Styllou Christofi, lived a few metres from the Magdala at 11 South Hill Park, with her son and daughter-in-law. She was executed in December 1954, four months before Ellis committed her crime. South Hill Park, London South Hill Park is a street in the Hampstead district of London. It is within the London Borough of Camden, and some of its houses overlook Hampstead Heath. Hampstead Heath railway station, on the North London Line, is at the southern end of South Hill"
"August 1836 at Bangholm Bower House in Trinity, Edinburgh and was buried in Greyfriars Kirkyard in the city centre. In 1798 he married Eleanor Oliver. His son James Russell (1801–1862) followed his father into a surgical career, qualifying MD from the University of Edinburgh and becoming a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. James Russell (surgeon) Prof James Russell FRSE RSA (1754–1836) was a Scottish surgeon who was the first Professor of Clinical Surgery at the University of Edinburgh. He was President of the Royal College of Surgeons"
"Crime Museum Uncovered, was held at the Museum of London 9 October 2015 – 10 April 2016. This was the first, and supposedly last, time that the public were granted access to the exhibits. Udham Singh was an Indian revolutionary who shot and killed Michael O'Dwyer, the former Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab in British India Ruth Ellis was the last woman to be executed in the United Kingdom, after being convicted of the murder of her lover, David Blakely. John Reginald Halliday Christie was a notorious English serial killer active in the 1940s and early 1950s Stratton Brothers case"
"as she was returning to Kidbrooke. Her murderer, Ernest Kemp, was arrested a week later. He was tried and convicted at the Old Bailey, and, after being condemned to death, was executed at Wandsworth Prison on 6 June 1944. The Kidbrooke training facility was on the site today occupied by Thomas Tallis School, in which the RAF Linguists' Association unveiled a commemorative plaque in 2008 (re-dedicated in July 2014). After the base's closure, much of the rest of the site was used for housing, with the Ferrier Estate (1968–2012) being constructed to the south of the railway lines. In the"
"and young men cannot do so without molestation."" Endsleigh Gardens Endsleigh Gardens is a street in the Bloomsbury district of central London, in the London Borough of Camden. It runs south-west to north-east from Gordon Street to Woburn Place. The south-west end becomes Gower Place after the junction with Gordon Street. Taviton Street and Endsleigh Street run off the south side. Endsleigh Gardens was formerly the south side of Euston Square, which in 1878 was the site of the ""Euston Square Murder"". In 1879 the Metropolitan Board of Works renamed the street Endsleigh Gardens in response to local requests. Endsleigh"
"where he was murdered in 1985. The case has never been solved. Kennington Road Kennington Road is a long straight road, approximately a mile in length, in the London Borough of Lambeth in London, England, running south from Westminster Bridge Road (at the junction with Baylis Road to the north-east) to Kennington Park Road. The road is designated as the A23. Formerly open land, in 1751, a year after Westminster Bridge was opened, it was constructed by the Turnpike Trustees to improve communication from the bridge to routes south of the river Thames. With the growing popularity of Brighton as"
"the 'A6 murder case', for which James Hanratty was hanged. The 36B was cut back to Peckham and renumbered route 136 in March 1994. On 29 January 2005, route 36 was converted to one man operation with the AEC Routemasters replaced by Plaxton President bodied Volvo B7TLs. It is one of very few routes still to cross central London, carrying people in to the centre from both ends of the route. On 9 February 2013, London Central retained the contract for route 36 with new and existing Alexander Dennis Enviro400s. It is operated out of New Cross garage. Route 36"
"Great Russell Street Great Russell Street is a street in Bloomsbury, London, best known for being the location of the British Museum. It runs between Tottenham Court Road (part of the A400 route) in the west, and Southampton Row (part of the A4200 route) in the east. It is one-way only (eastbound) between its western origin at Tottenham Court Road and Bloomsbury Street. The headquarters of the Trades Union Congress is located at Nos. 23-28 (Congress House). The street is also the home of the Contemporary Ceramics Centre, the gallery for the Craft Potters Association of Great Britain, as well"
"documentary series ""The Ruth Ellis Files: A Very British Crime Story"". Ruth Ellis Ruth Ellis (9 October 1926 – 13 July 1955) was a British model and nightclub hostess. She was the last woman to be hanged in the United Kingdom, after being convicted of the murder of her lover, David Blakely. During her childhood, her family moved from Rhyl, to Basingstoke in Hampshire, and, in 1941, to Hampstead in London. Then, in her teens, Ellis entered the world of London nightclub hostessing, which led to a chaotic life that included various relationships with men. One of these was with"
"Hawker, record-breaking Brooklands-based test pilot and racing driver lived in Hook Road until his death in a flying accident at Hendon Aerodrome and is buried in St Paul's churchyard. Hook, London Hook is a suburban area in south west London, England. It forms part of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames and is located 12 miles (19.3 km) south west of Charing Cross. Neighbouring settlements are Hinchley Wood, Long Ditton, Surbiton, Tolworth and Chessington. Hook was a civil parish which formed part of the Surbiton Urban District of Surrey from 1895. The urban district became a municipal borough in"
"a series of historical portraits from the time of Elizabeth I, a series of ""Cavaliers distinguished in the Civil War"", and a series of portraits of the Russell family. The Elizabethan series did not prove a financial success; they were exhibited at his house at 15 Berners Street. In 1831 his eyesight failed, and after having lived successively at Spa Fields, 195 High Holborn, Little Russell Street, Hanover Street, and Berners Street, he moved in that year to Somers Town, and reluctantly received the Royal Academy pension. He died on 17 December 1834, not without complaining of the neglect with"
"Inner London Crown Court The Inner London Sessions House Crown Court, more commonly known as the Inner London Crown Court and distinct from the Inner London Magistrates Court, is a Crown Court building in London, United Kingdom. It is located in the Sessions House on Newington Causeway at the corner of Harper Road in the Newington area of the London Borough of Southwark in south London. There has been a judicial building on the site since 1794. The Sessions House was opened in 1917 and had replaced the Middlesex Sessions House in Clerkenwell Green by 1921. From the creation of"
"as a crowd jeered and spat at him on the railway platform. He spent the remainder of his sentence there, addressed and identified only as ""C33"" – the occupant of the third cell on the third floor of C ward. About five months after Wilde arrived at Reading Gaol, Charles Thomas Wooldridge, a trooper in the Royal Horse Guards, was brought to Reading to await his trial for murdering his wife on 29 March 1896; on 17 June Wooldridge was sentenced to death and returned to Reading for his execution, which took place on Tuesday, 7 July 1896 – the"
"filmed at Dalton Mill. The scenes inside the mill were shot at Helmshore Textile Museum in Rossendale and Queen Street Mill on the outskirts of Burnley, Lancashire. London was another main location, all the interior scenes were shot at the Ealing Studios in west London and the Great Exhibition scene was shot at Alexandra Palace in North London. Other locations were Selkirk, a town in the Scottish Borders, Burnley in Lancashire, and the Bluebell Railway in Sussex, where the final and the beginning scenes were shot. Additional railway sequences were filmed in Yorkshire, using carriages provided by the Vintage Carriages"
"deeply provoked by Seton's conduct to his wife, and that Seton's death was largely caused by the medical treatment he had received. The last fatal duel in England took place some seven years later, on 19 October 1852, at Priest Hill, between Englefield Green and Old Windsor. It was fought by two French political refugees, Lieutenant Frederic Constant Cournet and Emmanuel Barthélemy. Cournet was killed and Barthélemy was tried for murder. However, he was convicted only of manslaughter and sentenced to a few months in prison. In 1855, Barthélemy was hanged after shooting and killing his employer and another man."
"of the Morning"", but then the Mitford Castle, by the ramp to the canal, on Wick Road, was where Thomas Briggs – the first victim of a railway murder – was taken to die from his wounds, in July 1864 (see Hackney Wick). The nearest London Overground station is ""Hackney Wick"" The canal towpath is open to walkers and cyclists — without permit. At its eastern end, the towpath joins the Lea Valley Walk. At Hackney Wick, the Capital Ring crosses the canal; with section 13 proceeding north-west toward Stoke Newington and section 14, south-east — using The Greenway towards"
"DNA exactly. At the time of Yiannoulla's death, Warnock was living on the 17th floor of the Taplow building in Adelaide Road in Camden, North London, with his wife Lynne. Shortly afterwards he moved to Lawn Road in Belsize Park with his pregnant wife. The couple separated in 1993 and divorced in 2002. At the time of his arrest he had moved to Harrington House on the Regents Park Estate in Camden. The case was one of the Metropolitan Police's unsolved murders before DNA samples from the scene matched to the former tiler in December 2016. It was not until"
"Institute of British Architects. Brown died, aged 88, in January 2018. The brutalist architecture of the estate has been used as background or location in a number of films: It has also featured in a number of music videos and album covers including: The Highgate New Town/Whittington Estate by Peter Tabori has a similar design. Alexandra Road Estate The Alexandra Road estate, properly known as the Alexandra and Ainsworth estate, but often referred to as Rowley Way, the name of its main thoroughfare, is a housing estate in the London Borough of Camden, North West London, England. It was designed"
"the Public Record Office. In the surviving records, Inspector Edmund Reid notes a ""son and daughter living in Finsbury Park area"". Detective Walter Dew later wrote: At the time of her death in 1888 she was living in a lodging-house at 18 George Street (since renamed Lolesworth Street), Spitalfields, in the East End of London. She was viciously assaulted at the junction of Osborn Street and Brick Lane, Whitechapel, in the early hours of Tuesday 3 April 1888, the day after the Easter Monday bank holiday. She survived the attack and, although injured, managed to walk back to her lodging"
"the Peter Sellers comedy ""The Naked Truth"" (1957), ""Bugsy Malone"" (1976), ""The Krays"" (1990), ""Evita"" (1996), ""Bedazzled"" (2000), ""The Hours"" (2002), ""Finding Neverland"" (2004) and ""The Wolfman"" (2010). Richmond, London Richmond is a suburban town in south-west London, west-southwest of Charing Cross. It is on a meander of the River Thames, with a large number of parks and open spaces, including Richmond Park, and many protected conservation areas, which include much of Richmond Hill. A specific Act of Parliament protects the scenic view of the River Thames from Richmond. Richmond was founded following Henry VII's building of Richmond Palace in"
"as the New Club, occupying rooms overlooking Trafalgar Square; it changed to its current name during its residence at 12 Savile Row, retaining the name when it moved in 1882 to premises in Piccadilly. Savile Row was extended to Conduit Street in 1937–38, and by 1939, the Metropolitan Police Station was constructed on the corner of Boyle Street. This police station was damaged in another German bombing raid in September 1940, during which the building opposite, No. 21a, was destroyed, as was No. 7 earlier that month. Fortress House, an eight-storey block of offices faced with Portland stone, was constructed"
"became friends. The murder remains a mystery, and it is not known why Thomas Anderson was in the adjoining garden flat to Elizabeth Earle. Some surmise that he was spying on his son and ex-girlfriend. Prince of Wales Drive, London Prince of Wales Drive is located in Battersea, in the London borough of Wandsworth. The drive is situated on the southern perimeter of Battersea Park. The southern side of Prince of Wales Drive is lined with late-Victorian mansion blocks and villas. When moving east from Battersea Bridge Road to Queenstown Road, the building order is as follows: In 1846, The"