Stella Rimington
(1935-) – first female Director General of UK Security Services MI5 (1992-96) – and its first head to be publicly named (in […]
Category: Law
Royal Courts of Justice – Law Courts
(1870s). High Court and Court of Appeal of England and Wales, on the Strand. Open to public.
Old Bailey / Central Criminal Court
The “Old Bailey” is actually the street where the Central Criminal Court is located for major criminal cases from within Greater London […]
Clink Prison
House of Detention, Near London Bridge, EC1R, ‘The Clink’.
Sir Robert Peel
– police / peelers – changes to society / bringing in a new service.
Elizabeth Fry
– (1780-1845) Social and Prison reformer in so many areas including homeless hostels, charitable societies, schools for nurses.
Dr Martin Barnes
– who identified the Barnes or Iron Triangle of time, cost and scope (including ‘quality’). More significantly he was instrumental in devising […]
Cressida Dick
(1960-) – first woman to take charge of the Metropolitan police service in London in 2017; starting as a constable in 1983.