John Howard

John Howard

male, deceased (1790)
From Bedfordshire, prison reformer, prison reform, philanthropist, calvinist, PenalsystemintheUnitedKingdom
John Howard (September 2, 1726 - January 20, 1790) was a philanthropist and the first English prison reformer.
Elizabeth Fry

Elizabeth Fry

female, deceased (1845)
Banknotes of the pound sterling, From norwich, Anglican, Saint, From Ramsgate, activist…PenalsystemintheUnitedKingdom, craters of the Moon named after them, Penal system in England
Elizabeth Fry was an English prison reformer, social reformer and philanthropist. Fry was the driving force in legislation to make the treatment of...
John 'Babbacombe' Lee

John 'Babbacombe' Lee

male, deceased (1941)
British, torquay, PenalsystemintheUnitedKingdom, murderer, English, hanging…the man they couldn't hang
John Henry George Lee, better known as John 'Babbacombe' Lee, (1864 - c. 1945) survived three attempted judicial executions in England and is known...
Anne Owers

Anne Owers

female
PenalsystemintheUnitedKingdom, justice, cbe, Human Rights, Order of the British Empire, law reform
Anne Owers, CBE, is Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons. Owers is the fifth holder of the post, and was appointed in August 2001, succeeding...

Thomas Bambridge

male, deceased (1750)
newgate prison, PenalsystemintheUnitedKingdom, English, Prison Officer, House of Commons, Business Person
Thomas Bambridge was a notorious warden of Fleet Prison in England. Bambridge became warden of Fleet Prison in 1728. He had paid, with another...
Edmund Henderson

Edmund Henderson

male, deceased (1896)
home office, British, PenalsystemintheUnitedKingdom, Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, Metropolitan Police, kcb…Convictism in Western Australia, Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath, Order of the Bath
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Edmund Yeamans Walcott Henderson KCB (19 April 1821–8 December 1896) was an officer in the British Army who was Co...