Henry Andrade Harben FSA (12 August 1849 - 18 August 1910) was a barrister, insurance company director, politician, and historian of London. His highly regarded book, A Dictionary of London, was published posthumously in 1917.
Henry Andrade Harben FSA (12 August 1849 - 18 August 1910) was a barrister, insurance company director, politician, and historian of London. His highly regarded book, A Dictionary of London, was published posthumously in 1917.
Henry Harben was born at Hounslow, Middlesex, [2] on 12 August 1849 to Sir Henry Harben (1823-1911), chairman of the Prudential Assurance Company, and his wife Ann, née Such. He graduated from the University College London in 1868. [3] He married Mary Frances James in 1873. Their son was the politician and supporter of women's suffrage, Henry Devenish Harben. They had five other children. [4]
Harben was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1871. [3] In 1879, he followed his father into the Prudential as a director and was chairman of the company from 1907 until his death. [1]
In 1878, Harben became a freeman of the City of London.[ citation needed ]
Harben entered local politics as a member of the Paddington Vestry and from 1900 for the successor Paddington Borough Council, and he was Mayor of Paddington in 1902–03. [5] He was a Moderate Party member of the London County Council, first elected to represent Paddington (South) in 1898 [3] and re-elected twice, retaining his seat until 1907.
He was chairman of the Central Hospital Council of London and in 1897 joined the board of St Mary's Hospital. He was chairman from 1903 and then held various other positions at the hospital. He was a justice of the peace for Buckinghamshire and the County of London. [3]
Harben was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 1893 [6] and became a member of the Sussex Archaeological Society in 1894. [7]
Around 1888, Harben began to compile a new edition of John Stow's Survey of London (1598) but progress was very slow and that objective was abandoned after C.L. Kingsford's new edition of Stow appeared in 1908 and Harben decided to turn his book into a dictionary of London instead. The book was still unfinished at the time of his death and was eventually completed by his friend I.I. Greaves and published posthumously in 1917 as A Dictionary of London. [8] It deals only with the City of London. [9]
Harben died on 18 August 1910 at 29 Wimpole Street, London, [10] following complications after surgery. [1] His address at the time of his death was Newland Park, Chalfont St. Peter, Buckinghamshire, and Hertfordshire. He left an estate of £349,845. [10] Harben left his collection of around 2,000 items relating to the history of Greater London to the London County Council. [8] [11]
John Stow was an English historian and antiquarian. He wrote a series of chronicles of English history, published from 1565 onwards under such titles as The Summarie of Englyshe Chronicles, The Chronicles of England, and The Annales of England; and also A Survey of London. A. L. Rowse has described him as "one of the best historians of that age; indefatigable in the trouble he took, thorough and conscientious, accurate – above all things devoted to truth".
Martin John Millett, is a British archaeologist and academic. He is the Laurence Professor of Classical Archaeology at the University of Cambridge and a professorial fellow of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. Since 2021, he has been president of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
The Wood Street Compter was a small prison within the City of London in England. It was primarily a debtors' prison, and also held people accused of such misdemeanours as public drunkenness, although some wealthier prisoners were able to obtain alcohol through bribery. The prison was built and opened in 1555, replacing the earlier Bread Street Compter, from which many prisoners were transferred. Wood Street was closed and replaced by Giltspur Street Compter in 1791.
Harold Arthur Lee-Dillon, 17th Viscount Dillon CH FBA was an English antiquary and a leading authority on the history of arms and armour and medieval costume.
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St Mary Bothaw was a parish church in the Walbrook ward of the City of London. It was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666 and not rebuilt, although some of its materials were used in the rebuilding of St Swithin, London Stone, whose parish it was merged with.
A foot of fine is the archival copy of the agreement between two parties in an English lawsuit over land, most commonly the fictitious suit known as a fine of lands or final concord. The procedure was followed from c.1195 until 1833, and the considerable body of resulting records is now held at The National Archives, Kew, London.
George Henry Dashwood was a British antiquary.
Albert Way was an English antiquary, and principal founder of the Royal Archaeological Institute.
Charles Lethbridge Kingsford, FBA was a scholarly English historian and author.
Major Henry Eric Southey Harben was an English cricketer. Harben was a right-handed batsman, though his bowling style is unknown.
Sir Alfred William Clapham, was a British scholar of Romanesque architecture. He was Secretary of the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England) and President of the Society of Antiquaries.
William Henry Blaauw (1793–1870) was an English antiquarian and historian, particularly active in Sussex.
Henry Devenish Harben was a British barrister and Liberal Party politician who later joined the Labour Party. He was a notable supporter of women's suffrage.
The London and Middlesex Archaeological Society (LAMAS) is a society founded in 1855 for the study of the archaeology and local history of the City of London and the historic county of Middlesex. It also takes an interest in districts that were historically in Surrey, Kent, Essex and Hertfordshire, but that now lie within Greater London. The Society receives support from the Museum of London, and works in close association both with the Museum and with Museum of London Archaeology. It acts to some extent as an umbrella organisation to support smaller archaeological and local history societies in the Greater London area. It hosts an Annual Conference of London Archaeologists and an annual Local History Conference.
Sir Henry Percy Harris KBE was a British Conservative Party politician who served first on the London County Council, and then as a Member of Parliament.
Sir Henry Harben was a British pioneer of industrial life assurance.
Agnes Helen Harben was a British suffragist leader who also supported the militant suffragette hunger strikers, and was a founder of the United Suffragists.
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