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For the Lincoln's Inn Society at Harvard Law School see Lincoln's Inn Society. Lincoln's Inn Society is the only social club based at Harvard Law School, in Cambridge Massachusetts.

Lincoln's Inn Coat of Arms
Lincoln's Inn Coat of Arms
Library (left) and Bencher's rooms (right)
Library (left) and Bencher's rooms (right)
Chancery Lane entrance
Chancery Lane entrance

The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn is one of four Inns of Court in London to which barristers of England and Wales belong and where they are called to the Bar. The Inns of Court in London are the professional associations to one of which every barrister in England and Wales (and those judges who were formerly barristers London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. A barrister is a Lawyer found in many Common law Jurisdictions that employ a split profession (as opposed to a Fused profession) in relation History The Roman occupation of Britain was the first period in which the area of present-day England and Wales was administered as a single unit (with the exception The Call to the Bar is a legal Term of art in most Common law jurisdictions The other three are Middle Temple, Inner Temple and Gray's Inn. The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple is one of the four Inns of Court exclusively entitled to call their members to the English Bar as Barristers The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple is one of the four Inns of Court around the Royal Courts of Justice in London which may call members to The Honourable Society of Gray's Inn is one of the four Inns of Court around the Royal Courts Although Lincoln's Inn is able to trace its official records to 1422 i. e. beyond those of the other three, by tradition, none of the Inns claims to be the oldest of the four.

The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn is said to take its name from Henry de Lacy, third Earl of Lincoln, who died in 1311. His own great house was adjacent and he is credited with being the Society's patron. Although the other three Inns of Court are of comparable antiquity, having evolved from uncertain origins in the fourteenth century, Lincoln's Inn can claim the oldest extant records, the Black Books, which record its principal activities from 1422 to this day.

The present character of Lincoln's Inn owes much to the fact that its precincts and buildings - the medieval Hall and Gateway abutting onto Chancery Lane, the late seventeenth century New Square in the centre, and the magnificent Victorian gothic Great Hall and Library beside Lincoln's Inn Fields - survived nearly unscathed the devastations of the Blitz. Striking as they are, these buildings however are not merely architectural and historical tourist attractions but provide the professional home for the practising bar and many of the educational facilities for the training of students. It is to meet those needs that the Inn exists and on which it expends the bulk of its resources.

It is near Holborn, in the London Borough of Camden, just on the border with the City of London and the City of Westminster, near the Royal Courts of Justice. Holborn (ˈhoʊbɚn or /ˈhoʊbɝːn/ "ho bun" is an area of Central London, England The London Borough of Camden ( is a borough of London, England, which forms part of Inner London. For London as a whole see the main article London. The City of London is a geographically The City of Westminster ( is a borough of London with city status. See also the Royal Courts of Justice Belfast. The Royal Courts of Justice, commonly called the Law Courts, is the building in The Inn lies to the north of the Strand (and the two Temples) and to the south of High Holborn (and Gray's Inn); Chancery Lane being the nearest tube station. Chancery Lane is a London Underground station in central London.

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Architecture

Stone Buildings were designed by Sir Robert Taylor and the Great Hall by the father and son architects, Philip and Philip Charles Hardwick. Sir Robert Taylor (1714 &ndash 1788 was a notable English Architect of the mid-late 18th century An architect is a licensed individual who leads a design team in the Planning and Design of buildings and participates in oversight of Building Construction Philip Hardwick (1792-1870 was an eminent English Architect (son of architect Thomas Hardwick (junior (1752-1829 and grandson of Thomas Hardwick Senior Philip Charles Hardwick (1822-1892 was a notable English Architect of the 19th century who was once described as "a careful and industrious student of mediaeval Another famous architect, Giles Gilbert Scott, also contributed to the Great Hall and it can be clearly seen which part Philip Hardwick wanted to be known for as his initials are shown one side of the building as P. Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, OM, FRIBA ( November 9 1880 – February 8 1960) was an English Architect H. - 1843.

Membership

The three ranks of membership of the Inn are students, barristers and benchers. The lowest rank, that of student (once known as "inner barrister"), is open to all of good character who satisfy certain educational requirements, which nowadays include acceptance by a British university for a degree course. On obtaining a law degree, passing the Bar Vocational Course, and "keeping" the requisite number of terms by dining in hall sufficiently often during the seven dining periods in the year, the student qualifies for call to the Bar. The Bar Vocational Course (usually termed the BVC) is a graduate course that is completed by those wishing to be Called to the Bar, i The Inn plays a vigorous part in supplementing a pupil's formal training by arranging debates, moots, instruction and exercises in advocacy, and experience as a judge's marshal. There is also a system of sponsorship whereby practising barristers give general assistance to students on an individual basis. Call to the Bar is made by the Treasurer of the Inn on one of the five call days in the year. The student then becomes a barrister, or, as it was once called, an outer or "utter" barrister. In order to attract new members of the highest calibre, the Inn provides scholarships, bursaries, awards and prizes worth over £1. 1 million ($2 million).

Famous Members and Notable Alumni

Names famous in the law naturally feature among its alumni, such as Sir Matthew Hale and Lord Mansfield, Chief Justices of the Kings Bench in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries or more recently, Lord Denning and Lord Hailsham, but it has also served as a training ground for those whose achievements were in other fields. Fifteen Prime Ministers, from Pitt to Tony Blair, have been members. The names of the novelists Charles Reade, Charles Kingsley, Wilkie Collins, Rider Haggard, and John Galsworthy will all be found in the membership records. Of literary figures, perhaps standing rather higher than those is John Donne, who was Preacher to the Society and laid the foundation stone of the present Chapel, built in 1623. And perhaps the most famous name of them all, Thomas More, admitted as a student in 1496, he went on to become a bencher and governor of the Inn. [1]

Statesmen

Politicians, Ministers and Law Officers

Judges

Lawyers

Jurists and Scholars

Writers, Poets and Philosophers

Other


Lincoln's Inn Library

East end of the Library
East end of the Library

The Lincoln's Inn Library is of ancient foundation - it is first mentioned in the Inn's records in 1471. Anthony Charles Lynton "Tony" Blair (born 6 May 1953 is a British Politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to Margaret Hilda Thatcher Baroness Thatcher LG, OM, PC, FRS (born 13 October 1925 William Pitt the Younger (28 May 1759 &ndash 23 January 1806 was a British politician of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Herbert Henry Asquith 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, KG, PC ( 12 September 1852 &ndash 15 February 1928) served Richard Cromwell ( 4 October 1626 &ndash 12 July 1712) was the third son of Oliver Cromwell, and the second Lord Protector Fredrick Richard Senanayake ( October 20, 1882 – January 1, 1926) popularly referred to as F Sir Thomas More (7 February 1478 – 6 July 1535 from 1935 Saint Thomas More, was an English Lawyer, author and statesman who in his lifetime gained Quintin McGarel Hogg Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone, KG, CH, PC, QC ( 9 October 1907 &ndash 12 October Sir Clement Higham, Knight of Barrow Hall Suffolk, (died 9 March 1571 was a Member of Parliament, Speaker of the House of Commons (1554-1555 Sir Willian Cordell (1522?-1581 Master of the Rolls and Speaker of the House of Commons during the reign of Queen Mary I. Sir Francis Walsingham (c 1532 – 6 April 1590) is usually remembered as the " Spymaster " of Queen Elizabeth I of England Sir Henry Bedingfeld (1509 x 1511 &ndash 1583 of Oxburgh Hall, King's Lynn, Norfolk,was the eldest son of Sir Edmund Bedingfield (1479/80-1553 Sir Vicary Gibbs, KC ( 27 October 1751 – 1820 was an English judge and politician Daniel O'Connell ( 6 August 1775 &ndash 15 May 1847) ( Dónal Ó Conaill) known as The Liberator, or The Emancipator David Lockhart-Mure Renton Baron Renton, KBE, QC, TD, DL, PC ( 12 August 1908 – 24 May Sir Frederic Mackarness Bennett, ( 2 December 1918 &ndash 14 September 2002) Knight Bachelor (1964 was a journalist a Barrister William Cornwallis Cornwallis-West VD JP ( 20 March 1835 – 4 July 1917) was a British politician James Norwich Arbuthnot (born 4 August 1952) is a British Conservative Party politician Sir William Goodenough Hayter 1st Baronet ( 28 January 1792 – 26 December 1878) was a British Whig Politician. Charles Benjamin Bright McLaren 1st Baron Aberconway, PC, QC ( 12 May 1850 &ndash 23 January 1934) was a Scottish Alfred Thompson 'Tom' Denning Baron Denning, OM, PC ( 23 January, 1899 &ndash 5 March, 1999) was an English Sir William Grant ( 13 October 1752 &ndash 23 May 1832) was a British lawyer Member of Parliament from 1790–1812 and Sir John Fortescue (c 1394 - c 1476 was an English Lawyer, the second son of Sir John Fortescue of an ancient Devon family Sir Nicolas Conyngham Tindal ( 12 December, 1776 – 6 July, 1846) was a celebrated English lawyer who successfully defended Queen Caroline Sir Robert Dallas, SL, KC ( 16 October 1756 – December 25 1824) was an English judge of a Scottish family Sir John Glynne, KS (1602 – 15 November 1666) was a Welsh lawyer of the Commonwealth and Restoration periods Lloyd Kenyon 1st Baron Kenyon, SL, KC ( 5 October 1732 &ndash 4 April 1802) Lord Chief Justice King's Bench Thomas Langlois Lefroy ( 8 January 1776 – 4 May 1869) was an Irish politician and judge Mirza Hameedullah Beg ( M J Beg) (born 22 February 1913) was Chief Justice of India from January 1977 to February 1978 Ajmal Mian was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan from December 23 1997 to June 30 1999 Fazal-e-Akbar (born November 1903 graduated in Arts from St Xavier College, Calcutta. William Osgoode (March 1754 – January 17 1824) was the first Chief Justice of Ontario, Canada. Sir Michael John Fox ( 8 October 1921 - 9 April 2007) was a British barrister and judge Sir Edward John Gambier (1794–1879 judge in India chief justice of Madras Richard Garth, PC, QC ( 11 May 1820 &ndash 23 March 1903) was Member of Parliament for Guildford from Anthony Stephen Grabiner Baron Grabiner QC (born 21 March 1945) is a British barrister Sir William Garrow ( 13 April 1760 -1840 was an English Lawyer born in Middlesex, England. Sir Frank Lockwood (15 July 1846 &ndash 18 December, 1897) was a famous English Lawyer and Liberal Party politician Cherie Blair (born 23 September 1954 known professionally as Cherie Booth QC, is an English Barrister. Professor Fidelis Oditah, QC, SAN, LLB (Lagos, MA, BCL, DPhil (Oxon, is an English Barrister James Robert Hope-Scott ( July 15, 1812 - April 29, 1873) was an English Barrister and Tractarian. Peter Richard Kyle Prescott (born 23 January 1943) is a Barrister, Queen's Counsel and Deputy High Court Judge of England and Wales Professor Geoffrey Chevalier Cheshire, DCL, LLD, FBA ( 27 June 1886 &ndash 27 October 1978) was an English William Noy ( 1577 - August 9, 1634) was a noted British Jurist. Arthur Lehman Goodhart, KBE, KC ( 1 March 1891, New York City – 10 November 1978, Oxford) was an William Edward Hearn ( 21 April 1826 &ndash 23 April 1888 university Professor and politician was one of the four original professors at the Family John Henry Newman was born in London and was the eldest son of John Newman (d John Donne (pronounced like done, dʌn 1572 – 31 March 1631 was a Jacobean poet preacher and a major representative of the Metaphysical poets Francis Robert "Frank" Moraes ( 1907 - May 2 1974) was editor of many prominent newspapers in post-Independence India including The Indian Charles Kingsley ( June 12 1819 &ndash January 23 1875) was an English Novelist, particularly associated with the For the New Zealand town planner of the same name see Charles Reade (town planner Charles Reade ( June 8, 1814 - April William Wilkie Collins ( 8 January 1824 &ndash 23 September 1889) was an English Novelist, Playwright, and Sir Henry Rider Haggard KBE ( 22 June 1856 &ndash 14 May 1925) was a prolific writer of Adventure novels set Lancelot Lionel Ware OBE ( 5 June 1915 &ndash 15 August 2000) was an English Barrister, Biochemist and co-founder St George Jackson Mivart PhD MD FRS ( November 30, 1827 – April 1, 1900) was an English Biologist Sir George Harrison, FRS, GCH ( 19 June 1767 – 3 February 1841) was an English Barrister and Diana Louie Elles Baroness Elles (born 19 July 1921) is a former British United Nations representant William Prynne (1600 &ndash 24 October 1669) was a seventeenth-century English author polemicist and political figure Matthew Duane (1707-1785 was an English Roman Catholic conveyancer and art patron Archibald Smith FRS FRSE ( 10 August 1813, Greenhead, Glasgow &ndash 26 December 1872, London Henry Charles Sirr (1807-1872 was a British lawyer diplomat and writer Robert Holford Macdowall Bosanquet ( 31 July 1841 &ndash 7 August 1912) was an English scientist and music theorist and brother of Admiral Sir The Library holds about 150,000 volumes, the core of which is a comprehensive range of English legal materials for the practitioner and bar student including important collections of rare books and manuscripts; by no means all connected with the law. The most important are the Hale Manuscripts. They take their name from Sir Matthew Hale, Chief Justice of the King's Bench and great antiquary, who bequeathed his large personal collection on his death in 1676. The collection includes most of the Library's 63 medieval manuscripts.

The present library building stands at the north end of the Great Hall. It is approached by the staircase which also leads to the Benchers' Rooms; and beneath them are the offices of the Inn. These structures were built at the same time as the Great Hall, in 1843-45, though the library was extended eastwards in 1872, to the design of Sir George Gilbert Scott, R. A. Before the present building was erected, the library was at No. 2 Stone Buildings; and before 1787 there was a library close to the Old Hall. As a collection of books, the library has been in continuous existence for over five centuries. In addition to law reports, statutes, legal textbooks and all the usual material of a working law library, there are many other books on a wide range of subjects, including topography, local records, parish registers and many branches of literature.

Apart from an outstanding collection of English legal treatises and extensive collections of early civil and continental law, the Library has a large collection of pamphlets and tracts, over two thousand of which date from before 1700, and which contain important material of interest to many apart from legal historians.

The Library also holds extensive collections of Commonwealth legislation and law reports (though relatively few textbooks and journals). The Library's current acquisitions policy is to concentrate mainly on Australia and New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore and the Pacific, and Africa, with Inner Temple Library having primary responsibility for Canada, Hong Kong, India, Pakistan and the Caribbean, though the Library does hold some materials from those jurisdictions.

The Library holds a virtually complete set of all Parliamentary papers and debates from 1801. The main exception is House of Commons Standing Committee debates (published separately from the main Hansard) which, other than for a small selection for sessions 1954-55 to 1971-72, are held only from 1983-84.


Preachers of Lincoln's Inn

The office of Preacher of Lincoln's Inn or Preacher to Lincoln's Inn is a clerical office in the Church of England. The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England, the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican [2] Past incumbents include:


Gallery

This 1845 banquet in the recently built New Hall was attended by Queen Victoria. John Donne (pronounced like done, dʌn 1572 – 31 March 1631 was a Jacobean poet preacher and a major representative of the Metaphysical poets William Warburton ( December 24, 1698 &ndash June 7, 1779) was an English Critic and churchman Bishop of Gloucester The Very Reverend Henry Wace ( December 10, 1836 - January 9, 1924) was Principal of King's College London and Dean Derek Watson was the Dean of Salisbury in the Church of England to his retirement in 2002 Edward Maltby ( 6 April, 1770 - 3 July, 1859) was an English Clergyman of the Church of England. Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901 was from 20 June 1837 the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

The Hall of Lincoln's Inn, 1892, by Herbert Railton

Part of Lincoln's Inn drawn by Thomas Shepherd c. 1830. [1]


Other organisations based in the Inn

68 Signal Squadron
68 Signal Squadron

68 Signal Squadron is a British Army unit of the Royal Corps of Signals. 68 Signal Squadron is a British Territorial Army ("TA" unit of the Royal Corps of Signals. 68 Signal Squadron is a British Territorial Army ("TA" unit of the Royal Corps of Signals. It operates out of two locations: a townhouse in Lincoln's Inn, Central London, and (some thirty kilometers away) a more barrack-style premises in Whipps Cross, Leytonstone in East London. It is attached to 71 (Yeomanry) Signal Regiment (Volunteers).

Notes

  1. ^ This illustration shows the Hall (now the Old Hall), the Chapel and Chancery Court.

See also

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Lincoln's Inn Fields is the largest public square in London, England.
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