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'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. Lincoln's Inn is thought to be the oldest of the four Inns of Court,^[1] and can trace its history back to 1422,[1] although its actual origins are even older.
It is situated in Holborn, in the London Borough of Camden, just on the border with the City of London and the City of Westminster, and across the road from Royal Courts of Justice. The nearest tube station is Chancery Lane.

Contents

Architecture

Gallery

Famous Members

Preachers of Lincoln's Inn

Other organisations based in the Inn

Notes

See also

External links

Architecture

Stone Buildings were designed by Sir Robert Taylor and the Great Hall by the father and son architects, Philip and Philip Charles Hardwick. 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.H - 1843.

Gallery

Famous Members

★ Lord Denning

★ Sir Thomas More

★ Richard Cromwell

★ Thomas Langlois Lefroy, Chief Justice of Ireland from 1855 to 1866

★ Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Founder of Pakistan

★ Sir Allama Muhammad Iqbal, Muslim poet, famous for the idea of Pakistan, philosopher, politician, National Poet of Pakistan

★ John Henry Cardinal Newman

★ Mirza Hameedullah Beg, Chief Justice of India

★ Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

★ Cherie Blair QC (Known professionally as Cherie Booth QC)

★ John Donne

★ Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

★ William Osgoode, first Chief Justice of Ontario after whom Osgoode Hall (and by proxy Osgoode Hall Law School) was named

★ Syed Sajjad Ali Shah, Chief Justice of Pakistan

★ Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prime Minister and President of Pakistan

★ John Kofi Agyekum Kufour,President of the Republic of Ghana

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.[2] Past incumbents include:

★ John Donne

★ William Warburton

★ Henry Wace[3]

★ Derek Watson

Other organisations based in the Inn

★ 68 Signal Squadron

Notes

1. The others are Middle Temple, Inner Temple and Gray's Inn.
2. This illustration shows the Hall (now the Old Hall), the Chapel and Chancery Court.

See also

★ Lincoln's Inn Fields

External links

★ Lincoln's Inn website

★ www.shaw-hardwick.co.uk