old scotland yard government building Central London England UK
The name of the headquarters is derived from its original location on Great Scotland Yard, a street within Whitehall. The exact origins of the name are unknown, but one explanation is that the site had once been used as a diplomatic mission owned by the Kings of Scotland, prior to the 1707 Union of England and Scotland. Another being that the street was owned by a man called Scott during the Middle Ages, or that Stagecoaches bound to Scotland once departed from the street.[1] By the 17th century, the street had become a site of government buildings, with the architects Inigo Jones and Christopher Wren living there. From 1649–1651, the poet John Milton lived there during the Commonwealth of England under Oliver Cromwell's rule. The Metropolitan Police was formed by Home Secretary Sir Robert Peel with the implementation of the Metropolitan Police Act, passed by Government in 1829. Sir Robert Peel selected the original Scotland Yard for the new police headquarters, with the help of Eugène-François Vidocq. By 1829 the building was occupied by police, housing the first two Commissioners, Sir Charles Rowan and Sir Richard Mayne. The two Commissioners, along with various police officers and staff, occupied 4 Whitehall Place with one entrance being used as a police station, leading to the location being known as "Scotland Yard" after its address. On 30 May 1884, during the Fenian bombing campaign of 1883 to 1885, an anonymous letter was sent threatening to bomb Scotland Yard and all other government buildings in Central London. On the night of 30 May an explosive device was placed on a urinal outside Scotland Yard, and later detonated causing severe damage to the CID and Special Irish Branch offices. Later the same night another bomb exploded outside a club in what used to be Sir Watkin Wynn's house, and another was found placed at Nelson's Column.
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