Sir Alfred George Marten - Hare Court in Inner Temple (London) - Coats of Arms on Waymarking.com

Depicted CoA of Sir Alfred George Marten, treasurer of the Inner Temple in 1893, is one (on the left) of two CoAs on beautiful stone tablet located on the facade of Hare Court building in London's Inner Temple.

The Latin iscription on the stone tablet with two coats of arms:
HAS NOVAS AEDES ANTIQVIS VETVSTATE CONSVMPTIS EXSTRVENDAS CVRAVIT HOSPITIVM INTERIORIS TEMPLI INCHOATAE ALF.GEO.MARTEN ARMO. THESO. ABSOLVTAE ARTVRO COHEN ARMO. THESO.

ENG: The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple managed the restoration of this building, which had been consumed by the ravages of time. The work was begun by Alfred George Marten Esq (treasurer) in 1893 and completed by Arthur Cohen Esq (treasurer) in 1894.

Sir Alfred George Marten, QC (8 November 1829 – 22 Jun 1910, St. Leonards-on-Sea) was an English politician and barrister. He was Member of Parliament for Cambridge, between 1874 and 1880, as a member of the Conservative Party. In 1896 he was appointed a County Court Judge. Alfred George Marten was born in 1829 into a non-conformist family, the third son of Robert Giles Marten of Plaistow, Essex. His father's and grandfather's business was in shipbroking and insurance in the city of London. However, both his father and grandfather died in 1839. Alfred went to Mill Hill School and then on to St John's College Cambridge. He qualified as a barrister at the Inner Temple and became a fellow of St John's in 1870. [wiki]

The name of the Hare Court commemorates Nicholas Hare (d. 1597), one of four bencher brothers, and Treasurer in 1584, who built chambers here; it was previously called the Little Court, or Garden Court, and is perhaps the same as Nut Tree Court, called the 'Nut Garden' in Henry VIII's time. It contained a well, with a pump. The original buildings here were named after various members who paid for their erection - for instance Crompton's Building and Brooker's Building - but after rebuilding in the seventeenth century they were all known by the name of the court itself. Only the chambers on the west and south sides open into the court; those on the west side also open into Middle Temple Lane and have passages leading through. Jeffreys had chambers at No. 3. The west range (Nos. 2-3) was rebuilt in 1679 after the fire of 1678, and again (to the design of Sir Thomas Jackson) in 1893-94. There are carved plaques on both sides of this range with the names and arms of Alfred George Marten, Treasurer 1893, and Arthur Cohen, Treasurer 1894.