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A medieval lavatory. Garderobes were often
built into the thickness of a castle wall,
with an open drop to the moat below.
Gardiner
Gerald Austin, 1900-1990. British lawyer. As
Lord Chancellor in the 1964-70 Labour
governments, Gardiner introduced the office
of Ombudsman to Britain, and played a major
role in the movement for abolition of capital
punishment for murder (which became law in
1965).