The site at Millbank was originally purchased in 1799 on behalf of the Crown by the philosopher Jeremy Bentham, for the erection of his Panopticon prison as Britain's new National Penitentiary.
The site at Millbank was originally purchased in 1799 on behalf of the Crown by the philosopher Jeremy Bentham. This was for the erection of his Panopticon prison as Britain's new National Penitentiary.