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Major-General Sir Colin McVean Gubbins KCMG, DSO, MC (2 July 1896 – 11 February 1976) was the prime mover of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) in the Second World War.[1] Gubbins was also respo...

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Major-General Sir Colin McVean Gubbins KCMG, DSO, MC (2 July 1896 – 11 February 1976) was the prime mover of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) in the Second World War.[1] Gubbins was also respo...

5/17/2024

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Sir John Templeton MP (1912 - 2008)

John Marks Templeton (November 29, 1912 – July 8, 2008) was an American-born British stock investor, businessman and philanthropist.BiographyJohn Marks Templeton was an investor and mutual fund pioneer...

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Sir John Templeton MP (1912 - 2008)

John Marks Templeton (November 29, 1912 – July 8, 2008) was an American-born British stock investor, businessman and philanthropist.BiographyJohn Marks Templeton was an investor and mutual fund pioneer...

4/4/2024

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Christopher Nolan is a film director and screenwriter who's helmed several hit movies, including 'Inception,' 'The Dark Knight Rises,' 'Interstellar' and 'Dunkirk.' Christopher Nolan received attentio...

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Christopher Nolan is a film director and screenwriter who's helmed several hit movies, including 'Inception,' 'The Dark Knight Rises,' 'Interstellar' and 'Dunkirk.' Christopher Nolan received attentio...

3/29/2024

Godfrey Thomson MP (1881 - 1955)

Sir Godfrey Hilton Thomson FRSE DCL (27 March 1881 – 9 February 1955) was an English educational psychologist known as a critical pioneer in intelligence research. The Godfrey Thomson Unit for Resea...

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Godfrey Thomson MP (1881 - 1955)

Sir Godfrey Hilton Thomson FRSE DCL (27 March 1881 – 9 February 1955) was an English educational psychologist known as a critical pioneer in intelligence research. The Godfrey Thomson Unit for Resea...

1/17/2024

Most Rev & Rt Hon Justin Welby, 105th Archbishop of Canterbury MP

London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom

106th Archbishop of Canterbury, March 2013 Justin Portal Welby (born 6 January 1956) is the 105th and current Archbishop of Canterbury and senior bishop in the Church of England. Welby was formerly the...

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Most Rev & Rt Hon Justin Welby, 105th Archbishop of Canterbury MP

London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom

106th Archbishop of Canterbury, March 2013 Justin Portal Welby (born 6 January 1956) is the 105th and current Archbishop of Canterbury and senior bishop in the Church of England. Welby was formerly the...

1/2/2024

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Sir James Ralph Darling MP (1899 - 1995)

James Ralph Darling, CMG, OBE (18 June 1899 – 1 November 1995) was the English-born Australian Headmaster of Geelong Grammar School (1930–1961), and Chairman of the Australian Broadcasting Commission (...

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Sir James Ralph Darling MP (1899 - 1995)

James Ralph Darling, CMG, OBE (18 June 1899 – 1 November 1995) was the English-born Australian Headmaster of Geelong Grammar School (1930–1961), and Chairman of the Australian Broadcasting Commission (...

12/18/2023

Sir Laurens Jan Van Der Post, b1c14 MP (1906 - 1996)

"b1c14"

Sir Laurens Jan van der Post , CBE (13 December 1906 – 16 December 1996) was a 20th-century Afrikaner author, farmer, war hero, political adviser to British heads of government, close friend of Prince ...

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Sir Laurens Jan Van Der Post, b1c14 MP (1906 - 1996)

"b1c14"

Sir Laurens Jan van der Post , CBE (13 December 1906 – 16 December 1996) was a 20th-century Afrikaner author, farmer, war hero, political adviser to British heads of government, close friend of Prince ...

12/14/2023

Arnold Wolfendale MP (1927 - 2020)

Sir Arnold Whittaker Wolfendale FRS (25 June 1927 – 21 December 2020) was a British astronomer who served as the fourteenth Astronomer Royal from 1991 to 1995. He was Professor of Physics at Durham U...

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Arnold Wolfendale MP (1927 - 2020)

Sir Arnold Whittaker Wolfendale FRS (25 June 1927 – 21 December 2020) was a British astronomer who served as the fourteenth Astronomer Royal from 1991 to 1995. He was Professor of Physics at Durham U...

12/12/2023

Martin John Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow, OM, FRS, HonFREng, FMedSci, FRAS, HonFInstP (born 23 June 1942) is a British cosmologist and astrophysicist. He is the fifteenth Astronomer Royal, appointed in...

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Martin John Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow, OM, FRS, HonFREng, FMedSci, FRAS, HonFInstP (born 23 June 1942) is a British cosmologist and astrophysicist. He is the fifteenth Astronomer Royal, appointed in...

12/12/2023

Sir John Lonsdale Otter MP (1852 - 1932)

John Lonsdale Otter was knighted (Knight Bachelor) 21 February 1917, for services to Indian War Hospitals. At the time of his marriage, John Lonsdale Otter was resident at St Georges Square, Pimlic...

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Sir John Lonsdale Otter MP (1852 - 1932)

John Lonsdale Otter was knighted (Knight Bachelor) 21 February 1917, for services to Indian War Hospitals. At the time of his marriage, John Lonsdale Otter was resident at St Georges Square, Pimlic...

12/11/2023

Honours: Knight Commander, Order of the British Empire (K.B.E.) 1939 Knight Commander, Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) 1947

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Honours: Knight Commander, Order of the British Empire (K.B.E.) 1939 Knight Commander, Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) 1947

12/8/2023

Richard of Melcombe Bingham, Knighthood unrecorded, was living in 1404 but died before 1408.--(Bingham Researchers, No. 4, p.7.) A document is available at the National Archives UK, proves he was a Kn...

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Richard of Melcombe Bingham, Knighthood unrecorded, was living in 1404 but died before 1408.--(Bingham Researchers, No. 4, p.7.) A document is available at the National Archives UK, proves he was a Kn...

10/4/2023

Sir John George Woodroffe MP (1865 - 1936)

"Arthur Avalon"

Sir John George Woodroffe (15 December 1865 – 16 January 1936), also known by his pseudonym Arthur Avalon, was a British Orientalist whose extensive and complex published works on the Tantras, and ot...

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Sir John George Woodroffe MP (1865 - 1936)

"Arthur Avalon"

Sir John George Woodroffe (15 December 1865 – 16 January 1936), also known by his pseudonym Arthur Avalon, was a British Orientalist whose extensive and complex published works on the Tantras, and ot...

9/21/2023

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Sir John Lambe (c.1566 - 1646)

On January 15th, 1614-15, the King sold it to Edmund Dumeld and John Babington, of London, and the transaction is thus recorded on the Patent Roll : — [The King grants inter alia] " all those separat...

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Sir John Lambe (c.1566 - 1646)

On January 15th, 1614-15, the King sold it to Edmund Dumeld and John Babington, of London, and the transaction is thus recorded on the Patent Roll : — [The King grants inter alia] " all those separat...

8/14/2023

Sir John Hampden, Kt. (c.1478 - 1553)

"of Theydon Mount"

Sir John Hampden1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 M, #95069, b. circa 1480, d. 20 December 1553 Father John Hampden, Esq.1,10,5,6,7 b. c 1455, d. c 17 Oct 1496 Mother Elizabeth Sidney1,10,5,6,7 b. bt 1456 - 1459...

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Sir John Hampden, Kt. (c.1478 - 1553)

"of Theydon Mount"

Sir John Hampden1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 M, #95069, b. circa 1480, d. 20 December 1553 Father John Hampden, Esq.1,10,5,6,7 b. c 1455, d. c 17 Oct 1496 Mother Elizabeth Sidney1,10,5,6,7 b. bt 1456 - 1459...

8/13/2023