The Honourable George Lambton was born in London on 23 December 1860, the fifth son of George Lambton, 2nd Earl of Durham and his wife, Beatrix, daughter of James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn. He was...
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The Honourable George Lambton was born in London on 23 December 1860, the fifth son of George Lambton, 2nd Earl of Durham and his wife, Beatrix, daughter of James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn. He was...
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Deborah Kerr= From Wikipedia: Deborah Kerr, CBE (30 September 1921 – 16 October 2007) was a Scottish stage, television and film actress. She won the Sarah Siddons Award for her Chicago performance as L...
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Deborah Kerr= From Wikipedia: Deborah Kerr, CBE (30 September 1921 – 16 October 2007) was a Scottish stage, television and film actress. She won the Sarah Siddons Award for her Chicago performance as L...
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The kingdoms of Scotland and England were united in 1603, when King James VI of Scotland also became James I of England. James certainly had a strange fascination with all things associated with ...
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The kingdoms of Scotland and England were united in 1603, when King James VI of Scotland also became James I of England. James certainly had a strange fascination with all things associated with ...
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Edward FitzGerald (poet)= From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia * Edward FitzGerald* Born 31 March 1809* Bredfield House, Bredfield, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom* Died 14 June 1883 (age...
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Edward FitzGerald (poet)= From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia * Edward FitzGerald* Born 31 March 1809* Bredfield House, Bredfield, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom* Died 14 June 1883 (age...
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John Constable (1776 – 1837) was an English Romantic painter. Born in Suffolk, known principally for his landscape paintings of Dedham Vale, the area surrounding his home—now known as "Constable Countr...
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John Constable (1776 – 1837) was an English Romantic painter. Born in Suffolk, known principally for his landscape paintings of Dedham Vale, the area surrounding his home—now known as "Constable Countr...
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Ward (1577–1640) was an English Puritan minister of Ipswich.LifeHe was born in Suffolk, son of John Ward, minister of Haverhill, by his wife Susan. Nathaniel Ward was his younger brother. Another broth...
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Ward (1577–1640) was an English Puritan minister of Ipswich.LifeHe was born in Suffolk, son of John Ward, minister of Haverhill, by his wife Susan. Nathaniel Ward was his younger brother. Another broth...
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Nathaniel Ward (1578 – October 1652) was a Puritan clergyman and pamphleteer in England and Massachusetts. He wrote the first constitution in North America in 1641.
His mother married 2nd to Richard ...
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Nathaniel Ward (1578 – October 1652) was a Puritan clergyman and pamphleteer in England and Massachusetts. He wrote the first constitution in North America in 1641.
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Helen Gillian Oxenbury ==From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia(born 1938) is an English author and illustrator of picture books. She lives in North London with her husband John Burningham, another chil...
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Helen Gillian Oxenbury ==From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia(born 1938) is an English author and illustrator of picture books. She lives in North London with her husband John Burningham, another chil...
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John Ashby (1646 - 12 June 1693) was an officer of the Royal Navy, who rose to the rank of Admiral. Ashby was the fourth son of Robert Ashby and his wife Alice, who was a sister of Sir Thomas Allin. He...
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John Ashby (1646 - 12 June 1693) was an officer of the Royal Navy, who rose to the rank of Admiral. Ashby was the fourth son of Robert Ashby and his wife Alice, who was a sister of Sir Thomas Allin. He...
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Susan Cheshire, Baroness Ryder of Warsaw and Baroness Cheshire, CMG, OBE (3 July 1924 – 2 November 2000), best known as Sue Ryder, was a British volunteer with Special Operations Executive in the Secon...
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Susan Cheshire, Baroness Ryder of Warsaw and Baroness Cheshire, CMG, OBE (3 July 1924 – 2 November 2000), best known as Sue Ryder, was a British volunteer with Special Operations Executive in the Secon...
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Gainsborough (christened 14 May 1727 – 2 August 1788) was an English portrait and landscape painter. He was born the youngest son of John Gainsborough, a weaver in Suffolk, and, in 1740, left home to s...
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Gainsborough (christened 14 May 1727 – 2 August 1788) was an English portrait and landscape painter. He was born the youngest son of John Gainsborough, a weaver in Suffolk, and, in 1740, left home to s...
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"I am going to be the first of a new genus. I am not born to tread in the beaten track - the peculiar bent of my nature pushes me on" Mary Wollstonecraft in letter to Everina, 1774
Mary Wollstonec...
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"I am going to be the first of a new genus. I am not born to tread in the beaten track - the peculiar bent of my nature pushes me on" Mary Wollstonecraft in letter to Everina, 1774
Mary Wollstonec...
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Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett GBE (11 June 1847 – 5 August 1929) was a British feminist, intellectual, political leader, activist and writer. She is primarily known for her work as a campaigner for wo...
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Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett GBE (11 June 1847 – 5 August 1929) was a British feminist, intellectual, political leader, activist and writer. She is primarily known for her work as a campaigner for wo...
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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson , LSA, MD (9 June 1836 – 17 December 1917), was an English physician and suffragist, and the first woman to openly qualify in Britain as a physician and surgeon, and the firs...
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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson , LSA, MD (9 June 1836 – 17 December 1917), was an English physician and suffragist, and the first woman to openly qualify in Britain as a physician and surgeon, and the firs...
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On each landing, opposite the lift shaft, the poster with the enormous face gazed from the wall. It was one of those pictures which are so contrived that the eyes follow you about when you move. BIG BR...
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On each landing, opposite the lift shaft, the poster with the enormous face gazed from the wall. It was one of those pictures which are so contrived that the eyes follow you about when you move. BIG BR...
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Thomas Wolsey, English cardinal and statesman. He served as papal legate (1518-30) and lord chancellor of England (1515-29). Of humble birth, he was an ambitious man who rose quickly in church affairs,...
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Thomas Wolsey, English cardinal and statesman. He served as papal legate (1518-30) and lord chancellor of England (1515-29). Of humble birth, he was an ambitious man who rose quickly in church affairs,...
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Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten OM CH (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976) was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. He was a central figure of 20th-century British music, with a range of...
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Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten OM CH (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976) was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. He was a central figure of 20th-century British music, with a range of...
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