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A Sir Richard Arkwright (1732–1792) — inventor of the water frame which revolutionised the cotton making industry in the late 18th century Fiona Armstrong (born 1956) — journalist, newsreader B Professor Sir George Grenfell Baines, OBE (1908–2003) — architect, pioneer of multi-disciplinary design, and founder of the Building Design Partnership Roy Barraclough (1935–2017) — actor fro...
A project dedicated to listing and exploring the life and works of some of England's most famous philsoophers both from philosophers of the Middle Ages like William of Ockham all the way to the most contemporary. A J. L. Ackrill H. B. Acton Samuel Alexander G. E. M. Anscombe J. L. Austin A. J. Ayer Michael R. Ayers B Francis Bacon Roger Bacon Julian Baggini Thomas Ba...
British Film Actors This is a list of notable actresses and male actors from the United Kingdom. This list includes acting people of film, radio, stage and television. Please take the time to link GENi profiles to the names in the following lists (using bold links) , and add unlisted British film actors and actresses who are not yet included. How to add a link is explained in the document - Ad...
19th Century British Politicians Picture to right: General George Anson (1769-1849) British officer and politician who sat for many years as a Whig Member of Parliament. Image by Thomas Barber - BBC Your Paintings (now available by Art UK), Public Domain, Wiki Commons The list below is from Wikipedia UK MPs 1801–02 . Although there will be duplications through the years this is still ...
of Oxford=The University of Oxford (informally referred to as Oxford University or simply Oxford) is a collegiate research university located in Oxford, England, United Kingdom.Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world, and the second-oldest surviving university in the world,...
Umbrella Project for the Politicians of Great Britain. Pictured right: Benjamin Disraeli Please also add profiles to the apporpriate sub-project(s) associated with this umbrella project. Projects under this umbrella: 13th Century Members of Parliament 14th Century Members of Parliament 15th Century Members of Parliament 16th Century Members of Parliament 17th Century Members of ...
Only Englishmen in Russia - living here, on service, marriages of Russian and English, etc May be Welsh also to be included here. Scots and Irish - in separate projects.
18th Century British Politicians Image Right - George Waldegrave, 4th Earl Waldegrave, Viscount Chewton , PC, ADC (23 November 1751 – 22 October 1789) British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1780. Image by Richard Earlom - Public Domain, Wiki Commons It would be most helpful if when adding a profile you could please add it also to the alphabetical list below a...
Freemasons, or simply "Masons," have been present in England since at least the Reformation and today can be found throughout the nation in civic and community roles. Much discussion of their history in the nation can be found in this excellent Wikipedia article .Although the most famous Freemasons have been presidents, CEOs, and other public figures, the vast majority of Freemasons were and ar...
20th Century British Politicians = Image Right - James Callaghan (1912-2005) served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1976 to 1980 ===== Image Public Domain, Wiki Commons This is a huge project as this list only represents MPs elected in 1945. There will of course be overlap over the years but still a massive undertaking. We welcome a...
Wikipedia This is a Portal project, so please do not add/ tag any profiles to it. Throughout the history of the British Isles, the land that is now the United Kingdom has been a major music producer, drawing inspiration from church music and traditional folk music, using instruments from England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales. Each of the four countries of the United Kingdom has it...
It would be helpful if anyone adding profiles to this project could please also add them to the alphabetical list below: A B C Sir John Cheyney, MP Roger Cheyne, MP D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S Sir Richard Strangeways, of West Harlsey T U V W John Watkins X Z References Category:15th-century English politicians Category:15th...
British Coal Mine Workers=Coal mining in the United Kingdom probably dates to Roman times and took place in many different parts of the country. Britain's coalfields are associated with Northumberland and Durham, North and South Wales, Yorkshire, Scotland, Lancashire, the East and West Midlands and Kent. During the 1980s and 1990s the industry was scaled back considerably. In 2013, there were t...
British Italians=This is a list of notable British people of Italian ancestry and Italians in the United Kingdom. The citizenship and connection to Britain and Italy is shown in parentheses.Those with profiles in Geni should be marked in bold.==Administration====Librarians==* Anthony Panizzi==Prime ministers==* Benjamin Disraeli ==Secretaries of state and ministers==* John Profumo ==Arts=====Ca...
It would be helpful if anyone adding profiles to this project could please also add them to the alphabetical list below: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Z References Category:13th-century English politicians Category:13th-century English MPs
A brief history of Basildon, Berkshire= Basildon is a Thames-side Parish in the Royal County of Berkshire, lying between Pangbourne to the south and Streatley to the north and some 8 miles west of Reading. It has a population of 1600 and comprises some 3,500 acres.Nowadays it is best known for Basildon Park, a National Trust property, built by John Carr of York between 1777-1783 for Sir Francis...
ENGLAND, United Kingdom - Place Projects=This is a sub-project of International Places Project Index Every person is born somewhere, marries, lives, works and dies somewhere. Places are a key component to family history research. This project aims to be the starting point in your search for a place in ENGLAND on Geni to discover more about your ancestors. If a place you are looking for in Engla...
Ashdown House, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), England= Ashdown House underwent few changes through its existence until the second World War when it was requisitioned. This had a dire consequence for the house leaving it in an exceedingly poor, near derelict, condition. In 1956 it was donated to the National Trust by Cornelia, Countess of Craven . The National Trust have leased the house and recen...
This is a sub-project of English Emigration to Australia English settlement in Victoria With Great Britain having claimed the entire Australian continent east of the 135th meridian east in 1788, Victoria was included in the wider colony of New South Wales. The first settlement in the area occurred in 1803 at Sullivan Bay, and much of what is now Victoria was included in the Port Phillip Distric...
Notable Victorians=Lots of changes took place during the Victorian era (1837 to 1901), and many people made important contributions to Victorian society in a wide variety of different ways. This project will help to learn more about some of these notable Victorians:>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Queen Victoria ==Notable Victorian Scots==* Alexander Graham Bell * Robert Louis Stevenson ...
1918 lnfluenza Pandemic - British Isles: Survivors="I had a little bird its name was Enza I opened the window, And in-flu-enza."(1918 children’s playground rhyme) Pleased add to this project any profiles of survivors of the 1918 "Spanish Flu" pandemic resident in the UK"To participate in any project - you do need to first be a collaborator - so please join the project using the request link und...
Geni naming conventions - England See the projects Geni naming conventions and Geni naming conventions - data entry for general guidance. Use ordinary case. Name Preference Settings can be used to change how names are displayed to your personal preference. Name as close to original name as possible, language, geography and time period to be taken into consideration. Patronymics in the...
Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England=The authentic history of Windsor Castle cannot be carried back beyond the 11th century. The romantic legends told by Froissart of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table at Windsor lack the foundation of prosaic record, but are interesting as representing the traditions as to the early history of Windsor which were current in the 14th and 15th centuries...
Langley Hall and Sutton Hall, Cheshire, England= Pictured Right Langley Hall AFTER THE NORMAN CONQUEST the Norman earls granted manors to individuals in return for certain duties. The recipient of the Manor of Sutton assumed the title 'de Sutton' and sometime in the Middle Ages the family built a hall to reflect their status. For centuries, little disturbed the tranquil farming communities in t...