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Ansell, Gertrude Mary (1861–1932), suffragette and businesswoman, was born on 2 June 1861 at 1 Vernon Place, Bloomsbury, London, the third child and only daughter of George Frederick Ansell (1826–1880) and his wife, Sarah Cook. Her father, a scientific chemist, had in 1856 been appointed to a clerkship in the ...

Cookman, George (bap. 1774, d. 1856), businessman, lay preacher, and radical politician, was baptized on 20 January 1774 in the church of St Peter in the village of Owthorne, on the east Yorkshire coast, the son of Grimston Cookman, yeoman, and his wife, ...

Richter, John (1769?–1830), radical and businessman, was probably the John Richter born on 22 July 1769 (perhaps at 40 Great Newport Street, Soho) and baptized on 27 August at St Anne's, Soho, the eldest son of John Augustus Richter, artist and engraver, originally from ...