Abetot, Urse d' (c. 1040–1108), administrator, derived his name from St Jean d'Abbetot, near Tancarville (Seine Inférieure) where he was probably born. He appears in Domesday Book as a tenant-in-chief in the counties of Hereford, Gloucester, Warwick, and Worcester, and as a subtenant in ...
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Abetot, Urse d' (c. 1040–1108), administrator
J. H. Round
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Abingdon [Abyndon], Richard (d. in or before 1322), administrator
J. R. S. Phillips
Abingdon [Abyndon], Richard (d. in or before 1322), administrator, was probably a native of Abingdon in Berkshire, and possibly a relation both of Stephen Abingdon, who became butler of the royal household under Edward II, and of the Stephen Abingdon who was a ...
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Acworth, George (1534–1581x6), administrator and scholar
Ronald H. Fritze
Acworth, George (1534–1581x6), administrator and scholar, was born in London in 1534, the son of Thomas Acworth, a merchant taylor of London, and his wife, Anne. Thomas came from Bedfordshire, where his father, also named George, had been elected knight of the shire for that county in 1529. During his youth ...
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Airmyn [Ayreminne], Richard (c. 1290–1340), administrator
Roy Martin Haines
Airmyn [Ayreminne], Richard (c. 1290–1340), administrator, came of a family that derived its name from the village of Airmyn on the River Aire in Yorkshire. Richard seems to have been a son of Adam and Matilda Airmyn and a younger brother of William Airmyn (d. 1336)...
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Airmyn [Ayreminne], William (d. 1336), administrator and bishop of Norwich
M. C. Buck
Airmyn [Ayreminne], William (d. 1336), administrator and bishop of Norwich, was the son of Adam and Matilda Airmyn, and probably came from the hamlet of Airmyn, near Selby, in Yorkshire, one of a large group of men from that region to obtain prominence in government service. First recorded as an attorney in ...
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Aiscough [Ayscough], William (c. 1395–1450), administrator and bishop of Salisbury
Margaret Lucille Kekewich
Aiscough [Ayscough], William (c. 1395–1450), administrator and bishop of Salisbury, was the son of Robert Aiscough, of Potgrange, near Masham, Yorkshire, and brother of Robert, who became dean of the Chapel Royal. Ordained in 1415, he was master of arts by 1423 and doctor of theology by 1432, both probably of ...
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Alcock, John (1430–1500), administrator and bishop of Ely
R. J. Schoeck
Alcock, John (1430–1500), administrator and bishop of Ely, was born at Beverley, Yorkshire, the son of William Alcock of Hull. Alcock received his early schooling in the grammar school attached to Beverley Minster, and then attended Cambridge University. DCL by 1459, he began his career in local diocesan administration in ...
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Alured, Thomas (bap. 1583, d. 1638), administrator
Simon Healy
Alured, Thomas (bap. 1583, d. 1638), administrator, was baptized at Sculcoates, near Hull, Yorkshire, on 3 September 1583, the third son of John Alured (c.1545–1606) of the Charterhouse, Sculcoates, and his wife, Frances, daughter of Sir Henry Gates of Seamer, Yorkshire...
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Anderson, Sir Alan Garrett (1877–1952), public servant and shipowner
Freda Harcourt
Anderson, Sir Alan Garrett (1877–1952), public servant and shipowner, was born in London on 9 March 1877, the only son of James George Skelton Anderson and his wife, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836–1917), the first woman to qualify as a doctor in Great Britain...
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Anderson, Sir Robert (1841–1918)
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Sir Robert Anderson (1841–1918) by James Russell & Sons © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Anderson, Sir Robert (1841–1918), spymaster, detective chief, and author
Bernard Porter
Anderson, Sir Robert (1841–1918), spymaster, detective chief, and author, was born on 29 May 1841 in Mountjoy Square, Dublin, the third son of Matthew Anderson (1804–1888), crown solicitor, Dublin, and his wife, Mary née Lee. The second son, Sir Samuel Lee Anderson (...
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Anslay, Brian (d. 1536), administrator and translator
Retha M. Warnicke
Anslay, Brian (d. 1536), administrator and translator, about whose parentage and origins little is known, participated, as yeoman of the wine cellar, in Henry VII's funeral procession and in Henry VIII's coronation ceremonies in 1509. In 1521 his translation of Christine de Pisan's...
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Archibald (d. 1198), administrator and abbot of Dunfermline
W. W. Scott
Archibald (d. 1198), administrator and abbot of Dunfermline, was of unknown origins. He became abbot in 1178 or 1179, and soon after his appointment witnessed two acta of King William the Lion (r. 1165–1214), one being the foundation grant for the king's major new abbey at ...
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Argall, Thomas (1499/1500–1563), administrator
J. D. Alsop
Argall, Thomas (1499/1500–1563), administrator, was probably born at Lambeth, the only son of John Argall and his wife, Emme. His date of birth is derived from the fact that in July 1540 he gave his age as forty. Both parents were deceased by 1522, when ...
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Arnold, Matthew (1822–1888)
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Matthew Arnold (1822–1888) by George Frederic Watts, 1880 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Arnold, Matthew (1822–1888), poet, writer, and inspector of schools
Stefan Collini
Arnold, Matthew (1822–1888), poet, writer, and inspector of schools, was born at Laleham-on-Thames, Middlesex, on 24 December 1822, the eldest son and second of the nine surviving children of the Revd Thomas Arnold (1795–1842) and Mary Penrose Arnold (1791–1873). Thomas Arnold had been a fellow of ...
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Arundel, Thomas (1353–1414)
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Arundel [Fitzalan], Thomas (1353–1414), administrator and archbishop of Canterbury
Jonathan Hughes
Arundel [Fitzalan], Thomas (1353–1414), administrator and archbishop of Canterbury, was the third son of Richard (II) Fitzalan, third earl of Arundel and eighth earl of Surrey (c. 1313–1376), and his wife, Eleanor (d. 1372), the daughter of Henry, earl of Lancaster, and widow of ...
