Ainslie, Hew (1792–1878), brewer and poet, was born on 5 April 1792 at Bargeny Mains in the parish of Dailly, Ayrshire, only son of the three children of George Ainslie, a butler on the estate of Sir Hew Dalrymple Hamilton. His mother's name is unknown, but ...
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Ainslie, Hew (1792–1878), brewer and poet
T. W. Bayne
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Blackmore, Richard Doddridge (1825–1900), novelist and fruit farmer
Charlotte Mitchell
Blackmore, Richard Doddridge (1825–1900), novelist and fruit farmer, was born on 7 June 1825, at the vicarage, Longworth, Berkshire, the third but second surviving son of the Revd John Blackmore (1794–1858) and his first wife, Anne Basset Knight (1794–1825). Anne was the eldest daughter of the ...
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Blackmore, Richard Doddridge (1825–1900)
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Richard Doddridge Blackmore (1825–1900) by Frederick Jenkins © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Driver, Christopher Prout (1932–1997), journalist and writer on food
Paul Levy
Driver, Christopher Prout (1932–1997), journalist and writer on food, was born in India on 1 December 1932, the son of Arthur Herbert Driver, a Presbyterian medical missionary, and his wife, Elsie Kathleen Shepherd. When the family returned to England, Dr Driver ran Book in Hand...
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Heath, Ambrose (1891–1969), writer on cookery and journalist
Paul Levy
Heath, Ambrose (1891–1969), writer on cookery and journalist, was born Francis Geoffrey Miller (the second forename was later changed to Gerald) on 7 February 1891 at 16 Broadhurst Gardens, Hampstead, London, the son of Francis Miller (1866–1935), electrical engineer, and his wife, ...
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Heath, Ambrose (1891–1969)
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Ambrose Heath (1891–1969) by Howard Coster, 1939 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Jackson, Michael (1942–2007), journalist and writer on beer and whisky
Lawrence Goldman
Jackson, Michael (1942–2007), journalist and writer on beer and whisky, was born on 27 March 1942 at Stockeld Park maternity home, Spofforth, Wetherby, Yorkshire, the son of Isaac (Jack) Jackson, First Aid Party member and commercial traveller, and Margaret Duff, née Millington, the wife of ...
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Jarrin, William Alexis [Guglielmo Alexis] (1784–1848), confectioner and author
Laura Mason
Jarrin, William Alexis [Guglielmo Alexis] (1784–1848), confectioner and author, was born in Colorno, near Parma, in northern Italy, on 25 March 1784, the son of William Alexis Jarrin, merchant. Nothing more is known about his family, though the surname suggests they were not of Italian origin. ...
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William Alexis Jarrin (1784–1848) by unknown engraver, pubd 1820 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Lemon, Denis Edward (1945–1994)
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Denis Edward Lemon (1945–1994) by unknown photographer, 1977 Getty Images
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Lemon, Denis Edward (1945–1994), newspaper proprietor and restaurateur
Peter Burton
Lemon, Denis Edward (1945–1994), newspaper proprietor and restaurateur, was born on 11 August 1945 at Berryfield House, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, the eldest child and only son of Albert Edward Lemon, an executive officer with the Assistance Board, and his partner, Jane Kenyon, formerly Unsworth (1912–1988)...
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Postgate, Raymond William (1896–1971), journalist and writer on food and wine
J. M. Bellamy
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Postgate, Raymond William (1896–1971), journalist and writer on food and wine, was born in Cambridge on 6 November 1896, the eldest of four sons and second of the six children of John Percival Postgate (1853–1926), classical scholar and fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge...
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Rylance, Ralph (1782–1834), miscellaneous writer and editor
Janet Ing Freeman
Rylance, Ralph (1782–1834), miscellaneous writer and editor, was born on 30 March 1782 at Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire, the son of Thomas Rylance, a joiner, and his wife, Alice Beswick or Boswick (d. 1831). He attended Bolton grammar school, leaving in 1797 and entering into a brief apprenticeship with a weaver; by that date ...
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Winner, (Robert) Michael (1935–2013), film-maker and food critic
Andrew H. Spicer
Winner, (Robert) Michael (1935–2013), film-maker and food critic, was born on 30 October 1935 at 40 Belsize Grove, Hampstead, London, the only child of George Joseph Winner (1907–1972), businessman, and his wife, Helen, née Zlota (1906–1984), who was born in Praszka, Poland. His paternal grandfather was a Russian Jew who became a naturalized British citizen in 1910 and set up a successful clothing business. ...
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(Robert) Michael Winner (1935–2013) by unknown photographer, 1960s © Getty Images
