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Billing, Noel Pemberton (1881–1948), aviator and self-publicist
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Profumo, John Dennis [Jack] (1915–2006), politician and social worker
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Profumo, John Dennis [Jack] (1915–2006), politician and social worker, was born on 30 January 1915 at 28 Basil Street, Kensington, the second son (the elder had died in infancy) and fourth of five children of Albert Peter Anthony Profumo (1879–1940), barrister, and fourth Baron Profumo of the kingdom of Italy...
