Abbatt [née Cobb], (Nora) Marjorie (1899–1991), promoter of toy design and businesswoman, was born on 18 March 1899 at 12 Lovelace Gardens, Surbiton, Surrey, the elder daughter of Edward Rhodes Cobb (1872-1965), a well-to-do fur broker, and his wife Marion Murray ...
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Abbatt [née Cobb], (Nora) Marjorie (1899–1991), promoter of toy design and businesswoman
Elizabeth Newson
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Abbott, Peter Harriss (1774/5–1850), accountant and official assignee
John Richard Edwards
Abbott, Peter Harriss (1774/5–1850), accountant and official assignee, was born on the island of St Christopher in the West Indies, the son of Peter Abbott and Jane Dijett. Abbott's early career remains obscure, but it is known that by 1812 he was in business as a merchant working from ...
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D'Abo [née Maude], Jennifer Mary Victoria (1945–2003), businesswoman
Anne Pimlott Baker
D'Abo [née Maude], Jennifer Mary Victoria (1945–2003), businesswoman, was born on 14 August 1945 at the London Clinic, 20 Devonshire Place, London, the elder of the two daughters of Michael William Vernon Maude, later Hammond-Maude (d. 1995), diplomat and land agent, of ...
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D'Abo, Jennifer Mary Victoria (1945–2003)
Maker: unknown photographer
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Jennifer Mary Victoria D'Abo (1945–2003) by unknown photographer, 1990 UPPA/Photoshot
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Abrahams, Sir Lionel Barnett (1869–1919), economist and civil servant
G. Balachandran
Abrahams, Sir Lionel Barnett (1869–1919), economist and civil servant, was born in London on 9 December 1869, the only son of Mordecai Abrahams (1843/4–1923) of Houndsditch, a working butcher and ritual slaughterman, who later became secretary to the Initiation Society, and his wife, ...
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Abrams, Mark Alexander [formerly Max Alexander Abramowitz] (1906–1994), social scientist
Michael Warren
Abrams, Mark Alexander [formerly Max Alexander Abramowitz] (1906–1994), social scientist, was born at 57 Balfour Road, Edmonton, London, on 27 April 1906, one of eight children born to Abraham (Abram) Abramowitz, also known as Abramovich or Abrams, and his wife, Annie (Hannah), ...
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Acworth, Angus Whiteford (1898–1981), financier and conservationist
Simon Swynfen Jervis
Acworth, Angus Whiteford (1898–1981), financier and conservationist, was born on 20 October 1898 at Braeside, Shoot Up Hill, Cricklewood, London, the only son and second of the four children of Joseph John Acworth (1853–1927), businessman, and his wife, Marion Whiteford, née Stevenson (1870–1964)...
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Acworth, Sir William Mitchell (1850–1925), railway economist
C. E. R. Sherrington
revised by T. A. B. Corley
Acworth, Sir William Mitchell (1850–1925), railway economist, was born at Rothley, Leicestershire, on 22 November 1850, the third son of the Revd William Acworth, vicar of Rothley, and his wife, Margaret Dundas, daughter of Andrew Mitchell of Maulside, Beath, and Blythswood Place, Glasgow...
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Adamson, Daniel (1820–1890), engineer and entrepreneur
J. Gordon Read
Adamson, Daniel (1820–1890), engineer and entrepreneur, was born on 30 April 1820 at Shildon, co. Durham. He was the thirteenth of fifteen children, seven sons and eight daughters, born to Daniel Adamson (1778–1832), landlord of the Grey Horse at Shildon, and his wife, ...
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Addis, Sir Charles Stewart (1861–1945), banker and government adviser
Roberta Allbert Dayer
Addis, Sir Charles Stewart (1861–1945), banker and government adviser, was born on 23 November 1861 in Edinburgh, the youngest of twelve children of the Revd Thomas Addis (1813–1899), a Free Church of Scotland minister, and his wife, Robina, daughter of a tea merchant in ...
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Alexander [née Barber], Ann (1774/5–1861), banker and bill broker
Gordon Fletcher
Alexander [née Barber], Ann (1774/5–1861), banker and bill broker, was born in Eckington, Derbyshire, the daughter of William and Mary Barber. Little is known about her life until the point when, while working in a Quaker milliner's in the City of London...
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Alexander, George William (1802–1890), banker and philanthropist
Gordon Fletcher
Alexander, George William (1802–1890), banker and philanthropist, was born on 25 April 1802 in Bunhill Row, London, the first of nine children, eight of whom survived to maturity, of William Alexander (1769–1819), bill broker, and his wife, Ann Alexander, née Barber (1774/5–1861), of ...
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Alexander, Sir Kenneth John Wilson [Ken] (1922–2001), economist, university administrator, and public servant
Ian A. Olson
Alexander, Sir Kenneth John Wilson [Ken] (1922–2001), economist, university administrator, and public servant, was born on 14 March 1922 at 12 Kilmaurs Terrace, Edinburgh, the only son of William Wilson Alexander (1888–1930), lawyer, and his wife, Mary Logan Grahame, née Wilson (1888–1975), tailoress. He won a scholarship to ...
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Alexander, Robert Scott [Bob], Baron Alexander of Weedon (1936–2005), barrister and banker
Michael Beloff
Alexander, Robert Scott [Bob], Baron Alexander of Weedon (1936–2005), barrister and banker, was born on 5 September 1936 at 12B Kingsway West, Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire, the son of Samuel James Alexander, motor engineer and garage proprietor, and his wife, Hannah May, née...
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Alexander, Stanley Walter (1895–1980), financial journalist and editor
Anne Pimlott Baker
Alexander, Stanley Walter (1895–1980), financial journalist and editor, was born on 16 November 1895 at 35 Harcourt Road, Deptford, London, the son of Walter Henry Alexander, board of works clerk, and his wife, Alice Maude Mary Kemp. He left the Roan School, Greenwich...
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Allan, Ian (1922–2015), railway enthusiast and businessman
Michael Bevan
Allan, Ian (1922–2015), railway enthusiast and businessman, was born on 29 June 1922 at the Steward’s House, Christ’s Hospital, West Horsham, Sussex, the son of George Albert Thomas Allan (1880–1952), steward of Christ’s Hospital, and his wife, Mary Louise, née Barnes...
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Allcroft, John Derby (1822–1893), glove manufacturer and entrepreneur
Polly Hamilton
Allcroft, John Derby (1822–1893), glove manufacturer and entrepreneur, was born in Worcester on 19 July 1822, only son and elder child of Jeremiah Macklin Allcroft (1791–1867), who was a partner in the glove manufacturing firm of J. and W. Dent & Co. His mother, ...
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Allcroft, John Derby (1822–1893)
Maker: Sir Francis Grant
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John Derby Allcroft (1822–1893) by Sir Francis Grant, 1873 photograph by courtesy Sotheby's Picture Library, London
