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, Angus Whiteford (1898–1981), financier and conservationist
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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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Armstrong, William, Baron Armstrong of Sanderstead (1915–1980), civil servant and banker
Kevin Theakston
Armstrong, William, Baron Armstrong of Sanderstead (1915–1980), civil servant and banker, was born in the Salvation Mothers' Home, Mare Street, Clapton, London, on 3 March 1915, the elder son of William Armstrong, of Stirling, and his wife, Priscilla Hopkins. Both his parents were ...
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Armstrong, William, Baron Armstrong of Sanderstead (1915–1980)
Maker: Arnold Newman
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William Armstrong, Baron Armstrong of Sanderstead (1915–1980) by Arnold Newman, 1978 Arnold Newman / Getty Images; collection National Portrait Gallery, London
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Caine, Sir Michael Harris (1927–1999), businessman
Arthur Green
Caine, Sir Michael Harris (1927–1999), businessman, was born at the Hollies Nursing Home, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, on 17 June 1927, the son of Sir Sydney Caine (1902–1991), an official in the Colonial Office and a university administrator, and his wife, Muriel Ann Maud Harris (...
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Clodd, Edward (1840–1930)
Maker: Emil Otto Hoppé
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Edward Clodd (1840–1930) by Emil Otto Hoppé, c. 1909 by permission of the E. O. Hoppé Trust, Curatorial Assistance, Inc., Los Angeles; collection National Portrait Gallery, London
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Clodd, Edward (1840–1930), banker and popular anthropologist
E. S. P. Haynes
revised by J. F. M. Clark
Clodd, Edward (1840–1930), banker and popular anthropologist, was born at Queen Street, Margate, Kent, on 1 July 1840, the eldest child of Edward Clodd and his wife, Susan Parker. Of his six brothers and sisters four died in infancy and two did not survive childhood. His father was a ...
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Cohen, Ruth Louisa (1906–1991), economist and college head
Gillian Sutherland
Cohen, Ruth Louisa (1906–1991), economist and college head, was born on 10 November 1906 in Bushey Heath, Hertfordshire, the second child and elder daughter of the two daughters and three sons of Walter Samuel Cohen (1870–1960), barrister and financier, and his wife, Lucy Margaret, ...
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Cowan, Sir Robert (1932–1993), businessman and public servant
Gavin McCrone
Cowan, Sir Robert (1932–1993), businessman and public servant, was born on 27 July 1932 at Inverleith, Edinburgh, the youngest child and only son of John McQueen Cowan (1892–1960) and his wife, Adeline May, née Organe (d. 1981). His father, a distinguished botanist on the staff of the ...
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Cudlipp, Hubert Kinsman [Hugh], Baron Cudlipp (1913–1998)
Maker: Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Cudlipp, Hubert Kinsman [Hugh], Baron Cudlipp (1913–1998), journalist and publishing executive
Anthony Howard
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Cudlipp, Hubert Kinsman [Hugh], Baron Cudlipp (1913–1998), journalist and publishing executive, was born at 118 Lisvane Street, Cardiff, on 28 August 1913, the youngest son in the family of three sons and one daughter of William Christopher Cudlipp, commercial traveller for a provision merchant, and his wife, ...
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Hayek, Friedrich August (1899–1992), economist and political philosopher
Samuel Brittan
Hayek, Friedrich August (1899–1992), economist and political philosopher, was born in Vienna on 8 May 1899, the eldest of three sons of August Josef Gustav von Hayek (1871–1928), physician and botanist, and his wife, Felicitas Johanna Valerie, née von Juraschek (1875–1967), daughter of ...
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Hayek, Friedrich August (1899–1992)
Maker: Ramsey & Muspratt
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Friedrich August Hayek (1899–1992) by Ramsey & Muspratt, 1940s © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Layton, Walter Thomas, first Baron Layton (1884–1966), economist and newspaper proprietor
Richard S. Grayson
Layton, Walter Thomas, first Baron Layton (1884–1966), economist and newspaper proprietor, was born in Chelsea, London, on 15 March 1884, the second son and third of the four children of Alfred John Layton (1849–1934), of The Chalet, Fulham Park Road, London, and his wife, ...
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Marcroft, William (1822–1894), co-operative movement activist and company promoter
R. E. Tyson
Marcroft, William (1822–1894), co-operative movement activist and company promoter, was born on 15 July 1822 at Box Cottage, Fog Lane, Middleton, Lancashire, the illegitimate son of Sally Marcroft (1801–1841), a farm servant, and Richard Howarth, a weaver. Shortly after his birth he and his mother moved to ...
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Marshall, Alfred (1842–1924)
Maker: Sir William Rothenstein
Alfred Marshall (1842–1924) by Sir William Rothenstein, 1908 by courtesy of the Estate of Sir William Rothenstein; collection St John's College, Cambridge
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Marshall, Alfred (1842–1924), economist
Rita McWilliams Tullberg
Marshall, Alfred (1842–1924), economist, was born on 26 July 1842 at 66 Charlotte Road, Bermondsey, London, the second son of William Marshall (1812–1901), clerk at the Bank of England, and his wife, Rebecca Oliver (1817–1878), daughter of Thomas Oliver, a prosperous butcher. He had two brothers and two sisters....
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Marshall [née Paley], Mary (1850–1944), economist
Rita McWilliams Tullberg
Marshall [née Paley], Mary (1850–1944), economist, was born on 24 October 1850 in the village of Ufford, near Stamford, the second daughter of the Revd Thomas Paley and his wife, Judith Wormald. She was the great-granddaughter of Archdeacon William Paley. Her sister and a younger brother also survived into adulthood....
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Meade, James Edward (1907–1995), economist
Susan Howson
Meade, James Edward (1907–1995), economist, was born on 23 June 1907 at Broome, Swanage, Dorset, the second child and only son of Charles Hippisley Meade (b. 1866/7?) and his wife, Kathleen Cotton (Kitty), née Stapleton (b. 1884), daughter of George Cotton Stapleton...
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Meade, James Edward (1907–1995)
Maker: Walter Stoneman
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James Edward Meade (1907–1995) by Walter Stoneman, 1951 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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