Arkwright, Sir John Stanhope (1872–1954), politician and hymn writer, was born at 11 Lowndes Street, London, on 10 July 1872, the only son (there were three daughters) of John Hungerford Arkwright (1833–1905), landowner and lord lieutenant of Herefordshire, of Hampton Court, Leominster, Herefordshire...
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Arkwright, Sir John Stanhope (1872–1954), politician and hymn writer
Ian Bradley
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Arkwright, Sir John Stanhope (1872–1954)
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Sir John Stanhope Arkwright (1872–1954) by Sir Benjamin Stone, 1902 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Brooksbank [née Soutar], Mary Watson (1897–1978), revolutionary and songwriter
Graham R. Smith
Brooksbank [née Soutar], Mary Watson (1897–1978), revolutionary and songwriter, was born on 15 December 1897 at 29 Shiprow, Aberdeen, the only daughter of five children born to Alexander Soutar (1867–1953), dock labourer and founding member of Aberdeen Dockers' Union, and his wife, ...
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Connell, James [Jim] (1852–1929), socialist and writer of The Red Flag
Francis Devine
Connell, James [Jim] (1852–1929), socialist and writer of The Red Flag, was born on 27 March 1852 in McCormack's Yard, Kilskyre, Crossakiel, co. Meath, Ireland, the eldest of thirteen children born to Thomas Connell, farm labourer, and his wife, Ann Shaw. It is likely that he was born ...
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Fane, John, eleventh earl of Westmorland [formerly Lord Burghersh] (1784–1859), diplomatist and composer
K. D. Reynolds
Fane, John, eleventh earl of Westmorland [formerly Lord Burghersh] (1784–1859), diplomatist and composer, was born on 2 or 3 February 1784 at 4 Sackville Street, Piccadilly, London, the only son of John Fane, tenth earl of Westmorland (1759–1841), and his first wife, ...
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Flower, Eliza (1803–1846), radical and composer
Kathryn Gleadle
Flower, Eliza (1803–1846), radical and composer, was born at Harlow in Essex on 19 April 1803, the eldest daughter of Benjamin Flower (1755–1829), a Cambridge printer, and his wife, Eliza, née Gould (1770–1810), a schoolteacher, the eldest daughter of John Gould of Dodbroke...
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Halket, George (bap. 1692, d. 1756), Jacobite songwriter and schoolmaster
William Donaldson
Halket, George (bap. 1692, d. 1756), Jacobite songwriter and schoolmaster, son of James Halket, was baptized in Banff on 6 July 1692. He completed his studies at King's College, Aberdeen, 1709–13, but—as was then quite common—did not graduate. In 1714 he was appointed schoolmaster, precentor, and session clerk of ...
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Hopkinson, Francis (1737–1791), musician, jurist, and revolutionary politician in America
P. M. Zall
Hopkinson, Francis (1737–1791), musician, jurist, and revolutionary politician in America, was born on 2 October 1737 in Philadelphia and baptized at Christ Church, son of Thomas Hopkinson (1709–1751), lawyer, and his wife, Mary Johnson (1718–1804), both recent émigrés from England. He was among the first generation of native-born Americans trained to cultivate the arts and sciences on their own soil. Most were gentlemen amateurs who dabbled in many arts and mastered none. ...
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Kearney, Peadar (1883–1942), Irish revolutionary and songwriter
Frances Flanagan
Kearney, Peadar (1883–1942), Irish revolutionary and songwriter, was born at 11 Lower Drumcondra Road, Dublin, on 12 December 1883, the oldest of six surviving children of John Kearney (1854–1897), a grocer, and his wife, Kathleen (Katie), née McGuinness (1860–1907), from Rathmaiden, Slane, co. Meath...
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Lennon, John Ono (1940–1980), musician, composer, and political activist
Richard Middleton
Lennon, John Ono (1940–1980), musician, composer, and political activist, was born John Winston Lennon at Oxford Street Maternity Hospital, Liverpool, on 9 October 1940, the only child of Julia Stanley (1914–1958), a cinema usherette, and Alfred (Freddy) Lennon (1912–1976), a merchant seaman. Three half-sisters were born to his mother subsequently, including ...
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Lennon, John Ono (1940–1980)
Maker: Annie Leibovitz
John Ono Lennon (1940–1980) by Annie Leibovitz, 1970 © Annie Leibovitz; collection National Portrait Gallery, London
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Robinson, Sir William Cleaver Francis (1834–1897), colonial governor and composer
Geoffrey Bolton
Robinson, Sir William Cleaver Francis (1834–1897), colonial governor and composer, born in Rosmead, co. Meath, Ireland, on 14 January 1834, was one of the six sons of Admiral Hercules Robinson (1789–1864) and his wife, Frances Elizabeth, née Wood, the daughter of Henry Widman Wood...
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Smyth, Dame Ethel Mary (1858–1944)
Maker: John Singer Sargent
Dame Ethel Mary Smyth (1858–1944) by John Singer Sargent, 1901 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Smyth, Dame Ethel Mary (1858–1944), composer, writer, and suffragist
Elizabeth Kertesz
Smyth, Dame Ethel Mary (1858–1944), composer, writer, and suffragist, was born on 22 April 1858 at 5 Lower Seymour Street, London, the fourth of the eight children of Major-General John Hall Smyth (1815–1894) and his wife, Emma, also known as Nina (1824?–1891), the daughter of ...
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Ward, John (bap. 1590, d. 1638), composer and administrator
Ian Payne
Ward, John (bap. 1590, d. 1638), composer and administrator, was baptized on 15 February 1590 at St Mary Bredman, Canterbury. His parents are not named in the baptismal record, but a visitation pedigree dated 1634 names his father as John Ward of Canterbury...
