Abbot, Charles, first Baron Colchester (1757–1829), speaker of the House of Commons, was born on 14 October 1757 at Abingdon, Berkshire, the son of the Revd John Abbot (d. 1760), a fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, and rector of All Saints, Colchester...
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Abbot, Charles, first Baron Colchester (1757–1829), speaker of the House of Commons
Clare Wilkinson
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Maker: Sir Thomas Lawrence
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Abbot, Sir Maurice (1565–1642), merchant and politician
Andrew Thrush
Abbot, Sir Maurice (1565–1642), merchant and politician, was born on 2 November 1565 and baptized three days later at Holy Trinity Church, Guildford, the fifth of the six sons of Maurice Abbot (1519/20–1606), a merchant, and his wife, Alice Marsh or March (1525/6–1606)...
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Abbott, George (1604–1649), writer and politician
Stephen K. Roberts
Abbott, George (1604–1649), writer and politician, was born in 1604 and baptized on 13 March at St Mary Bishophill Junior, York, the son of George Abbott (d. 1607) of York and Joan, the daughter of Aleyn Penkeston. Both Abbott's father and grandfather ...
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Abercromby, James (1707–1775), colonial agent and politician
Ian K. R. Archer
Abercromby, James (1707–1775), colonial agent and politician, was baptized on 24 August 1708 at Alloa, Clackmannanshire, the third son of Alexander Abercromby (d. 1753), MP for Clackmannanshire in the Scottish parliament, and Mary (b. c.1680), daughter of Alexander Duff of ...
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Abercromby, James, first Baron Dunfermline (1776–1858), speaker of the House of Commons
T. F. Henderson
revised by H. C. G. Matthew
Abercromby, James, first Baron Dunfermline (1776–1858), speaker of the House of Commons, the third son of General Sir Ralph Abercromby (1734–1801), and his wife, Mary Anne, née Menzies, was born on 7 November 1776. Sir John Abercromby and Alexander Abercromby, both army officers, were his brothers. ...
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Abercromby, James (1706–1781), army officer and politician
Paul David Nelson
Abercromby, James (1706–1781), army officer and politician, was born in Glassaugh, Banffshire, the son of Alexander Abercromby (1677–1728), laird of Glassaugh, politician and army officer, and his wife, Helen Meldrum. With his father's assistance he became commissioner of supply and justice of the peace in ...
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Abraham, William [pseud. Mabon] (1842–1922), trade unionist and politician
John Williams
Abraham, William [pseud. Mabon] (1842–1922), trade unionist and politician, was born at Cwmafan, near Port Talbot, Glamorgan, on 14 June 1842, the fourth son of Thomas and Mary Abraham. His father, a coalminer and copper smelter, soon died, leaving his mother to raise a large family. ...
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Abraham, William [Mabon] (1842–1922)
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Abse, Leopold [Leo] (1917–2008)
Maker: Godfrey Argent
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Abse, Leopold [Leo] (1917–2008), politician
Anthony Howard
Abse, Leopold [Leo] (1917–2008), politician, was born at 5 Clare Street, Cardiff, on 22 April 1917, the second of three sons and third of four children of Rudolph Abse (1887–1964), a cinema manager then serving as a private in the Lancashire Fusiliers, and his wife, ...
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Acland, Sir Arthur Herbert Dyke, thirteenth baronet (1847–1926), politician and educational reformer
Anne Ockwell
Acland, Sir Arthur Herbert Dyke, thirteenth baronet (1847–1926), politician and educational reformer, was born at Holnicote, near Porlock, Somerset, on 13 October 1847, the third son of Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, eleventh baronet (1809–1898), and his first wife, Mary (d. 1851), daughter of ...
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Acland, Sir Arthur Herbert Dyke, thirteenth baronet (1847–1926)
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Acland, Sir John (c. 1552–1620), politician and benefactor
Mary Wolffe
Acland, Sir John (c. 1552–1620), politician and benefactor, was the younger son of John Acland (d. 1553) of Acland Barton in the parish of Landkey, north Devon, and Margaret, daughter and coheir of Hugh Radcliff of Stepney and the Middle Temple. He was born into an established gentry family which already bore heraldic arms and owned lands in five other ...
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Acland, John Dyke (1747–1778), army officer and politician
W. P. Courtney
revised by S. J. Skedd
Acland, John Dyke (1747–1778), army officer and politician, was born on 18 February 1747 and baptized the following day at North Petherton, Somerset, the elder of the two sons of Sir Thomas Acland, seventh baronet (1722–1785), a landowner and politician, and his wife, ...
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Acland, Sir Richard Thomas Dyke, fifteenth baronet (1906–1990)
Maker: Howard Coster
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Acland, Sir Richard Thomas Dyke, fifteenth baronet (1906–1990), politician and benefactor
A. F. Thompson
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Acland, Sir Richard Thomas Dyke, fifteenth baronet (1906–1990), politician and benefactor, was born on 26 November 1906 at Broadclyst, Devon, his ancestral home, the eldest in the family of three sons and one daughter of Sir Francis Dyke Acland, fourteenth baronet (1874–1939), landowner and liberal politician, and his wife, ...
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Acland, Sir Thomas Dyke, eleventh baronet (1809–1898), politician and educational reformer
A. F. Pollard
revised by H. C. G. Matthew
Acland, Sir Thomas Dyke, eleventh baronet (1809–1898), politician and educational reformer, born at Killerton, Devon, on 25 May 1809, was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Dyke Acland (1787–1871), politician and philanthropist, and his wife, Lydia Elizabeth (d. 1856), only daughter of ...
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Acland, Sir Thomas Dyke, tenth baronet (1787–1871), politician and philanthropist
W. P. Courtney
revised by H. C. G. Matthew
Acland, Sir Thomas Dyke, tenth baronet (1787–1871), politician and philanthropist, the eldest son of Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, ninth baronet (d. 1794), and Henrietta Anne (d. 1841), the only daughter of Sir Richard Hoare, was born in London on 29 March 1787. He became heir to the family estates when his father died on 17 May 1794. He was educated at ...