Aylesbury, William (bap. 1612, d. 1656), translator and government official, was baptized at St Margaret, Lothbury, London, on 13 July 1612, the eldest son of Sir Thomas Aylesbury, baronet (1579/80–1658), and his wife, Anne Darell, née Denman (1589–1661). On 18 July 1628 he matriculated from ...
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Aylesbury, William (bap. 1612, d. 1656), translator and government official
Sidney Lee
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Barker, Dame Lilian Charlotte (1874–1955), prison administrator
Harold Scott
revised by D. Thom
Barker, Dame Lilian Charlotte (1874–1955), prison administrator, was born on 21 February 1874 in Islington, the fifth of seven children and youngest daughter of James Barker, tobacconist, and his wife, Caroline Williams. Educated at the local elementary school, she was trained at Whitelands College, Chelsea...
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Barrett, Edward, Lord Barrett of Newburgh (1581–1644/5), politician and government official
Richard Wisker
Barrett, Edward, Lord Barrett of Newburgh (1581–1644/5), politician and government official, born at Aveley, Essex, on 21 June 1581, was the elder son of Charles Barrett (1555/6–1584) and Christian Mildmay (1557–1627). The main estate at Belhus in Aveley had been held by the family since 1397, but there were also considerable properties in ...
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Barrow, Samuel (1625?–1683), physician and lawyer of the army
A. L. Wyman
Barrow, Samuel (1625
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Becher, Sir William (bap. 1580, d. 1651), diplomat and government official
S. A. Baron
Becher, Sir William (bap. 1580, d. 1651), diplomat and government official, was the grandson of a London alderman and the eldest son of William Becher, a London merchant tailor, and Judith Quarles, daughter of another merchant tailor. He was baptized at St Lawrence Jewry, London...
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Bellenden, William, first Lord Bellenden of Broughton (1604/5–1671), Treasury official
Clare Jackson
Bellenden, William, first Lord Bellenden of Broughton (1604/5–1671), Treasury official, was the only son of Sir James Bellenden of Broughton (d. 1606) and his wife, Elizabeth Ker (d. 1656). He succeeded to his father's estates in 1606. Bellenden took the royalist side during the civil wars. Seeking to procure arms, ammunition, and shipping from ...
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Berners, Josias (d. 1661x3), government official
Sean Kelsey
Berners, Josias (d. 1661x3), government official, was the son of William Berners, an armigerous London silk merchant, and Katherin Tailbois. His father's family had branches in Essex and Hertfordshire. A great-grandfather was Sir Thomas Courteis, one-time lord mayor of London.
In 1620 Berners...
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Birtwistle, Thomas (1833–1912), trade unionist and factory inspector
Duncan Bythell
Birtwistle, Thomas (1833–1912), trade unionist and factory inspector, was born at Great Harwood, Lancashire, on 16 October 1833, the son of Jonathan Birtwistle (bap. 1803, d. 1841), a calico printer, and his wife Ann, née Birtwistle (1806–1881), a hand-loom weaver; she was the daughter of ...
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Bishop, George (d. 1668), government official and religious writer
Maryann S. Feola
Bishop, George (d. 1668), government official and religious writer, was born in Bristol, probably the son of Thomas Bishop, brewer, who became a freeman of the city in 1612. A local and London administrator as well as a New Model Army captain during the civil wars, ...
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Blackwell, Alexander (bap. 1709, d. 1747), agricultural improver and government agent in Sweden
A. N. L. Grosjean
Blackwell, Alexander (bap. 1709, d. 1747), agricultural improver and government agent in Sweden, was baptized in Aberdeen on 10 October 1709. He was the son of Thomas Blackwell (1660?–1728), professor of theology and principal at Marischal College in Aberdeen, and his wife, Christian (...
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Blackwell, John (1624–1701), government official and colonial governor
G. E. Aylmer
Blackwell, John (1624–1701), government official and colonial governor, was born in St Matthew's parish, London, on 8 March 1624, the eldest son and second of ten children of John Blackwell (1594/5–1658), a puritan-inclined London merchant who at one time supplied the royal household with groceries and who latterly settled in ...
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Blathwayt, William (bap. 1650, d. 1717), government official
Barbara C. Murison
Blathwayt, William (bap. 1650, d. 1717), government official, was baptized on 2 March 1650 at St Botolph, Aldersgate, London. He was the only son of William Blathwayt (1594–c.1650), barrister of the Middle Temple, and Anne (b. 1618?, d. in or after 1673)...
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Bonnell, James (1653–1699), government official
D. W. Hayton
Bonnell, James (1653–1699), government official, was born in Genoa on 14 November 1653, the son of Samuel Bonnell, a merchant and ardent royalist (d. 1663), and his wife, Rebecca Sayer (d. c.1691), daughter of Thomas Sayer of Norwich. John Strype...
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Boyle, Murrough, first Viscount Blessington (1648–1718), government official
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Bridgeman, William (1645/6–1699), government official
Alan Marshall
Bridgeman, William (1645/6–1699), government official, was born in Amsterdam as the only son of Richard Bridgeman (b. 1621) of Combs Hall, Suffolk, himself the eighth son of John Bridgeman, bishop of Chester (bap. 1577, d. 1652). At the time of William's...
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Brise, Sir Evelyn John Ruggles- (1857–1935), prison administrator and founder of the Borstal system
Philip Priestley
Brise, Sir Evelyn John Ruggles- (1857–1935), prison administrator and founder of the Borstal system, was born on 6 December 1857 at Spains Hall, Finchingfield, Essex, the second son of Sir Samuel Brise Ruggles-Brise (1825–1899) and his wife, Marianne Weyland, fourth daughter of Sir Edward Bowyer Smith, ...
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Brown, Thomas (d. 1180), officer of the exchequer
D. J. A. Matthew
Brown, Thomas (d. 1180), officer of the exchequer, was possibly one of the Brown family, members of which had served as officials for Henry I. After that king's death, like others of his countrymen, Brown went to Norman Sicily. In two royal charters of ...
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Bruce, Victoria Alexandrina Katherine (1898–1951), prison governor
Anne Pimlott Baker
Bruce, Victoria Alexandrina Katherine (1898–1951), prison governor, was born on 13 September 1898 at Kennet House, Clackmannan, the youngest by fifteen years in the family of two sons and three daughters of Alexander Hugh Bruce, sixth Lord Balfour of Burleigh (1849–1921), secretary for ...
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Burchett, Josiah (c. 1666–1746), secretary of the Admiralty
John B. Hattendorf
Burchett, Josiah (c. 1666–1746), secretary of the Admiralty, was possibly the third son of John Burchett (fl. 1619–1666) of Sandwich, Kent, and his second wife, Katherine (d. 1681). The coat of arms used in George Vertue's 1720 engraved portrait was granted in 1589 to a ...
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Capel, Henry, Baron Capel of Tewkesbury (bap. 1638, d. 1696), politician and government official
Thomas Doyle
Capel, Henry, Baron Capel of Tewkesbury (bap. 1638, d. 1696), politician and government official, was baptized on 6 March 1638 at Hadham Parva, Hertfordshire. He was the second son of Arthur Capel, first Baron Capel of Hadham (1604–1649), politician and royalist leader, and his wife, ...
