Blamire, William (1790–1862), farmer and politician, was born on 13 April 1790 at The Oaks, near Dalston, Cumberland, the son of William Blamire (1740–1814), yeoman farmer and naval surgeon, and Jane Curwen (1739/40–1837). He came on both sides of his family from long-established ...
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Blamire, William (1790–1862), farmer and politician
Eric J. Evans
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Blundell, Francis Nicholas Joseph (1880–1936), politician and farmer
Brian Whitlock Blundell
Blundell, Francis Nicholas Joseph (1880–1936), politician and farmer, was born on 16 October 1880 at Altmouth, Alt Road, Hightown, near Liverpool, the first of the three children of Francis Nicholas Blundell (1853–1884), land agent, and his wife, Mary (Polly) Sweetman (1859–1930). Blundell was a prominent public figure between the wars whose main interests were agriculture and Roman Catholic causes. His father died when he was three and he was brought up with his two sisters by his mother, a successful author who wrote some fifty novels and plays under the name ...
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Body, Sir Richard Bernard Frank Stewart (1927–2018), politician and farmer
Mark Garnett
Body, Sir Richard Bernard Frank Stewart (1927–2018), politician and farmer, was born on 18 May 1927 at Holmcroft, Datchet, near Slough, Buckinghamshire, the only child of Major (later Lieutenant-Colonel) Bernard Richard Body (1887–1968), a Berkshire farmer, then of The Chantrey, Winkfield, Berkshire...
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Carter, Denis Victor, Baron Carter (1932–2006)
Maker: unknown photographer
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Denis Victor Carter, Baron Carter (1932–2006) by unknown photographer, 1997 © Photoshot
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Carter, Denis Victor, Baron Carter (1932–2006), farmer and politician
Plumb of Coleshill
Carter, Denis Victor, Baron Carter (1932–2006), farmer and politician, was born on 17 January 1932 at 39 Hayles Street, Southwark, London, the son of Albert William Carter (d. 1973), tea warehouseman, and his wife, Annie Julia, née Tynan (d. 1972). The family later moved to ...
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Fergusson, Sir Alexander Charles Onslow [Alex] (1949–2018), farmer and politician
David Torrance
Fergusson, Sir Alexander Charles Onslow [Alex] (1949–2018), farmer and politician, was born on 8 April 1949 in Leswalt, Wigtownshire, the elder son and second of four children of Lt-Col. the Revd Simon Charles David Fergusson (1907–1982), who had served in the ...
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Graham, (James) Angus, seventh duke of Montrose (1907–1992), farmer and politician
Donal Lowry
Graham, (James) Angus, seventh duke of Montrose (1907–1992), farmer and politician, was born on 2 May 1907 at 19 Manchester Square, London, the elder son and eldest of the four children of James Graham, marquess of Graham, later sixth duke of Montrose (1878–1954)...
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Kerruish, Sir (Henry) Charles (1917–2003), politician and farmer
Robert Fyson
Kerruish, Sir (Henry) Charles (1917–2003), politician and farmer, was born on 23 July 1917 at Ballafayle, Maughold, Isle of Man, the only child of Henry Howard Kerruish (bap. 1872, d. 1938), farmer, and his wife, Clara May, née Kewin (1877–1961). Ballafayle, Kerruish's...
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Kitson, Sir Timothy Peter Geoffrey (1931–2019), politician and farmer
Mark Garnett
Kitson, Sir Timothy Peter Geoffrey (1931–2019), politician and farmer, was born at Spen House, Spen Lane, Leeds, on 28 January 1931, the second son of Geoffrey Herbert Kitson (1894–1974), mechanical engineer and businessman, and his wife Kathleen Mary Alexandra, née Paul...
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Mackie, John, Baron John-Mackie (1909–1994), farmer and politician
Tam Dalyell
Mackie, John, Baron John-Mackie (1909–1994), farmer and politician, was born on 24 November 1909 at North Ythsie, Tarves, Aberdeenshire, one of six children and the second of three sons of Maitland Mackie, farmer, and his wife, Mary Ann, née Yull. His father came from a prosperous Scottish farming family, with extensive holdings in ...
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Monro, Hector Seymour Peter, Baron Monro of Langholm (1922–2006), farmer and politician
Mark Stuart
Monro, Hector Seymour Peter, Baron Monro of Langholm (1922–2006), farmer and politician, was born at 18 Walker Street, Edinburgh, on 4 October 1922, the younger child and only son of Ian Alastair Seymour Hale Monro (d. 1943), a lieutenant and later captain in the ...
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Prior, James Michael Leathes (Jim), Baron Prior of Brampton (1927–2016)
Maker: Mark Gerson
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James Prior, Baron Prior of Brampton (1927–2016), by Mark Gerson, 1986
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Prior, James Michael Leathes [Jim], Baron Prior (1927–2016), farmer, businessman, and politician
Mark Garnett
Prior, James Michael Leathes [Jim], Baron Prior (1927–2016), farmer, businessman, and politician, was born on 11 October 1927 at 12 Claremont Road, Norwich, the younger son and youngest of four children of Charles Bolingbroke Leathes Prior (1883–1964), solicitor, and his wife, ...
