Carrington, Dorothy Violet [married name Frederica Rose, Lady Rose] (1910–2002), historian and writer on Corsica, was born on 6 June 1910 at Perrott's Brook, North Cerney, near Cirencester, Gloucestershire, the younger daughter of Major-General Sir Frederick Carrington (1844–1913), a veteran of various southern African wars between 1877 and 1902, and his wife, ...
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Carrington, Dorothy Violet [married name Frederica Rose, Lady Rose] (1910–2002), historian and writer on Corsica
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Farley, James Lewis (1823–1885), banker and writer on the Middle East
G. B. Smith
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Farley, James Lewis (1823–1885), banker and writer on the Middle East, only son of Thomas Farley of Meiltran, co. Cavan, was born at Dublin on 9 September 1823. He was destined for the legal profession, and studied at Trinity College, Dublin. His attention, however, was early directed to ...
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Fermor, Sir Patrick Michael [Paddy] Leigh (1915–2011), special operations officer and author
John Ure
Fermor, Sir Patrick Michael [Paddy] Leigh (1915–2011), special operations officer and author, was born on 11 February 1915 at 20 Endsleigh Gardens, Bloomsbury, London, the younger child and only son of Sir Lewis Leigh Fermor (1880–1954), geologist, and his first wife, Muriel Aileen (otherwise Eileen or Æileen), ...
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Fermor, Sir Patrick Michael [Paddy] Leigh (1915–2011)
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Kinglake, Alexander William (1809–1891)
Maker: Elliott & Fry
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Kinglake, Alexander William (1809–1891), historian and travel writer
John Sweetman
Kinglake, Alexander William (1809–1891), historian and travel writer, was born on 5 August 1809, in Taunton, Somerset, the eldest son of William Kinglake (d. 1852), banker and solicitor, and his wife, Mary (d. 1853), daughter of Thomas Woodforde from Castle Cary...
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Morris, Jan (1926–2020)
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Jan Morris (1926–2020), by Arturo Di Stefano, 2004–2005
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Morris, Jan (1926–2020), journalist, historian, and travel writer
Andrew Lycett
Morris, Jan (1926–2020), journalist, historian, and travel writer, was born James Humphrey Morris at 1 Herbert Terrace, Clevedon, Somerset, on 2 October 1926, the youngest of three sons of Walter Henry Morris (1896–1938), motor driver, and his wife Enid, née Payne...