Bickford, William (bap. 1774, d. 1834), currier and inventor of the safety fuse, was baptized in Ashburton, Devon, on 23 January 1774, the son of William and Mary Beckford. He was in business as a currier, dressing and colouring tanned leather, first rather unsuccessfully in ...
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Bickford, William (bap. 1774, d. 1834), currier and inventor of the safety fuse
Ronald M. Birse
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Bloomfield, Benjamin, first Baron Bloomfield (1768–1846), army officer and courtier
H. M. Chichester
revised by Roger T. Stearn
Bloomfield, Benjamin, first Baron Bloomfield (1768–1846), army officer and courtier, the only son of John Bloomfield, of Newport, co. Tipperary, a lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards, and his wife, Anne (d. 1828), daughter of Samuel Waller, barrister, and sister of Sir Robert Waller, baronet...
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Burbridge, Bransome Arthur [Branse] (1921–2016), air force officer
Graham Pitchfork
Burbridge, Bransome Arthur [Branse] (1921–2016), air force officer, was born at 13 Marmora Road, Camberwell, London, on 4 February 1921, the younger son and second of five children of Arthur Jarvis Burbridge (1891–1941), insurance accountant, later Wesleyan preacher, and his wife ...
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Sandwith, Humphry (1822–1881), army physician and author
Dane Kennedy
Sandwith, Humphry (1822–1881), army physician and author, was born and baptized at Bridlington, Yorkshire, on 12 April 1822, the son of Humphry Sandwith (d. 1867), a physician, and his wife, Jane, the daughter of Isaac Ward, a shipping merchant. His schooling included two years (1832–4) at ...
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Sandwith, Humphry (1822–1881)
Maker: Camille Silvy
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Humphry Sandwith (1822–1881) by Camille Silvy, 1862 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Thompson, Thomas Perronet (1783–1869), army officer and politician
Michael J. Turner
Thompson, Thomas Perronet (1783–1869), army officer and politician, was born on 15 March 1783 at 17 Lowgate, Hull, eldest of the four children of Thomas Thompson and his wife, Philothea Perronet Thompson, née Briggs (1753–1823). His father was a banker and merchant, MP for ...
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Thompson, Thomas Perronet (1783–1869)
Maker: Herbert Watkins
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Thomas Perronet Thompson (1783–1869) by Herbert Watkins, 1856 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Tull, Walter Daniel John (1888–1918)
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Walter Daniel John Tull (1888–1918) by unknown photographer, c. 1910 courtesy of Mr Philip Vasili
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Tull, Walter Daniel John (1888–1918), footballer and army officer
Phil Vasili
Tull, Walter Daniel John (1888–1918), footballer and army officer, was born on 28 April 1888 at 57 Walton Road, Folkestone, Kent, the fifth child of Daniel Tull (c.1856–1897) and his wife, Alice Elizabeth Palmer (c.1853–1895). Daniel, a carpenter, was born in ...
