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Brock, (Arthur) Guy Clutton- (1906–1995), agriculturist and political activist  

Terence O. Ranger

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Brock, (Arthur) Guy Clutton- (1906–1995), agriculturist and political activist, was born on 5 April 1906 at Lake View, Green Lane, Ruislip, Middlesex, the son of Henry Alan Clutton-Brock, stockbroker, and his wife, Rosa Gertrude Eleanor, née Bowles. He was educated at Rugby School...

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Herbert, Auberon Mark Yvo Henry Molyneux (1922–1974), landowner and campaigner for eastern European causes  

Raymond Carr

Herbert, Auberon Mark Yvo Henry Molyneux (1922–1974), landowner and campaigner for eastern European causes, born in Egham on 25 April 1922, was the only son of Aubrey Nigel Henry Molyneux Herbert (1880–1923), MP, of Pixton Park, Dulverton, and his wife, Mary Gertrude Vesey (1889–1970)...

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Thuku, Harry (1895–1970), Kenyan nationalist politician and farmer  

John Lonsdale

Thuku, Harry (1895–1970), Kenyan nationalist politician and farmer, was born near Kambui, Kiambu district, Kenya, to Wanjiku (d. 1934), the fourth wife of Kairianja (d. 1899), an elder of the powerful Gathirimu clan of southern Kikuyu. In the same year Britain...

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Tobin, James (1736/7–1817), sugar planter and pro-slavery campaigner  

David Small

Tobin, James (1736/7–1817), sugar planter and pro-slavery campaigner, born in London, was probably the son of a sea captain, James Tobin (1698–1770); his mother may have been a Miss Hope. He was educated at Westminster School and took articles as a solicitor. However, in 1758 he went to ...