Beckett, Edmund [formerly Edmund Beckett Denison], first Baron Grimthorpe (1816–1905), ecclesiastical controversialist, architect, and horologist, was born at Carlton Hall, near Newark, on 12 May 1816, the eldest son of Sir Edmund Beckett, fourth baronet (1787–1874), later MP for the West Riding...
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Beckett, Edmund [formerly Edmund Beckett Denison], first Baron Grimthorpe (1816–1905), ecclesiastical controversialist, architect, and horologist
L. C. Sanders
revised by Catherine Pease-Watkin
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Beckett, Edmund, first Baron Grimthorpe (1816–1905)
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Edmund Beckett, first Baron Grimthorpe (1816–1905) by unknown photographer by courtesy of the British Horological Institute Limited; original on display at the Upton Hall Time Museum, Upton, Newark, Nottinghamshire; photograph © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Cadbury, Sir (George) Adrian Hayhurst (1929–2015)
Maker: Ben Smith
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Cadbury, Sir (George) Adrian Hayhurst (1929–2015), by Ben Smith, 2007
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Cadbury, Sir (George) Adrian Hayhurst (1929–2015), businessman
Geoffrey Owen
Cadbury, Sir (George) Adrian Hayhurst (1929–2015), businessman, was born at The Davids, Hole Lane, Bournville, Birmingham, on 15 April 1929, the second of four sons and second of six children of Laurence John Cadbury (1889–1982), businessman, and his wife, ...
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Corbaux, Marie Françoise Catherine Doetter [Fanny] (1812–1883), painter and biblical critic
Charlotte Yeldham
Corbaux, Marie Françoise Catherine Doetter [Fanny] (1812–1883), painter and biblical critic, was the daughter of the statistician and mathematician Francis Corbaux FRS (c.1769–1843), an Englishman who lived much abroad. Her sister, Louisa Corbaux (b. 1808), was also an artist. In 1827 her father's health was affected by financial losses and she immediately turned her early artistic talent to lucrative purpose. As women were not admitted to the ...
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Cox, John Charles (1843–1919), antiquary and ecclesiologist
Bernard Nurse
Cox, John Charles (1843–1919), antiquary and ecclesiologist, was born on 29 March 1843 at Parwich, Derbyshire, the sixth of the seven children of Revd Edward Cox (1802–1869) and Anna Horsfall (1803/4–1888). He had two brothers and four sisters. In 1843 his father was vicar of ...
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Cranfield, Charles Ernest Burland (1915–2015), United Reformed Church minister and New Testament scholar
Iain R. Torrance
Cranfield, Charles Ernest Burland (1915–2015), United Reformed Church minister and New Testament scholar, was born at Branksome, Old Park Ridings, Winchmore Hill, north London, on 13 September 1915, the second child of Charles Ernest Cranfield (1876–1975), then a solicitor’s managing clerk, and his wife ...
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Kenyon, Sir Frederic George (1863–1952), Greek and biblical scholar and museum director
H. I. Bell
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Kenyon, Sir Frederic George (1863–1952), Greek and biblical scholar and museum director, was born on 15 January 1863, the seventh son and the eleventh of the fifteen children (eleven boys, four girls) of John Robert Kenyon (1807–1880) of Pradoe, Shropshire, grandson of the ...
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Kenyon, Sir Frederic George (1863–1952)
Maker: Walter Stoneman
Sir Frederic George Kenyon (1863–1952) by Walter Stoneman, 1919 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Micklethwaite, John Thomas (1843–1906), architect and ecclesiologist
Paul Waterhouse
revised by Donald Findlay
Micklethwaite, John Thomas (1843–1906), architect and ecclesiologist, was born at Rishworth House, Wakefield, Yorkshire, on 3 May 1843, the son of James Micklethwaite of Hopton, Mirfield, worsted spinner and colliery owner, and his wife, Sarah Eliza Stanway of Manchester. After private education at ...
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Micklethwaite, John Thomas (1843–1906)
Maker: George Charles Beresford
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John Thomas Micklethwaite (1843–1906) by George Charles Beresford © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Taylor, Charles (1756–1823), engraver and biblical scholar
Robin Taylor Gilbert
Taylor, Charles (1756–1823), engraver and biblical scholar, was born on 1 February 1756 near Brentwood, Essex, the eldest of the five children of Isaac Taylor (1730–1807), engraver, and his wife, Sarah Hackshaw Jefferys (1733–1809). Evidence about his schooling is unclear, but he probably spent time at ...
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Taylor, Isaac [known as Isaac Taylor of Stanford Rivers] (1787–1865), writer on theology, artist, and inventor
Barbara Brandon Schnorrenberg
Taylor, Isaac [known as Isaac Taylor of Stanford Rivers] (1787–1865), writer on theology, artist, and inventor, was born at Lavenham, Suffolk, on 17 August 1787. He was the fourth child and eldest surviving son of Isaac Taylor of Ongar (1759–1829), artist, engraver, and dissenting minister, and his wife, ...
