Aislabie, Benjamin (1774–1842), wine merchant and cricket administrator, was born on 14 January 1774 in Newington Green, Middlesex, the third son, and sixth and last child, of Rawson Aislabie (d. 1806), soap and wine merchant of Newington Green who owned two estates on the island of ...
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Aislabie, Benjamin (1774–1842), wine merchant and cricket administrator
Eric Midwinter
revised by Christine Clark
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Aislabie, Benjamin (1774–1842)
Maker: Henry Edward Dawe
Benjamin Aislabie (1774–1842) by Henry Edward Dawe © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Bennett, Timothy (1676/7–1756)
Maker: James Macardell
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Timothy Bennett (1676/77–1756) by James Macardell, 1752 (after G. Budd) © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Bennett, Timothy (1676/7–1756), cordwainer and public access campaigner
Kathy White
Bennett, Timothy (1676/7–1756), cordwainer and public access campaigner, is of obscure origins; details of his birth, family, and upbringing are unknown. On 19 July 1716, at All Hallows, London Wall, he married Katherine Magitt (1673/4–1749), of Kingston upon Thames, Surrey; the parish register—which also gives his wife's name as ...
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Brasher, Christopher William [Chris] (1928–2003), athlete, journalist, and businessman
Martin Polley
Brasher, Christopher William [Chris] (1928–2003), athlete, journalist, and businessman, was born on 21 August 1928 in Georgetown, British Guiana, the son of William Kenneth Brasher, a Colonial Office engineer, and his wife, Katie Howe Brasher. His family moved to Jerusalem and then, when ...
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Brasher, Christopher William (1928–2003)
Maker: unknown photographer
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Christopher William Brasher (1928–2003) by unknown photographer, 1956 © Popperfoto
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Erskine, Uriah Augustus Alexander [Joe] (1874/5–1925)
Maker: unknown
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Uriah Augustus Alexander Erskine [Joe] (1874/5–1925), by unknown photographer
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Erskine, Uriah Augustus Alexander [Joe] (1874/5–1925), gambler and entrepreneur
Val Wilmer
Erskine, Uriah Augustus Alexander [Joe] (1874/5–1925), gambler and entrepreneur, was born in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1874 or 1875, the eldest of three sons and one of five children of John Erskine, a police sergeant and labourer, and his wife Maria, née...
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Goddard, (Cecil) John (1923–2012), fishing tackle manufacturer, angler, and entomologist
Brian Clarke
Goddard, (Cecil) John (1923–2012), fishing tackle manufacturer, angler, and entomologist, was born on 27 August 1923 at 66 Wiltshire Road, Brixton, London, the elder son of Cecil Henry Albert Falecki Goddard (1892–1970), businessman, and his wife, Olive Augusta Mary, née Venning (1892–1969). At the time of his birth registration his parents lived at ...
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Hodgson (née Gibson; first married name Roberts), Agnes Willoughby (1860–1949), journalist and antiques expert
Heidi Egginton
Hodgson (née Gibson; first married name Roberts), Agnes Willoughby (1860–1949), journalist and antiques expert, was born at Milton Abbas, Dorset, on 29 February 1860, the second daughter of John Gibson (1819/1820–1866), land agent, and his wife Jane, ...
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Houlding, John (1833–1902), brewer and football club sponsor
Tony Mason
Houlding, John (1833–1902), brewer and football club sponsor, was born in Tenterden Street, off Scotland Road, Liverpool, Lancashire, in 1833, and was baptized at St Martin-in-the-Fields, Liverpool, on 4 August 1833, the elder of two sons of Thomas Houlding (1804–1860), who established himself in ...
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Ley, Sir Francis, first baronet (1846–1916), industrialist and promoter of sport
Tony Mason
Ley, Sir Francis, first baronet (1846–1916), industrialist and promoter of sport, was born on 3 January 1846 in Burton upon Trent, the only surviving child of George Phillips Ley (1821–1886), for over forty years the high bailiff of the Burton upon Trent county court...
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Lipton, Sir Thomas Johnstone, baronet (1850–1931), grocer and yachtsman
H. B. Grimsditch
revised by Gareth Shaw
Lipton, Sir Thomas Johnstone, baronet (1850–1931), grocer and yachtsman, was born in a tenement house in Crown Street, Glasgow, on 10 May 1850, the only surviving son of Thomas Lipton and his wife, Frances, daughter of Frank Johnstone, of Kilrid, Clones. His father was a poor labourer from ...
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Lipton, Sir Thomas Johnstone, baronet (1850–1931)
Maker: Howard Coster
Sir Thomas Johnstone Lipton, baronet (1850–1931) by Howard Coster, 1930 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Lo, Kenneth Hsiao Chien [Lo Xiaojan] (1913–1995), restaurateur and tennis player
Paul Levy
Lo, Kenneth Hsiao Chien [Lo Xiaojan] (1913–1995), restaurateur and tennis player, was born on 12 September 1913 in Fuzhou, southern China, the second of the three sons of Lo Tsung Hien (Lo Zong Xian), a diplomatist, and his wife, Wei Ying...
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Lo, Kenneth Hsiao Chien (1913–1995)
Maker: Graham Wood
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Lynn, William (1792–1870), hotelier and sports promoter
Wray Vamplew
Lynn, William (1792–1870), hotelier and sports promoter, was born in 1792 at East Grinstead, where he was baptized on 17 August 1792, the son of William Lynn and his wife, Mary. Nothing else is known about his early life. He first ventured into the catering trade in ...
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Macdonnell, Alexander (1798–1835), chess player
Thomas Seccombe
revised by Julian Lock
Macdonnell, Alexander (1798–1835), chess player and propagandist for slave owners, was born in Belfast, the son of Alexander Macdonnell (d. 21 April 1843), a Belfast physician. He was intended for a career in commerce, and carried on an extensive business at Demerara...
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Malloch, Peter Duncan (1852–1921), fishing tackle maker and naturalist
Richard Ian Hunter
Malloch, Peter Duncan (1852–1921), fishing tackle maker and naturalist, was born in Almondbank in Methven parish, Perthshire, on 15 July 1852, the second son in the family of at least four sons and one daughter of Joseph Malloch (1820–1890), a beetler (bleach worker) in the bleachfields serving the linen industry for which ...
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Malloch, Peter Duncan (1852–1921)
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Peter Duncan Malloch (1852–1921) by unknown photographer © Perth Museum and Art Gallery, Perth and Kinross council; licensor SCRAN
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