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Adler, Henrietta [Nettie] (1868–1950), social worker and Jewish political activist
Geoffrey Alderman
Adler, Henrietta [Nettie] (1868–1950), social worker and Jewish political activist, was born in London on 1 December 1868, the elder daughter of Rabbi Dr Hermann Adler (1839–1911) and his wife, Rachel Joseph (d. 1912). Her father was the son of Dr Nathan Marcus Adler...
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Agnew, Sir Andrew, seventh baronet (1793–1849), promoter of Sabbatarian legislation
W. G. Blaikie
revised by H. C. G. Matthew
Agnew, Sir Andrew, seventh baronet (1793–1849), promoter of Sabbatarian legislation, was born at Kinsale, Ireland, on 21 March 1793, into an ancient and distinguished family in Wigtownshire. He was a posthumous son, his father, Andrew Agnew, an army officer, having died on 11 September 1792. His mother, ...
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Albery, Nicholas Bronson (1948–2001), social activist and charity founder
Michael Norton
Albery, Nicholas Bronson (1948–2001), social activist and charity founder, was born on 28 July 1948 at Bricket House, Bricket Road, St Albans, Hertfordshire, the second of three children of Sir Donald Arthur Rolleston Albery (1914–1988), theatre owner and theatrical manager, and his second wife, ...
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Albery, Nicholas Bronson (1948–2001)
Maker: David Cohen
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Nicholas Bronson Albery (1948–2001) by David Cohen, 2000 © David Cohen
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Aldred, Joan [née Ferneley] (b. 1546, d. after 1625), Catholic activist and papal pensioner
Earle Havens
Aldred, Joan [née Ferneley] (b. 1546, d. after 12 Oct 1625), Catholic activist and papal pensioner, was the daughter of John Ferneley of Reed, Hertfordshire. Joan married the London hosier Solomon Aldred (d. 1592) sometime in or before 1578, by which time they likely moved from ...
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Allen, (Reginald) Clifford, Baron Allen of Hurtwood (1889–1939), politician and peace campaigner
David Howell
Allen, (Reginald) Clifford, Baron Allen of Hurtwood (1889–1939), politician and peace campaigner, was born at St Olave's, Slow Park, Newport, Monmouthshire, on 9 May 1889. As an adult he was always known as Clifford Allen, or by close friends as CA. He had a brother, ...
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Allen, (Reginald) Clifford, Baron Allen of Hurtwood (1889–1939)
Maker: Elliott & Fry
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(Reginald) Clifford Allen, Baron Allen of Hurtwood (1889–1939) by Elliott & Fry © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Amos [née Bunting], Sarah Maclardie (1841–1908), political activist
Philippa Levine
Amos [née Bunting], Sarah Maclardie (1841–1908), political activist, was born in Manchester, on 22 March 1841, the youngest daughter of Thomas Percival Bunting (1810–1885), a Manchester solicitor and third son of prominent Wesleyan Methodist Jabez Bunting (1779–1858), and his wife, ...
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Anders, Władysław (1892–1970), army officer and politician
Peter D. Stachura
Anders, Władysław (1892–1970), army officer and politician, was born on 11 August 1892 in Błonie, in the county of Kutno, in Russian Poland. The eldest of four sons of Catholic parents, he attended secondary school in Warsaw, and moved with the family to ...
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Andrews, Charles Freer (1871–1940)
Maker: Howard Coster
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Charles Freer Andrews (1871–1940) by Howard Coster, 1935 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Andrews, Charles Freer (1871–1940), author and campaigner for Indian independence
Hugh Tinker
Andrews, Charles Freer (1871–1940), author and campaigner for Indian independence, was born at Newcastle upon Tyne on 12 February 1871, the second son of John Edwin Andrews, minister in the Catholic Apostolic (or Irvingite) church, and his second wife, Mary Charlotte Cartwright (1840–1914)...
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Angell, Sir (Ralph) Norman [formerly Ralph Norman Angell Lane] (1872–1967), peace campaigner and author
Martin Ceadel
Angell, Sir (Ralph) Norman [formerly Ralph Norman Angell Lane] (1872–1967), peace campaigner and author, was born on 26 December 1872 in the Mansion House, Holbeach, Lincolnshire, the sixth of seven children of Thomas Angell Lane JP, who owned a small chain of shops, and his wife, ...
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Angell, Sir (Ralph) Norman (1872–1967)
Maker: Bassano
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Sir (Ralph) Norman Angell (1872–1967) by Bassano © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Antonius, George Habib (1891–1942), colonial official, historian, and political activist
Michael T. Thornhill
Antonius, George Habib (1891–1942), colonial official, historian, and political activist, was born on 19 October 1891 in Dair al-Qamar, a small town in the Lebanese mountains, the third of five sons of Habib Antonius (d. 1931), a merchant, and his wife, Émilie Hobeika (...
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Archer, John Richard (1863–1932), local politician and Pan-Africanist
Peter Fryer
Archer, John Richard (1863–1932), local politician and Pan-Africanist, was born on 8 June 1863 at 3 Blake Street, Liverpool, the elder son in the family of two sons and one daughter of (John) Richard Archer (b. 1833/4), a ship's steward, and his wife, ...
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Archer, John Richard (1863–1932)
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John Richard Archer (1863–1932) by unknown photographer, c. 1913 General Research Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations
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Arnot, Robert Page [Robin] (1890–1986), political activist and historian
Antony Howe
Arnot, Robert Page [Robin] (1890–1986), political activist and historian, was born at 8 South Street, Greenock, Renfrewshire, on 15 December 1890, the son of John Arnot, a newspaper sub-editor who had begun work as a child in an iron foundry but became editor of the ...
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Atkyns [née Walpole], Charlotte (c. 1758–1836), actress and political activist
Adrienne Scullion
Atkyns [née Walpole], Charlotte (c. 1758–1836), actress and political activist, was probably born in co. Westmeath, Ireland about 1758, according to her later biographers Frédéric Barbey and E. E. P. Tisdall. She was the youngest of three daughters of Robert Walpole (...
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Aveling, Edward Bibbins (Bibbens) (1849–1898), Marxist campaigner
C. A. Creffield
Aveling, Edward Bibbins (Bibbens) (1849–1898), Marxist campaigner, was born on 29 November 1849 at 6 Nelson Terrace, Stoke Newington, the fifth of eight children of Thomas William Baxter Aveling (1815–1884), Congregationalist minister, and his wife, Mary Ann (d. 1877), daughter of ...
