Simon Jenkins
Author and journalist. Born Simon David Jenkins in Birmingham. Editor of the Evening Standard from 1976 to 1978, and of The Times from 1990 to 1992. He chaired the National Trust from 2008 to 2014....
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
Born as Swarup Nehru into a prominent Indian political family (brother - Jawaharlal Nehru; niece - Indira Gandhi; grand-nephew - Rajiv Gandhi) She was herself a powerful diplomat and politician. 8...
George Thomas
Thomas George Thomas, 1st Viscount Tonypandy, PC, served as a Labour MP and Speaker of the House of Commons 1976-83. Known by the nickname "Tommy Twice" (from his full name). Born in Port Talbot, ...
Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia
Civil engineer and shipbuilder. An Indian Parsi from the Wadia ship building family. The first Indian elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. Introduced several novel technologies to the city of Bo...
Reverend Edward Blick
Rector of Rotherhithe 1835-67. The old parish church was St Mary the Virgin in St Marychurch Street, Rotherhithe, on the west side of the peninsula. Apparently the area on the other side of the p...
Christopher Nevinson
Artist. Born Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson in Hampstead, son of Henry Nevinson. He studied at the Slade School of Art alongside Stanley Spencer and Mark Gertler. In WW1 he joined the Royal Arm...
Henry Nevinson
War correspondent. Born Henry Woodd Nevinson. He reported on the Second Boer War and WW1 and also investigated the slave trade in Angola. In 1907 he was one of the founders of the Men's League for ...
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