Robert Boothby
Politician and broadcaster. Born Robert John Graham Boothby at 5 Ainslie Place, Edinburgh. Entered parliament in 1924 and held a couple of minor ministerial posts. He went on to become a well known...
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Baroness Betty Boothroyd, O.M., P.C.
Betty Boothroyd was born on 8 October 2023 in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, the daughter of Ben Archibald Boothroyd (1886-1948) and Mary Boothroyd née Butterfield (1901-1982). In the 1939 England and...
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Tancred Borenius
Art historian, author and diplomat. Born Carl Tancred Borenius, in Vyborg, Finland. He was one of the world's leading experts on Italian art of the early Renaissance. He moved to London in 1909, an...
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Edward Bostock
Bostock.net has an obituary and some photographs, and supplied the information here. Born Hampstead, son of Geoffrey. Â Worked as a chartered accountant, a partner in the family firm of Annan Dexte...
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Geoffrey Rowley Bostock
Born Stafford.  A chartered accountant, in 1916 we find him appointed to wind up a number of companies who were prosecuted under the Trading with the Enemy Amendment Act, 1916.  Churchwarden of St ...
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Captain John Bouchier
Naval officer. On 15 February 1783 he was court-martialled, along with his officers and crew, on the Warspite in Portsmouth harbour for having lost the ship the Hector. They were all honourably a...
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Arthur Bourchier
Actor and theatre manager. Born in Speen, Berkshire. Made his first stage appearance in 1889, although his performances were met with less than critical acclaim. W. S. Gilbert said of his rendition...
Person, Cinema, Politics & Administration, Theatre, South Africa
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Dr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali
The 6th Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1 January 1992 to 31 December 1996. He was born in Cairo, Egypt, on 14 November 1922 and his Wikipedia page confirms that he died, aged 93 year...
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Sir Ian Bowater
Lord Lieutenant of the City of London in 1939; Sheriff of the City of London in 1985; and Lord Mayor of London 1969 - 1970.
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