Sir J. M. Barrie
Playwright and novelist. Born Kirriemuir, Scotland. Moved to London, Bloomsbury, in 1885 for his writing career. Less than 5 foot tall he was not very successful with women and developed a habit of...
Playwright and novelist. Born Kirriemuir, Scotland. Moved to London, Bloomsbury, in 1885 for his writing career. Less than 5 foot tall he was not very successful with women and developed a habit of...
Francis Renton Barry was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, a son of the Reverend Francis Renton Barry (1853-1926) and Marion Laidlaw Barry née Thompson (1858-1920). His father was a Presbyterian Minister...
Born Scotland but brought up in Kent.  His WW2 job involved defusing mines washed up on British beaches.  Working in the Bridlington Bay area he defused a bomb and then put the fuse and detonator i...
United Kingdom citizen who died in the terrorist attacks in America on 11 September 2001. She was born Jane S. Chrystal on 2 June 1948 in the hamlet of Isle of Man, Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotla...
Councillor in the Borough of Hammersmith in 1948. Our colleague Andrew Behan has researched this man : James Bishop Bennie was born on 11 July 1898 at Manse Road, Corstorphine, Midlothian, Scotlan...
Alistair David Berkley was born on 11 April 1959, the eldest of the three children of John Barrie Berkley (1927-2018) and Jean C. Berkley née Blair (b.1930). His birth was registered in the 2nd qua...
Prime Minister. Â Born Edinburgh.
Person, Politics & Administration, Seriously Famous, Scotland
Aged 34 when he died. Probably worked at London Bridge station for British Rail, or the Underground, or one of the railway companies. Our colleague, Andrew Behan, states that Francis O'Rourke Blak...
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