Courtier, explorer, author and puddle-coverer. Â Born Devon. Â Became a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I and explored Virginia, America, for her, enabling its colonisation. Â Briefly imprisoned in the T...
Person, Exploring, Poetry, Politics & Administration, Seriously Famous, USA
Ramirez's divorced wife's lover was murdered in Texas in 1998. Ramirez was indicted for solicitation of capital murder. In 1999 he was sentenced to death and executed in 2005.
Person, Law, Race Issues, Tragedy, USA
Silversmith. Â Born Sheffield but spent some of his childhood in America. Â Had studios in Chelsea and then Fulham, with a staff of up to 20. Â He was a designer and businessman. Â There's a suggestion...
Mariner and colonist. His family name appears to have originally been Sicklemore, and why he chose to call himself Ratcliffe remains a riddle. He was captain of the 'Discovery', one of three ships ...
United Kingdom citizen who died in the terrorist attacks in America on 11 September 2001. David Alan James Rathkey was born on 28 April 1954 in Eton, Buckinghamshire (now Berkshire) a son of Colin...
Photographer. Died of leukaemia, aged 30. Holyroyd Anthony Ray-Jones was born on 7 June 1941 in Wells, Somerset, the youngest of the three children of Raymond Ray-Jones (1886-1942) and Effie Irene...
Philanthropist. Born Stella Charnaud in Constantinople (now Istanbul), Turkey. She is best remembered as the founder of the Women's Voluntary Services (now known as the Royal Voluntary Service). In...
Person, Philanthropy, India, Turkey, USA
Actor and 40th President of the USA, 1981 - 1989. Â Honorary knighthood - Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath. Â Best film line? Â In the 1942 film "King's Row" on realising that his legs have...
Person, Cinema, Politics & Administration, Seriously Famous, USA
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