Born Athens into the Greek, Danish and Russian royal families, amongst others. 1934 she married George, Duke of Kent, and their son is Edward, Duke of Kent. Died Kensington Palace.
Army officer and engineer. Born Woolwich, the son of a professor at the Royal Military Academy. He studied at the Academy, joined the Royal Engineers and served abroad constructing fortifications, ...
Formed as the Union of Women Match Workers following the matchgirls strike at the Bryant and May factory in Bow. Its first secretary was Annie Besant and by October of 1888, 666 members had been en...
Pioneer veterinary surgeon, Asian explorer. Born Lancashire. First Englishman to qualify as a vet, in France, during a revolution. He set up in practice in Oxford Street, creating a horse hosp...
Person, Animals, Exploring, Medicine, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Tibet, Uzbekistan
Admiral of the Fleet. 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma. Grandson of Queen Victoria and uncle of Prince Philip. Born Frogmore House, Windsor and known by family and friends as Dickie. His wife's, Edwi...
Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, Tragedy, Burma, Germany, India, Ireland, Pakistan
Frederick Lewis Perrett was born on 1 April 1889 at 54 Regency Street, Westminster, London, the fifth of the eight children of Lewis John Perrett (1854-1925) and Eliza Matilda Perrett née Jones (18...
Born 35 Hill Street, W1, son of Lord Llangattock, John Rolls. A keen racing cyclist, he became the fourth man in England to own a car, took to racing cars and repeatedly broke the land speed record...
Person, Aviation, Commerce, Industry, Seriously Famous, Transport
Conservative politician. Wikipedia has the wonderful phrase "In 1947, he succeeded his father in the marquessate...".
Former Emperor of Ethiopia. Born Tafari Makonnen Woldemikael. He led a revolution in 1916 and became regent and heir to the throne, to which he succeeded in 1930. 1935 - 6, following Italy's invasi...
Henry George Sharp was born on 27 August 1883 in Clapham, Surrey (now Greater London), his birth being registered in the 4th quarter of 1883 in the Wandsworth Registration District, Surrey. On 17 ...
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