Person    | Male  Born 1511  Died 19/7/1596

Sir Francis Knollys

Treasurer of the Royal Household. Served Henry VIII and Elizabeth I. Father to Viscount Wallingford. Surname pronounced "Noles" - another shibboleth for that Nazi spy disguised as one of us.

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Sir Francis Knollys

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Old Admiralty Building

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Sidly Effendi

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Michael Moore, CBE

Michael Moore, CBE

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Charles William Fitzwilliam, 5th Earl Fitzwilliam

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Mr Deputy Hora

Mr Deputy Hora

One of the managers of the 1873-75 changes at Aske’s Hospital. Very strange form of his name but we found another reference at City Affairs from London, 18 December 1897: "In Portsoken, there is a ...

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Joseph Sebag Montefiore

Joseph Sebag Montefiore

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Rachel McMillan

Rachel McMillan

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César Ritz

César Ritz

Hotelier. Born Switzerland, son of a peasant farmer. Started work as a waiter and worked his way up, in Paris, Vienna, Lucerne, etc. Came to London in 1889 as the manager of Richard D'Oyly Carte's...

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Royal Tank Regiment

Royal Tank Regiment

Tanks were first used in combat at Flers, France, on 15th September 1916. Heavy Section and Heavy Branch Machine Gun Corps, the Tank Corps, Royal Tank Corps and Royal Tank Regiment.

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Pam and Arthur Hudson

Pam and Arthur Hudson

WC1, Brunswick Square

Brian's tree is to the right; Pam and Arthur's to the left.

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