Person    | Male  Born 14/7/1928  Died 29/12/2012

William Rees-Mogg

Editor of The Times 1967-81. Also High Sheriff of Somerset in the late 1970s. Chairman of the Arts Council in the 1980s. Vice-Chairman of the BBC Board of Governors. In 1988 he became Baron Rees-Mogg of Hinton Blewettin in the County of Avon.

1962 married Gillian Shakespeare Morris, daughter of Thomas Morris, and went on to have 5 children, including the politicians: Jacob Rees-Mogg and Annunciata Rees-Mogg.

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William Rees-Mogg

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Trollope family

Unveiled by William Rees-Mogg in June 2000. Frances's date of birth, 1779 (ac...

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Henry Nevinson

Henry Nevinson

War correspondent. Born Henry Woodd Nevinson. He reported on the Second Boer War and WW1 and also investigated the slave trade in Angola. In 1907 he was one of the founders of the Men's League for ...

Person, Gender Issues, Journalism / Publishing, Africa, South Africa

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Hunter S. Thompson

Hunter S. Thompson

Author and journalist. Born in Louisville, Kentucky. Best known for writing 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas'. He died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, and at his funeral, his ashes ...

Person, Journalism / Publishing, Literature, USA

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Beckenham Journal

Beckenham Journal

Newspaper. Started as a 24 page monthly publication costing 1d (about 0.5p). In 1881 it was taken over by Tom William Thornton, who published it weekly. Became a campaigning vehicle which informed ...

Media, Journalism / Publishing

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St Bride Foundation Institute

St Bride Foundation Institute

Established to meet the educational, cultural and social needs of a community working within the burgeoning print industry of the Victorian era.  The Londonphile has visited and photographed the in...

Group, Journalism / Publishing, Museums / Libraries, Theatre

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Candida Lycett-Green

Candida Lycett-Green

Writer and journalist. John Betjeman's daughter.

Person, Journalism / Publishing

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Dianne Lim

Dianne Lim

Australian victim of the Marchioness tragedy, aged 25. She was a fashion designer.

Person, Tragedy, Australia

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World War 1

World War 1

We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came along at which point it was renamed as World War One or the First World War. But the term was first used in print in 1920...

Event, Armed Forces, Tragedy

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Flight Lieutenant Henry Forster Withy

Flight Lieutenant Henry Forster Withy

Henry Forster Withy was born on 10 October 1910 in West Hartlepool, Durham, the elder son of Henry Daubeny Withy (1882-1914) and Emily Edith Withy née Wilson (1879-1932). His birth was registered i...

Person, Armed Forces, Commerce, Malta

War dead, WW2
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Dr William H. Brotherton

Dr William H. Brotherton

Lived in and ran his medical practice from a house at 289, Cambridge Heath Road. BMJ 19 March 1864 reports: "APOTHECARIES' HALL. On March 10th, the following Licentiates were admitted:- Brotherton...

Person, Medicine

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William Braine

William Braine

Role on the lost expedition: Royal marine on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.

Person, Exploring, Tragedy

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