Liberal politician. Born as Robert Collier. He entered the House of Lords as the Second Lord Monkswell on his father's death in 1886, and later served in the government of William Ewart Gladstone and briefly as Under-Secretary of State for War under Lord Rosebery.
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Lord Monkswell
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Statesman and poet. Born at the family home Wallingford House (where the Old Admirality Building now is). A baby when his father, the 1st Duke, was assassinated, he was brought up alongside Charles...
Soldier and fire brigade chief. Probably born at Glenmore Cottage, Ballymore, Ireland. After a short military career, he was appointed Chief Constable of Belfast, being responsible for both the pol...
Person, Emergency Services, Politics & Administration, Ireland
Commoner on the City Lands & Bridge House Estates Committee, 1994.
One of the Special Commissioners for the Great Exhibition 1851. Born in Bengal. Chemist. 1st Baron Playfair. Died at home in South Kensington.
Person, Politics & Administration, Science, Bengal, Scotland
Born in Lancashire, where his father Ludwig had a factory. Studied law and then entered his father's business as director. Liberal and then Conservative MP 1906-28. In 1926 he achieved the merger...
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