| |  | David Hartley, the younger (1732 - 19 December 1813), statesman, scientific inventor, and the son of the philosopher David Hartley. He was Member... |  | Edmund Burke (January 12, 1729 - July 9, 1797) was an Irish statesman, author, orator, political theorist, and philosopher, who served for many... |  | William Wilberforce (24 August 1759 - 29 July 1833) was a British politician, philanthropist, and abolitionist who led the parliamentary campaign... |  | Joseph Addison was an English politician and writer. His name is usually remembered alongside that of his long-standing friend, Richard Steele,... |  | Sir William Blackstone (10 July 1723 - 14 February 1780) was an English jurist and professor who produced the historical and analytic treatise on... |  | Henry Thrale (1724/1730?-4 April, 1781) was an 18th century English Member of Parliament (MP) and a close friend of Samuel Johnson. Like his... |  | James Macpherson (October 27, 1736 - February 17, 1796) was a Scottish poet, known as the "translator" of the Ossian cycle of poems. |  | Hon. Charles James Fox (24 January, 1749 - 13 September, 1806) was a prominent British Whig politician. He is noted as an anti-slavery campaigner,... |  | Browne Willis (1682 - 1760), antiquary, born at Blandford St Mary, Dorset, educated at Westminster and Oxford, entered the Inner Temple 1700, sat... |  | John Anstis was an English officer of arms and antiquarian. He rose to the highest heraldic office in England and became Garter King of Arms in... | |
