Henry Hudson

Henry Hudson

male, deceased (1611)
Jan Mayen Island, MuscovyCompany, Northeast passage, Dutch East India Company, far east, arctic ocean
Henry Hudson (September 12, 1570s - 1611) was an English sea explorer and navigator in the early 17th century. His place of birth was London,...
William Baffin

William Baffin

male, deceased (1622)
Explorer of the Arctic, Spitsbergen, Davis Strait, MuscovyCompany, Smith Sound, Sir Edward Parry
William Baffin (1584 - January 23, 1622) was an English navigator and discoverer. Nothing is known of his early life, but it is conjectured that he...
Jerome Horsey

Jerome Horsey

male, deceased (1626)
tudor, Member of the pre-1707 English Parliament, 17th century, queen elizabeth i, diplomat, envoy…MuscovyCompany, Russia Company
Sir Jerome Horsey (died 1626) was an English explorer, diplomat and politician in the 16th and 17th centuries. He spent much time in Russia over...
Donald Swann

Donald Swann

male, deceased (1994)
quaker, Opera composer, russian revolution of 1917, composer, Russian, British…MuscovyCompany
Donald Ibrahím Swann was a British composer, musician and entertainer. He is best known to the general public for his partnership of writing and p...

John Thornton

male, deceased (1790)
Selina Hastings, Board of Director, From Surrey, bank of england, Anglican, director…Eastland Company, MuscovyCompany
John Thornton (1720 - 1790) was a merchant and Christian philanthropist. Thornton was the son of Robert Thornton of Clapham, Surrey, a merchant who...

Samuel Thornton

male, deceased (1838)
bank of england, member of parliament, Russian, baltic, committee, albury…Eastland Company, MuscovyCompany
Samuel Thornton (6 November 1754 - 3 July 1838) was one of the sons of John Thornton, a leading merchant in the Russian and Baltic trade, and...