Abraham Fraunce

Abraham Fraunce

male, deceased (1633)
poet, shropshire, latin language, thomas watson, English, tasso…OldSalopian
Abraham Fraunce (c. 1558 - 1633), was an English poet. A native of Shropshire, he was born between 1558 and 1560. His name appears in a list of...

George Jeffreys 1st Baron Jeffreys

male, deceased (1689)
Baron Jeffreys of Wem, peerage, Peerage of England, from Denbighshire, duke of Monmouth, Acton Hall…Old Westminsters, OldSalopian
George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem, PC (May 15, 1645 - April 18, 1689), also known as "The Hanging Judge", became notable during the reign...

William Davison 1st Baron Broughshane

male, deceased (1953)
Conservative Party politician, Conservative MP, Shrewsbury school, member of parliament, British, conservative…OldSalopian
William Henry Davison, 1st Baron Broughshane KBE FSA JP DL (1872 - 19 January 1953) was a British peer and Conservative Member of Parliament (MP)...

Harry Rée

male, deceased (1996)
British, Special Operations Executive, du Pont family, beaconsfield, Alumni of the Institute of Education, University of London…OldSalopian
Harry Alfred Rée was a British educationist and wartime member of the Special Operations Executive. Harry Rée was born in England the son of Dr. Al...

Henry Page Croft 1st Baron Croft

male, deceased (1947)
Shrewsbury, Lincoln, brewer, eton college, German, conservative party…OldSalopian
Henry Page Croft, 1st Baron Croft PC (1881-1947) was a British Conservative politician. Croft was born the son of a naval officer who had married...

Andrew Downes

male, deceased (1628)
Sir Henry Savile, St John's College, Cambridge, St. John's College, greek, Scholar, Translator of the King James version of the bible…OldSalopian
Andrew Downes, also known as Dounaeus, (c. 1549-2 February, 1628) was an English classical scholar born in the county of Shropshire. He was...

Henry William Rawson Wade

male, deceased (2004)
Harvard University, Oxford University, cambridge university, Knights Bachelor, British, real property…OldSalopian
Sir William Wade QC, FBA (16 January 1918-12 March 2004) was a British academic lawyer, best known for his work on the law of real property and...

Francis Adams

male, deceased (1893)
committed suicide, journalist, writer, Playwright, Australian, novelist…OldSalopian
Francis William Lauderdale Adams was an essayist, poet, dramatist, novelist and journalist who produced a large volume of work in his short life.

Arthur Purves Phayre

male, deceased (1885)
governor, author, commissioner, British Burma, burma, mauritius…OldSalopian
Sir Arthur Purves Phayre (May 7, 1812 - December 14, 1885) was the first Commissioner of British Burma, 1862-1867, Governor of Mauritius,...

Francis Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce 8th Baron Thurlow

male, 97 years old
Sir Roualeyn Cumming-Bruce, Diplomatic peer, British colonial governor, Order of St Michael and St George, politician, William Gladstone…OldSalopian
Francis Edward Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 8th Baron Thurlow KCMG (born 9 March 1912), is a retired British diplomat. Thurlow is the second son...