Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Leopold Charles Edward George Albert; in German Carl Eduard, Herzog von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha 19 July 1884 - 6 March 1954) was the fourth and last reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, a duchy in Germany (from 30 July 1900 to 14 November 1918). A male-line grandson of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, he was also a Prince of the United Kingdom and held the title of Duke of Albany.

Sofie Antonie of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel was the tenth of 17 children of Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Among her notable great-grandchildren were Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Queen Victoria, Feodora zu Leiningen, and Philip Eugene Ferdinand Saxe-Corburg of Flanders.

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (26 August 1819 – 14 December 1861) was the husband and consort of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. He was the only husband of a British queen regnant to have formally held the title of Prince Consort. Upon Queen Victoria's death in 1901, the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha succeeded the House of Hanover on the British throne.

Edward Oxford (born Birmingham, 1822; date and place of death unknown) was tried for high treason for attempting to assassinate the British Queen, Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom while she was out riding on Constitution Hill with her husband, Prince Albert. He was acquitted by reason of insanity in July 1840, and sent to Bethlem Royal Hospital, where he remained until the criminal patients of the institution were transferred to Broadmoor Hospital in 1864.

Princess Margarete Beatrice Feodora of Prussia (April 22, 1872 - January 22, 1954) was the daughter of the future Frederick III, German Emperor (1831-1888) and his wife, Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (1840-1901), daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Margaret, or "Mossy" as she was known in the family, was the youngest of eight children. Together with her sisters, Princess Viktoria and Princess Sophie, …

The Lady Katherine Brandram (born May 4, 1913) is a daughter of Constantine I of Greece (1868-1922) and Sophie of Prussia (1870-1932). Her paternal grandparents were George I of Greece and Olga Konstantinovna of Russia. Her maternal grandparents were Frederick III, German Emperor, and the Empress Victoria. Victoria was a daughter of Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Victoria of the United Kingdom. Katherine was born in Athens.

Ernest Louis Charles Albert William (de: "Ernst Ludwig Karl Albert Wilhelm"), (25 November 1868-9 October 1937) was the last "Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine" from 1892 until his abdication in 1918. His nickname was Ernie. Ernest Louis was the fourth child and eldest son of Grand Duke Louis IV and Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, daughter of Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

Frederika of Hanover ("Friederike Luise Thyra Viktoria Margarete Sophie Olga Cecile Isabelle Christa", Princess of Hanover, Duchess of Brunswick and Lunenburg) (1917-1981) was Queen Consort of King Paul I of the Hellenes (1947-1964) as "Queen Frideriki of the Hellenes"

Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine (Irene Luise Marie Anna) (11 July 1866-11 November 1953) was the third child and third daughter of Princess Alice of the United Kingdom and Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine. Her maternal grandparents were Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Her paternal grandparents were Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine and Princess Elizabeth of Prussia.

Edward White Benson (July 14 1829 - October 11 1896) was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1882 until his death. Born in Highgate, Birmingham and educated at King Edward's School in Birmingham and Trinity College, Cambridge, Benson began his career as a schoolmaster at Rugby School in 1852. In 1859 Benson was chosen by Prince Albert as the first Master (headmaster) of Wellington College, Berkshire, which had been built as the nation's memorial to the Duke of Wellington.

Sir George Gilbert Scott (13 July 1811 - 27 March, 1878) was an English architect of the Victorian Age, chiefly associated with the design, building and renovation of churches, cathedrals and workhouses. Born in Gawcott, Buckinghamshire, Scott was the son of a clergyman and grandson of the biblical commentator Thomas Scott. He studied architecture as a pupil of James Edmeston and from 1832 to 1834, worked as an assistant to Henry Roberts.

James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn, KG, PC (January 21, 1811 - October 31, 1885) was a British Conservative nobleman and statesman who twice served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. He had various styles during his lifetime, namely The Hon. James Hamilton (until 1814, by virtue of his father's courtesy viscountcy), Viscount Hamilton (1814-1818, while heir to the Marquessate of Abercorn), …

Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Alfred Ernest Albert; 6 August, 1844 - 30 July, 1900) was the third Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha reigning between 1893 and 1900. He was also a member of the British Royal Family, the second son and fourth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. He was created Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Kent and Earl of Ulster in the peerage of the United Kingdom on 24 May 1866.

Edward Armitage was a Victorian era painter whose work focussed on historical, classical and biblical subjects. He came from a family of wealthy Yorkshire industrialists, the eldest of seven sons of James Armitage (1793-1872) and Anne Elizabeth Armitage née Rhodes (1788-c1834), of Farnley Hall, just south of Leeds, Yorkshire. His great-grandfather James (1730-1803) bought Farnley Hall from Sir Thomas Danby in 1799 and in 1844 four Armitage brothers, …

Godert Alexander Gerard Philip Baron van der Capellen (December 15, 1778-April 10, 1848) was a Dutch statesman from Utrecht. Van der Capellen was made Prefect of Friesland and soon thereafter Minister of the Interior and a member of the Privy Council. At his advice, King Louis Napoleon abdicated the throne in 1810 in favor of his son, Louis II. Van der Capellen did not serve Napoleon I. Wilhelm I, King of the Netherlands, …

Christoph Ernst August of Hesse-Cassel (1901-1943) was the son of Frederick, Prince of Hesse-Cassel and Princess Margaret of Prussia. Prince Christoph was a great-grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha through their eldest daughter Victoria, Princess Royal, wife of Frederick III, German Emperor. Christoph married Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark on 15 December 1930 in Berlin, Germany.

Edmund Clarence Stedman (October 8, 1833 - January 18, 1908), American poet, critic, and essayist was born at Hartford, Connecticut, United States. He studied two years at Yale University; became a journalist in New York City, especially on the staffs of the "Tribune" and "World", for which latter paper he served as field correspondent during the first years of the Civil War.

Samuel Sanders Teulon (1812-1873) was a notable English architect of the 19th century. Teulon was born in Greenwich, in south-east London, the son of a cabinet-maker from a French Huguenot family (his younger brother, William Milford Teulon (1823-1900), also became an architect). Samuel attended the Royal Academy Schools, exhibited at the Academy in 1835, and commenced in practice as an architect in 1838.

George Hunn Nobbs was an Irish born missionary on Pitcairn Island and later Norfolk Island where his many descendants still live today. He was born in Moira, the illegitimate son of Francis Rawdon-Hastings 1st Marquis of Hastings (1754 – 1826) and Jemima Ffrench. He was not acknowledged by the marquis and was fostered by the elderly Nobbs family who lived near Yarmouth. They forced him to take there name. He spent an adventurous youth serving in various merchant ships, …

John Crawford was a talented Scottish Sculptor, apprenticed to John Mossman. He attended Glasgow School of Art, where he won many prizes and attracted the attention of art collectors. He set up his own studio (at 28 Mason Street) in 1858 and was one of the many British sculptors who worked with John Thomas on the new Houses of Parliament. He and most of his family died in the typhus epidemic of 1861 - the same one that carried away Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

Jonathan Firth (born 6 April, 1967) is a British actor. Jonathan Firth is the younger brother of Colin Firth and Kate Firth. He was born in Essex, England, and studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama. He has acted in cinematic movies and also has some notable TV appearances, such as Fred Vincy in "Middlemarch" (1994), Sergeant Troy in "Far from the Madding Crowd" (1998) and Prince Albert in "Victoria & Albert" (2001).

Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair, GCB, PC, FRS (May 1, 1818 - May 29, 1898) was a Scottish scientist and Parliamentarian. Born at Chunar, Bengal, son of the Inspector General of Hospitals in that region, Playfair was educated at the University of St Andrews, the Andersonian Institute in Glasgow, and the University of Edinburgh. After going to Calcutta at the end of 1837, he became private laboratory assistant to Thomas Graham at University College, London, …

Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark (Greek: "Irini") (13 February, 1904 - 15 April, 1974) was the fifth child and second daughter of Constantine I of Greece and his wife, the former Princess Sophie of Prussia. Her paternal grandparents were George I of Greece and Olga Konstantinovna of Russia. Her maternal grandparents were Friedrich III, German Emperor, and his Empress consort Victoria.

Ernst II August Karl Johannes Leopold Alexander Eduard, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. Coburg, June 21, 1818 - d. Reinhardsbrunn, August 22, 1893) was the second sovereign duke of the German duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. He was the eldest son of Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. He was also the older brother of Prince Albert, the husband of Queen Victoria.

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Ferdinand I, Tsar of Bulgaria (February 26, 1861 - September 10, 1948), born "Prince Ferdinand Maximilian Karl Leopold Maria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha", was the Prince Regnant and later Tsar of Bulgaria as well as an author, botanist and philatelist.

Baron Carlo (Charles) Marochetti was a sculptor, born in Turin, but raised in Paris as a French citizen. His first systematic instruction being given him by François Joseph Bosio and Gros in Paris. Here his statue of "A Young Girl playing with a Dog" won a medal in 1829. But between 1822 and 1830 he studied chiefly in Rome. From 1832 to 1848 he lived in France. His "Fallen Angel" was exhibited in 1831. He made one panel for the Arc de Triomphe, …

James Henry Pullen, also known as the Genius of Earlswood Asylum, was a British autistic savant, probably suffering from aphasia. James Henry Pullen was born in Dalston, London in 1835. Both he and his brother Arthur were deaf, mute and developmentally disabled. By the age of 7 Pullen had learned only one word, "mother," which he pronounced poorly. As a child, he began to carve small ships out of firewood and draw pictures of them.

Edouard-Denis Baldus was a French landscape, architectural, and railway photographer in the mid-1800s. Baldus was originally trained as a painter and had also worked as a draughtsman and lithographer before switching to photography in 1849. In 1851, he was commissioned for the Mission Héliographique by the Historic Monuments Commission of France to photograph historic buildings, bridges, and monuments.

Frederick Seymour (born Belfast, Ireland, 6 September 1820 - died Bella Coola, British Columbia 10 June 1869) was a colonial administrator. He served as the second Governor of the Colony of British Columbia from 1864 to 1866, and the first governor of the United Colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia from 1866 to 1869. Seymour was the son of Henry Augustus Seymour, who was himself the illegitimate son of Francis Seymour-Conway, 2nd Marquess of Hertford.

William Harbutt (13 February1844 - 1 June1921) was the inventor of Plasticine. Born in North Shields, England, Harbutt studied at the National Art Training School in London, and eventually became an associate of the Royal College of Art. He was headmaster of the Bath School of Art and Design from 1874 to 1877, and then opened his own art school in Bath with his wife Elizabeth (Bessie).

Elizabeth, Duchess of Bedford (23 September 1818-22 April 1897) was born Lady Elizabeth Sackville-West, daughter of the 5th Earl De La Warr and the Countess De La Warr. She acted as a bridesmaid at the marriage of Queen Victoria to Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha on 10 February 1840. On 18 June 1844 she was married to Francis Russell, a grandson of the late 6th Duke of Bedford and nephew of Lord John Russell, the Whig politician and future Prime Minister.

Charlotte Canning (1817-1861), was the wife of Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning. She was born Charlotte Stuart in Paris, a daughter of the British ambassador, Charles Stuart (later Baron Stuart de Rothesay) and was a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Victoria for thirteen years. On 5 September 1835, she married Hon. Charles Canning a son of the ex-British Prime Minister, George Canning and the 1st Viscountess Canning.

Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel was a German generalfeldmarschall noted for his victories in the Franco-Prussian War. Son of the president of the superior court of Magdeburg, he was born at Dresden, and brought up with his cousin, Otto von Manteuffel (1805-1882), the Prussian statesman, entered the guard cavalry at Berlin in 1827, and became an officer in 1828. After attending the War Academy for two years, …

Edward Craven Hawtrey (May 7, 1789 - January 27, 1862), was an English educationalist. He was born at Burnham in Norfolk, the son of the vicar of the parish. He was educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge, and in 1814 was appointed assistant master at Eton under Dr John Keate. In 1834 he became headmaster of Eton. Under his administration, new buildings were erected, including the school library and the sanatorium, the college chapel was restored, …