Gilbert Abbott à Beckett

Gilbert Abbott à Beckett

male, deceased (1856)
punch, boulogne, Humorist, WestminsterSchool, English, Gray's Inn
Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, was an English humorist. He was born in London, the son of a lawyer, and belonged to a family claiming descent from T...
John Taverner

John Taverner

male, deceased (1638)
Anglican, priest, WestminsterSchool, deacon, hertfordshire, Bishop of London
John Taverner was the second son of Peter Taverner, the second son of Richard Taverner. Peter established himself at Hexton, Hertfordshire before...

James Bramston

male, deceased (1744)
WestminsterSchool, Old Westminsters, The Crooked Sixpence, The Art of Politics, Splendid Shilling, The Man of Taste
James Bramston ("circa" 1694 - 1744), satirist, educated at Westminster School and Oxford, took orders and was latterly Vicar of Hastings. His...
Alexander Nowell

Alexander Nowell

male, deceased (1602)
Lancastrian, Laurence Nowell, Tudor clergy, British House of Commons, Elizabeth I, Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford…WestminsterSchool
Alexander Nowell (c. 1507 - February 13, 1602) was an English Puritan theologian and clergyman, who served as dean of St Paul's during much of...
John Hacket

John Hacket

male, deceased (1670)
Parliament of England, British House of Commons, English Civil War, lincolnshire, WestminsterSchool, English…Westminster
John Hacket (1592 - 1670) was an English churchman, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry from 1661 until his death. He was born in London and educated...
Nigel Planer

Nigel Planer

male, 56 years old
novelist, Nigel George Planer, Alumni of the University of Sussex, Old Westminsters, Young Ones actor, The Comic Strip…WestminsterSchool, born in Westminster, London, England, UK
Nigel George Planer (born February 22, 1953 in London) is an English actor, novelist and playwright. He was educated at Westminster School, Sussex...
Arthur Middleton

Arthur Middleton

male (South Carolina)
Charleston, Continental Congress, Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, London Borough of Hackney, Signers of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, United States Declaration of Independence…WestminsterSchool, removed to the school of Westminster
Arthur Middleton was born in South Carolina in 1742. He was educated in England and graduated a Cambridge in 1763. He was elected to the Council of...

Martin Madan

male, deceased (1790)
writer, northamptonshire, calvinism, polygamy, English clergy, epsom…WestminsterSchool
Martin Madan (1726 - May 2, 1790), English writer, was educated at Westminster School, and at Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated in 1746. In...
Cyril Jackson

Cyril Jackson

male, deceased (1819)
Anglican, Primacy of All Ireland, George III of Great Britain, canonry, Alumni of the University of Oxford, King George III…WestminsterSchool
Cyril Jackson was Dean of Christ Church, Oxford 1783-1809. Jackson was born in Yorkshire, and educated at Westminster School and the University of...
William Froude

William Froude

male, deceased (1879)
engineer, Fellow of the Royal Society, British, Old Westminsters, Oriel College, Oxford, WestminsterSchool
William Froude (November 28, 1810, Dartington, Devon, England - May 4, 1879, Simonstown, South Africa) was an engineer, hydrodynamicist and naval...