- Prince Charles
The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (Charles Philip Arthur George ; born 14 November 1948), is the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. He has held the title of Prince of Wales since 1958, and is styled "His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales", except in Scotland, where he is styled "His Royal Highness The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay". - Henry Purcell
Henry Purcell (September 10 (?),, 1659–November 21, 1695), a Baroque composer, is generally considered to be one of England's greatest composers. He has often been called England's finest native composer. Purcell incorporated Italian and French stylistic elements but devised a peculiarly English style of Baroque music. - Edward I of England
Edward I, popularly known as Longshanks, also as "Edward the Lawgiver" because of his legal reforms, and as "Hammer of the Scots", achieved fame as the monarch who conquered Wales and who tried to do the same to Scotland. He reigned from 1272 to 1307, ascending the throne of England on 21 November 1272 after the death of his father, King Henry III of England. His mother was queen consort Eleanor of Provence. - Ben Jonson
Benjamin Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 - 6 August 1637) was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor. A contemporary of William Shakespeare, he is best known for his satirical plays, particularly "Volpone" and "The Alchemist" which are considered his best, and his lyric poems. A man of vast reading and a seemingly insatiable appetite for controversy, Jonson had an unparalleled breadth of influence on Jacobean and Caroline playwrights and poets. - Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban was an English philosopher, statesman, and essayist, but is best known as a philosophical advocate and defender of the scientific revolution. Indeed, his dedication brought him into a rare historical group of scientists who were killed by their own experiments. His works established and popularized an inductive methodology for scientific inquiry, often called the "Baconian method" or simply, the scientific method. - Princess Mary
Princess Mary, Princess Royal, Princess of Orange-Nassau was the eldest daughter of King Charles I of England, Scotland, and Ireland and his queen, Henrietta Maria. She was the wife of William II, Prince of Orange-Nassau and the mother of William III. Mary Stuart or Mary of Orange, as she was also known, was the first daughter of a British Sovereign to hold the title Princess Royal. - Charles Barry
Sir Charles Barry FRS (23 May 1795 - 12 May 1860) was an English architect, best known for his role in the rebuilding of the Palace of Westminster (perhaps better known as the Houses of Parliament) in his home city of London during the mid 19th century, but also responsible for numerous other buildings and gardens. - Charles Ii Of England
Charles II (29 May 1630 - 6 February 1685) was the King of England, Scotland, and Ireland. According to royalists, Charles II became king when his father Charles I was executed at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, the climax of the Second English Civil War. The English Parliament did not proclaim Charles II king at this time, however, and England entered the period known to history as the English Interregnum. The Parliament of Scotland, on the other hand, … - Elizabeth Of York
Elizabeth of York, born Elizabeth, Princess of England (February 11, 1466 - February 11, 1503) was the Queen Consort of King Henry VII of England, whom she married in 1486, the mother of King Henry VIII, and the sister of King Edward V. - Princess Anne Of England
Princess Anne of England was the daughter of Charles I and his queen, Henrietta Maria of France. She was born in St. James's Palace and died of natural causes in the Richmond Palace at the age of three. She was buried in Westminster Abbey. - William Jones
Sir William Jones (September 28, 1746 - April 27, 1794) was an English philologist and student of ancient India, particularly known for his proposition of the existence of a relationship among Indo-European languages. - Princess Victoria Of The United Kingdom
The Princess Victoria (Victoria Alexandra Olga Mary; 6 July 1868-3 December 1935), also called "Toria", was a member of the British Royal Family, the fourth child and second daughter of King Edward VII. - George III of the United Kingdom
George III (New Style dates) was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until 1 January 1801, and thereafter of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death. He was concurrently Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and thus Elector (and later King) of Hanover. The Electorate became the Kingdom of Hanover on 12 October 1814. He was the third British monarch of the House of Hanover, … - Ernest Augustus I of Hanover
Ernest Augustus I, King of Hanover (5 June 1771 - 18 November 1851), also (1799-1851) the Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale, was the fifth son and eighth child of King George III of the United Kingdom and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Upon the death of his older brother William IV on 20 June 1837, … - Princess Eugenie Of York
Princess Eugenie of York (Eugenie Victoria Helena; born 23 March 1990) is a member of the British Royal Family and a granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II. Princess Eugenie is sixth in the Line of succession to the British Throne and has been since her birth in 1990. - Princess Beatrice Of York
Princess Beatrice of York (Beatrice Elizabeth Mary; born 8 August 1988) is a member of the British Royal Family. She is a granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. Princess Beatrice is fifth in the Line of succession to the British Throne. She was the first Princess to be born into the immediate Royal family since the birth of Princess Anne in 1950. - Anne Of Great Britain
Anne (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714) became Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland on 8 March 1702, succeeding King William III. Her Roman Catholic father, James II, was forcibly deposed in 1688; her brother-in-law and her sister then became joint monarchs as William III and Mary II, the only such case in British history. After Mary's death in 1694, William continued as sole monarch until his own death in 1702. On 1 May 1707, under the Acts of Union 1707, … - Princess Elizabeth Of Clarence
Princess Elizabeth of Clarence (Elizabeth Georgiana Adelaide) (10 December 1820 - 4 March 1821) was a member of the British Royal Family, a granddaughter of King George III. At the time of her birth she was third in the line of succession to the British throne. - Princess Charlotte Augusta Of Wales
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales (7 January 1796 - 6 November 1817) was the only child of the ill-fated marriage between George IV (at the time Prince of Wales) and Caroline of Brunswick. - Zac Goldsmith
Frank Zacharias "Zac" Robin Goldsmith (born January 20 1975), son of billionaire Sir James Goldsmith, is an environmental activist and editor of "The Ecologist". Goldsmith joined the Conservative Party in 2005. He was placed on the party's A-List of prospective parliamentary candidates, and selected as the Conservative prospective parliamentary candidate for Richmond Park in March 2007. - Prince Edward Augustus Duke of Kent and Strathearn
The Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (2 November 1767 - 23 January 1820) was a member of the British Royal Family, the fourth son of King George III and the father of Queen Victoria. He was created Duke of Kent and Strathearn and Earl of Dublin on 23 April 1799. - Edward Of Westminster
Edward of Westminster (13 October 1453 - 4 May 1471) was the only Prince of Wales ever to die in battle. He was born in Westminster. He was the son of King Henry VI of England and his consort, Margaret of Anjou. Their only child, he was born at the Palace of Westminster. His father was at the time suffering from mental illness, and there were widespread rumours that the prince was the result of an affair between his mother and some unnamed lover. - John Nelson Darby
John Nelson Darby, (November 18, 1800 - April 29, 1882) was an Anglo-Irish evangelist, an influential figure among the original Plymouth Brethren, and founder of the Darbyites. He is considered to be the father of modern Dispensationalism. - Charles Churchill
Charles Churchill (February, 1731 - November 4, 1764), was an English poet and satirist. Churchill was born in Vine Street, Westminster. His father, rector of Rainham, Essex, held the curacy and lectureship of St Johns, Westminster, from 1733, and Charles was educated at Westminster School, where he became a good classical scholar, and formed a close and lasting friendship with Robert Lloyd. He entered Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1749, having been refused at Oxford, … - Nell Gwyn
Nell Gwyn (or Gwynn or Gwynne), born Eleanor, (2 February 1650 - 14 November 1687), was one of the earliest English actresses to receive prominent recognition, and a long-time mistress of King Charles II. Called "pretty, witty Nell" by Samuel Pepys, she has been called a living embodiment of the spirit of Restoration England and has come to be considered a folk heroine, with a story echoing the rags-to-royalty tale of Cinderella. - Princess Elizabeth Of The United Kingdom
The Princess Elizabeth (22 May 1770 - 10 January 1840) was a member of the British Royal Family, the 7th child and 3rd daughter of George III of the United Kingdom. - George Vertue
George Vertue was an English engraver and antiquary, whose notebooks on British art of the first half of the 18th century are a valuable source for the period. Vertue was born in 1684 in St Martin’s-in-the-Fields, London. At the age of 13 he was apprenticed to a heraldic engraver of French origin. Afterwards, as an engraver, he worked seven years under Michael Vandergucht. During this time and later, he executed more than five hundred engraved portraits. - Philip Hardwick
Philip Hardwick (1792-1870) was an eminent English architect (son of architect Thomas Hardwick (junior) (1752-1829), and grandson of Thomas Hardwick Senior (1725-1798)). He is particularly associated with transport-related buildings (eg: railway stations, warehouses) in London and elsewhere. - Edmund Dunch
Edmund Dunch (or Dunche) (14 December 1657 Westminster - 31 May 1719 Little Wittenham) was Master of the Royal Household to Queen Anne and a British Member of parliament (MP). He was a MP for Cricklade, Wiltshire (1701-1702 and 1705-1713), Boroughbridge, Yorkshire (1713-1715), and Wallingford, then Berkshire (now Oxfordshire) from 1715-1719. He held the royal title of Master of the Household from 1708-1712. He was also a member of the Kit-Kat Club, … - Prince Andrew Duke of York
The Prince Andrew, Duke of York (Andrew Albert Christian Edward; born 19 February 1960) is a member of the British Royal Family, the third child and second son of Queen Elizabeth II. He has held the title of Duke of York since 1986. The Duke of York is currently 4th in the line of succession, and has been since the birth of Prince Harry in 1984. The Duke of York married and subsequently divorced Sarah Ferguson. - Maud Of Wales
Princess Maud of Wales (Maud Charlotte Mary Victoria; later Queen Maud of Norway; 26 November 1869 - 20 November 1938) was a member of the British Royal Family, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria, and later Queen consort of Norway, as the wife of King Haakon VII of Norway. She was the first queen consort of Norway since 1319 who was not also queen consort of Denmark or Sweden. - Philip Warwick
Sir Philip Warwick (December 24, 1609 - January 15, 1683), English writer and politician, born in Westminster, was the son of Thomas Warwick, or Warrick, a musician. Educated at Eton, he travelled abroad for some time and in 1636 became secretary to the lord high treasurer, William Juxon; later he was a member of the Long Parliament, being one of those who voted against the attainder of Strafford and who followed Charles I to Oxford. - Anthony Powell
Anthony Dymoke Powell, CH (December 21, 1905 - March 28, 2000) was a British novelist best known for his "A Dance to the Music of Time" duodecalogy published between 1951 and 1975. According to his memoirs, "Powell" rhymes with "pole" (not towel). Powell was regarded by such writers as Evelyn Waugh and Kingsley Amis as amongst the greatest British novelists of the 20th century, and has been called the English equivalent of Marcel Proust. - Henry Hyde 2nd Earl of Clarendon
Henry Hyde 2nd Earl of Clarendon, (2 June, 1638 Westminster - 31 October, 1709 Westminster), was the eldest son of Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon and his wife, Frances. He was thus a brother of Lady Anne Hyde, and maternal uncle to both Queen Mary II and Queen Anne. After his father was banished, Henry (then Viscount Cornbury) opposed the court party. He lost his first wife in 1662 and four years later married Flower, the daughter of William Backhouse, … - Prince George William Of Wales
Prince George William of Wales (13 November 1717 - 17 February 1718) was a member of the British Royal Family, an infant son of George II and Caroline of Ansbach, then the Prince and Princess of Wales. - Anne Of York
Anne of York (November 2, 1475 - November 23, 1511) was the seventh child and fifth daughter of Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville. She was born in the Palace of Westminster. She was a younger sister of Elizabeth of York, Mary of York, Cecily of York, Edward V of England, Margaret Plantagenet (Princess of York) and Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York. She was also an older sister of George Plantagenet, Duke of Bedford, Catherine of York and Bridget of York. - John Horne Tooke
John Horne Tooke, was an English politician and philologist. He was born in Newport Street, Long Acre, Westminster, the third son of John Horne, a poulterer in Newport Market, whose business the boy, when at Eton College, described to his friends as a "Turkey merchant". Before Eton, he had been at school in Soho Square, in a Kentish village, and from 1744 to 1746 at Westminster School. On January 12, 1754 he was admitted as sizar at St John's College, Cambridge, … - Charles Rolls
The Honourable Charles Stewart Rolls (August 27, 1877 - July 12, 1910) was, together with Frederick Henry Royce, a co-founder of the Rolls-Royce car manufacturing firm. He was born in Berkeley Square, London but retained a strong family connection with his ancestral home of The Hendre, Monmouth, Wales. He was a son of the 1st Baron Llangattock. Rolls was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge, and from his youth was interested in engines. - Cecily Of York
Cecily of York (March 20, 1469 - August 24, 1507) was the third daughter of Edward IV of England and his Queen consort Elizabeth Woodville. Cecily was a younger sister of Elizabeth of York and Mary of York, and an older sister of Edward V of England; Margaret of York; Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York; Anne of York; George Plantagenet, Duke of Bedford; Catherine of York; and Bridget of York. She was a niece of Richard III of England. - Princess Augusta Charlotte Of Wales
Princess Augusta Charlotte of Wales, was a member of the British Royal Family, a granddaughter of George II and sister of George III. She later married into the Ducal House of Brunswick, of which she was already a member. Her daughter, Caroline of Brunswick was the Queen consort of George IV.
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