Paul Wentworth

male, deceased (1593)
tudor, elizabeth, calais, puritan, Member of the pre-1707 English Parliament, henry viii
Paul Wentworth (1533 - 1593), a prominent member of parliament in the reign of Elizabeth, was a member of the Lillingstone Lovell branch of the...
Robert Stirling Newall

Robert Stirling Newall

male, deceased (1889)
Thomas Cooke, patent, inventor, patented, telescope, Scottish…calais
Robert Stirling Newall (1812 - 1889) was a Scottish engineer and astronomer. Born in Dundee, he patented a new type of wire rope in 1840 and...
William Howard 1st Baron Howard of Effingham

William Howard 1st Baron Howard of Effingham

male, deceased (1573)
Earl of Effingham, Earl Marshal, Lord High Admiral, Queen consort, calais, admiralty
William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham, English Lord High Admiral, was the son of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk by his second wife...

Arthur Plantagenet 1st Viscount Lisle

male, deceased (1542)
Illegitimate child of British monarchs, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, tudor, henry viii, Lords Warden of the Cinque Ports, calais
Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle, KG (d. March 3, 1542) was an illegitimate son of King Edward IV of England. He was born in France at...

Henri Ernest Baillon

male, deceased (1895)
Botanist, French, physician, calais, Royal Society, botanical author abbreviation
Henri Ernest Baillon was a French botanist and physician. He was born in Calais on November 30, 1827 and died in Paris on July 19, 1895. Baillon...
Thomas Beckington

Thomas Beckington

male, deceased (1465)
Beckyngton, Roman Catholic bishop, the rectory, Old Wykehamist, from Sutton Courtenay, Rolls series…calais
Thomas Beckington (also spelt Beckyngton) (c. 1390 - 14 January 1465) was the Bishop of Bath and Wells and 'King's Secretary' in Medieval England....
Edward VI of England VI of England

Edward VI of England VI of England

male, deceased (1553)
House of Tudor, Pretenders to the throne of the kingdom of France, henry vii, buried at Westminster Abbey, child of Henry VIII, Duke in the Peerage of England…calais
Edward VI (12 October 1537 - 6 July 1553) became King of England, King of France (in practice only the town and surrounding district of Calais) and...
John La Touche

John La Touche

male, deceased (1956)
death by myocardial infarction, myocardial infarction, Maryland writer, Virginia writer, Cabin in the Sky, Pins and Needles…calais
John Treville Latouche was a musician and writer. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Latouche's family moved to Richmond, Virginia when he was four...

Nicholas Colfox

male
calais, salt, chaucer, wool, Thomas of Woodstock, lollard
Sir Nicholas Colfox (flourished 1400) is the target of the slanderous accusation in Chaucer's "Nun's Priest's Tale": 'A colfox, ful of sly...
Louis Des Balbes De Berton de Crillon

Louis Des Balbes De Berton de Crillon

male, deceased (1615)
Huguenot, Siege of La Rochelle, Battle of Saint-Denis, battle of lepanto, savoy, lyon…calais
Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon was a French soldier, called the "man without fear" and, by Henry IV the "brave of the brave". Trained in...