- Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich Of Russia
Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia was the seventh child and fifth son of Emperor Alexander II of Russia and his first Empress consort Marie of Hesse and by Rhine. He was a younger brother to Alexander III of Russia and Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna of Russia, consort of Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. A Poruchik of the Leib Guard, he took part in Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78, was consequently promoted to Colonel. - Frank Goldsmith
Major Frank Adolphe Benedict Goldsmith (1878-February 14, 1967) was a British Conservative Member of Parliament and luxury hotel owner in France and the United Kingdom. Born in 1878, the son of Adolf Benedict Hayum Goldschmidt and Alice Emma Moses (1835-98), daughter of Joseph Benjamin Moses. His grandfather was Benedict Hayum Salomon Goldschmidt, banker and consul to the Grand Duke of Tuscany, founder of the B.H.Goldschmidt Bank. - Louisa Adams
Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, born Louisa Catherine Johnson (February 12 1775 - May 15 1852), wife of John Quincy Adams, was First Lady of the United States from 1825 to 1829. She was born in London to an English mother, Catherine Nuth Johnson, but her father was American, Joshua Johnson of Maryland who served as United States consulate general in London after 1790. She had a sister, Caroline, and a brother, Thomas. - Anne Applebaum
Anne Applebaum (born 25 July 1964) is a journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author who has written extensively about communism and the development of civil society in Eastern Europe and the USSR / Russia. As of 2006, she is a columnist and member of the editorial board of the "Washington Post". Born in Washington, DC in 1964, she was a 1982 graduate of the Sidwell Friends School. - Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS (c. 1 May 1769 - 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish British Army soldier and statesman, widely considered one of the leading military and political figures of the first half of the nineteenth century. Commissioned an ensign in the British Army, he rose to prominence in the Napoleonic Wars, eventually reaching the rank of field marshal. - Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fyodorovna
HIH The Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna, (1 November 1864 - 18 July 1918) was a German princess of the Grand Ducal House of Hesse and was the wife of the Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, the fifth son of Emperor Alexander II of Russia and Princess Marie of Hesse and the Rhine. Elizabeth was also the elder sister of Alexandra Fyodorovna, the last Russian empress, and was known in Russian society for her beauty, charm and good works among the poor. - William III of the Netherlands
William III (February 19, 1817 - November 23, 1890) was King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1849-1890). =Early life= William was born in Brussels as son of William II of the Netherlands and Queen Anna, daughter of Tsar Paul I of Russia and Empress Maria Fyodorovna (Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg). In his early years, he served in the military. - Laleshwar Singh
Laleshwar Kumar Narayan Singh (b. 2 April 1941) is the current High Commissioner from the Co-operative Republic of Guyana to the United Kingdom, as well as the non-resident ambassador in five other countries. After studying law in Guyana, and training as a court clerk, he moved to work in the United Kingdom in 1961. From 1971 to 1993 he worked for the Magistrates' Courts Service in central London. In 1993 he was appointed the High Commissioner for Guyana in London, … - Frederick Spencer 4th Earl Spencer
Vice-Admiral Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer KG CB PC (April 14 1798 - December 27 1857) was a British peer, the son of George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer and the younger brother and successor of John Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer. Spencer was born in 1798, at the Admiralty Building, London and was baptised in St Martin-in-the-Fields. He was educated at Eton College from 1808 to 1811, then joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman. - Princess Thyra Of Denmark
Thyra Amelia Caroline Charlotte Anne of Denmark (pronounced Choo - Ra)(29 September 1853 - 26 February 1933) was the youngest daughter of Christian IX of Denmark and Luise of Hesse-Kassel. Thyra was the sister of Frederik VIII of Denmark, Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom, George I of Greece and Empress Maria Fyodorovna of Russia. Thyra was an attractive and gentle young woman, with blonde hair and dark blue eyes. - William à Court 1st Baron Heytesbury
William à Court, 1st Baron Heytesbury GCB PC (11 July 1779-31 May 1860), known as Sir William à Court, 2nd Baronet, from 1817 to 1828, was a British diplomat and Conservative politician. Heytesbury was the eldest son of Sir William à Court, 1st Baronet, and Laetitia, daughter of Henry Wyndham. He was educated at Eton and entered the Diplomatic Service at an early age. In 1812 he was elected to the House of Commons for Dorchester, … - Martin Conway
William Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington (April 12 1856 at Rochester, England - April 19 1937 at London), English art critic, politician and mountaineer, was the son of Reverend William Conway, afterwards canon of Westminster. W.M. Conway was educated at Repton and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he became a close friend of Karl Pearson. He became interested in early printing and engraving, … - Frank Lascelles
Sir Frank Cavendish Lascelles GCB, GCMG, GCVO, PC (23 March 1841 - 2 January 1920) was a British diplomat. He served as Ambassador to both Russia and Germany. Lascelles was born in London, the fifth son of the Hon. William Saunders Sebright Lascelles, third son of Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood. His mother was Lady Caroline Georgiana, daughter of George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle. He was educated at Harrow and joined the Diplomatic Service in 1861. - George Buchanan
Sir George William Buchanan, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, PC was born in Copenhagen in 1854. He was the son of British Ambassador Sir Andrew Buchanan, Bt. and would himself later become a diplomat. In 1908 he was appointed as minister in The Hague, The Netherlands. In 1910 Buchanan was appointed as the British Ambassador in Russia. He kept abreast of the political developments in Russia and met some of the leading liberal reformists in the country. - Sir William Miller 1st Baronet
Sir William Miller, 1st Baronet, of Manderston, Berwickshire (25 March 1809 - 10 October 1887) was British Vice-Consul at Saint Petersburg 1842-54, and a Member of Parliament for Leith Burghs 1859 - 1868, for Berwickshire 1873/74, and an armiger. The son of James Miller (1775 - 1855) from Wick, by his spouse Elizabeth (d.1862), daughter of Reverend William Sutherland, minister in Wick, he followed in his father's footsteps as a merchant trading in Imperial Russia. - Anatoly Trofimov
Anatoly Trofimov was a retired deputy director of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) who was assassinated in April 2005 by unidentified gunmen while driving near his north Moscow home. Trofimov's wife was also in the car and later died from wounds received during the attack; their four-year-old daughter was also present but survived. As a deputy head of the Soviet KGB investigation department, Trofimov supervised all cases of dissidents including Sergei Kovalyov, … - Horace François Bastien Sébastiani de la Porta baron Sébastiani
Horace François Bastien Sébastiani de La Porta (Corsican: "Oraziu Francescu Bastianu Sebastiani De A Porta"; November 11, 1771 – July 20, 1851) was a French soldier, diplomat, and politician, who served as Naval Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Minister of State under the July Monarchy. Joining the French Revolutionary Army in his youth, he rose in its ranks and became a supporter of Napoleon Bonaparte. - Władysław Raczkiewicz
Władysław Raczkiewicz was a Polish political figure and the first president of the Polish government in exile from 1939 until his death in 1947. Until 1945 he was the internationally recognised Polish head of state, and the Polish Government in Exile recognised as the successsor to the Polish government of 1939. The son of a judge, he was born in Russia. He studied in St. Petersburg were he joined the Polish Youth Organization. - Henry Eliot 5th Earl of St Germans
Henry Cornwallis Eliot, 5th Earl of St Germans (February 11 1835 - September 24 1911) Henry Cornwallis Eliot was born in London on February 11 1835 to Edward Granville Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans and his wife Jemima Cornwallis (December 24 1803 - July 2 1856). Henry was educated at Eton College from 1845 - 1847, and served as a Midshipman in the Royal Navy in the Mediterranean Sea from 1848 - 1853. - Francis Napier 10th Lord Napier
Francis Napier, 10th Lord Napier KT, PC (15 September 1819-19 December 1898), was a Scottish diplomat and colonial administrator. Napier was the son of William John Napier, 9th Lord Napier and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of the Hon. James Cochrane. He served as Envoy Extraordinaire and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States from 1857 to 1859 and to the Netherlands from 1859 to 1861, as Ambassador to Russia from 1861 to 1864 and to Prussia from 1864 to 1866. - George Brasov George Count Brasov
Georgy Mikhailovich, Count Brasov was a Russian prince and member of the House of Romanov. His parents were Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia and his mistress, Natalia Sergeyevna Sheremetyevskaya. His father was the youngest son of Emperor Alexander III of Russia and Empress Maria Fyodorovna (formerly Princess Dagmar of Denmark), a sister of King George V of the United Kingdom's mother, Queen Alexandra. George was born in Udinka, near Moscow. - Cecil L'Estrange Malone
Cecil John L'Estrange Malone (7 September 1890 - 8 June 1965), usually known as Cecil L'Estrange Malone, was a left wing member of the United Kingdom House of Commons and Britain's first communist Member of Parliament. Born in Dalton Holme, Yorkshire, Malone was a rector's son. He joined the Royal Navy in 1905 and attended the Royal Naval College at Devonport. He played a pioneering role in naval aviation and rose to become a Commander, … - Prince Christoph Of Hesse-Cassel
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. - Erskine Nicolson 3rd Baron Carnock
Erskine Arthur Nicolson, 3rd Baron Carnock DSO, JP (26 March 1884 - 2 October 1982) was a British peer and sailor. A younger son of the 1st Baron Carnock and Mary Catharine Rowan-Hamilton, he served in the Royal Navy, reaching the rank of Captain. Nicolson fought in the First World War and was made an Officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy. - Sir Joseph Beecham 1st Baronet
Sir Joseph Beecham, 1st Baronet (1848-1916) the eldest son of Thomas Beecham (1820-1907) played a large part in the growth and expansion of his father's medicinal pill business which he joined in 1866. Joseph was responsible for Beechams' factory and office in Westfield Street, St. Helens, being built in 1885. A factory was subsequently opened in New York followed by more factories and agencies in several other countries. He married Josephine in 1873. - Elizabeth Conyngham Marchioness Conyngham
Elizabeth Conyngham (1769 - 1861), Marchioness Conyngham, was an English courtier and Noblewoman, and the last mistress of George IV of the United Kingdom. She was born in 1769. Her father was Joseph Denison, who had made a fortune in banking. Her mother was Elizabeth Butler. On 5th July, 1794, Elizabeth married Henry Conyngham, Viscount Conyngham, an Irish peer. Despite her beauty, she was considered "vulgar" by the aristocratic society, … - Claire Elizabeth Smith
Claire Elizabeth Smith was Miss United Kingdom in 1992. She went on to the Miss World pageant in South Africa, but lost by one point to Miss Russia. A subsequent television documentary called 'Whicker's Miss World' revealed that none of the judges understood why Claire was not crowned Miss World. Most of them, including Joan Collins, said that they had all voted for Miss UK to become Miss World. - Hans Stanley
Hans Stanley (23 September 1721 - 12 January 1780), was a British politician and statesman. Stanley was christened on 9 October 1721 at St. Martin-in-the-fields, London. In 1761 Hans Stanley was Chargé d'Affaires at the Embassy to France. See:List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to France. He was appointed to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty on 17 June 1762 and became a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom the same year. - Dale Lloyd
My name is Dale Lloyd and i am 21 years old, i'm working full time at a local company in Tipton as an internal sales administrator and have been there since June 05. I have a girlfriend that i have been with for just over a year and her name is Suzanne. - Bill Brewster
I am an ageing music journalist cum DJ who also dabbles in various other matters in a barely competent style. Some of them you may have heard or seen or read, but many of them are hidden well away from the prying eyes of the general public. - Kenni
About me?? You people should already know! - Jason Poley
I'm daft, dark, grumpy, friendly, happy, depressive, cynical, romanitic and easy going. I'm from Finchampstead in Berkshire which is nice enough. i'm most at home relaxing somewhere sunny either surrounded by trees or water. but more often than not im out till the wee hours drinking more than is healthy. simply enough i'll be your friend if u buy me a drink!------my website------>. - Emma
Daydreamer. - Alan Dodge
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Yep, this is myspace,. - David Stark
SONGLINK International - the worldwide tipsheet for songwriters & publishers. - Andy Clarke
I am not a gimmer. - Ulu
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Hi all I am an easy going bloke who enjoys music and gigs and everything else involved with music. Always on the look out for new stuff and my collection exceeds 20,000 singles albums and cd's..and the odd tape! If you have a question about music..give me a go..i probably wont know it..but i'll give it a try! If you are in a band and have that something special..let me hear it. i do the odd dj-ing at my local.
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