Although shown on the Holy Cross Church war memorial at Cromer Street, London, WC1 as Lawrence Brocklebank, no such person can be found as having died in World War One. We can confirm that the corr...
Thomas James Brock was born on 29 September 1879 in Peckham, Surrey (now Greater London), one of the seven children of William and Emily Brock. His birth was registered in the 4th quarter of 1879 i...
Pilot Officer Robert Vincent Brossmer was born in March 1915 in The Bronx, New York City, USA, the son of Mr & Mrs Frank J. Brossmer. He was educated at Riverdale Country School in New York and...
Born in Edinburgh. Died in Cannes, France, where, despite the plaque in Grafton Street, he apparently spent much of his last 30 years, indeed he seems to have effectively created Cannes. As a young...
William Broughton was born on 20 January 1887 in Cromer, Norfolk, the third of the four children of James William Broughton (1852-1922) and Emily Broughton née Blogg (1854-1891). His birth was regi...
Painter and designer. Born Calais - the family travelled frequently between France and England. Not formally a member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood but he was friends with them and shared their...
Born as George Bryan Brummell in Downing Street, his father being Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, Lord North. A gambler and dandy and one of the Prince Regent's favourites, he set the dres...
Civil Engineer, born Hacqueville, Normandy, France. Educated in France, but forced to flee to the United States after publicly predicting the demise of Robespierre. He submitted a design for the Ca...
In the midst of the 100 year war between France and England Edward III had the city of Calais besieged and starved. His terms were that six of the principal citizens should surrender themselves, s...
Born King's Lynn, Norfolk, father was Dr Charles Burney. Diarist, novelist: Evelina (1778), Cecelia (1782), Camilla (1796) and playwright. Her first novel, Evelina, was a big success and she ent...
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