British diplomat, civil servant and sinologist who served as British Ambassador to the People's Republic of China 1978 - 83, playing a significant role in the Sino-British negotiations which led up to the signing of the Sino-British Joint Declaration in 1984.
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Sir Percy Cradock
The name was originally applied to the Tower division of the county of Middlesex. This division was a liberty, i.e. it was an autonomous area under the jurisdiction of the Constable of the Tower of...
Born Seymour Place. Educated Harrow School. Twice Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Father of 13 children that survived infancy, including Claud John Hamilton. Died at home in Northern Ireland.
Writer, broadcaster and former M.P. Born Gyles Daubeney Brandreth in Germany where his father was serving as a legal officer with the Allied Control Commission. Famous for his over the top knitwear...
Person, Literature, Politics & Administration, TV & Radio, Germany
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Colonel R. E. B. Crompton, 1845 - 1940, electrical engineer, lived and worked here, 1891 - 1939. English Heritage
Born near the Kennington Oval but his family returned to Yorkshire when he was very young and he saw himself as a Yorkshireman. In 1908 he joined Waddingtons, a printing firm which developed a spe...
Pioneer plastic surgeon. Born Dunedin, New Zealand. Came to England as a student at Cambridge and qualified as a surgeon in 1910. The two world wars provided him with the inspiration (and the patie...
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