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On this day in 1997

BIRTHS
Lady Eliza Manners,21st-century English noblewoman and singer, Nottingham, born in United Kingdom.
Lucy Shaw, British cyclist, Exeter, born in United Kingdom.
Lukas Carey, Welsh cricketer, Carmarthen, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1996

BIRTHS
Chloé Tutton,, Pontypridd, born in United Kingdom.
Connor Wood, English association footballer, Harlow, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1995

BIRTHS
Alice Barnes, cyclist, Towcester, born in United Kingdom.
Ashley Carty, English snooker player, Rotherham, born in United Kingdom.
Jack Leitch, Footballer, Motherwell, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1994

BIRTHS
To Chun Kiu, association football player, British Hong Kong, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1993

BIRTHS
Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu, English association football player, Hendon, born in United Kingdom.
Karina Le Fevre,, Stockton-on-Tees, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1992

BIRTHS
Jonno Davies, British actor, Chesterfield, born in United Kingdom.
Alex Kenyon, Footballer, Euxton, born in United Kingdom.
Adam Burgess, canoeist, Stoke-on-Trent, born in United Kingdom.
Adam Davies, Welsh association football player, Rinteln, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1991

BIRTHS
Niall Morgan, Gaelic footballer, Dungannon, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1990

BIRTHS
Joel Richard Williams, association football player, Gibraltar, born in United Kingdom.
Greg Worthington, rugby league player, Bradford, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1989

BIRTHS
Ashley Mckenzie, British judoka, London, born in United Kingdom.
Andrew Shinnie, Scottish association football player, Aberdeen, born in United Kingdom.
Luke Potter, Association footballer, Barnsley, born in United Kingdom.
Justin Rovegno, association football player, Gibraltar, born in United Kingdom.
Kyle Eastmond, English rugby league and rugby union footballer, Oldham, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1988

BIRTHS
Alan Cope, English cricketer, Guildford, born in United Kingdom.
Danny Henry, mixed martial artist, Edinburgh, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1987

BIRTHS
Craig Gunn, Scottish footballer, Wick, born in United Kingdom.
Zoe De Toledo, British rower, Sheffield, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1986

BIRTHS
Lee Vaughan, English footballer, Birmingham, born in United Kingdom.
William Easton, Scottish footballer, Rutherglen, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1985

BIRTHS
Tom Cullen, British actor, Aberystwyth, born in United Kingdom.
Tom Fletcher, British singer (McFly), born in Harrow, United Kingdom.
Stuart Hole, English cricketer, Oxford, born in United Kingdom.
Paul Currie, Scottish footballer, Edinburgh, born in United Kingdom.
SPORTS
Neil McGregor, Scottish footballer, born in Irvine, United Kingdom.

On this day in 1984

BIRTHS
Mary Nighy, British actress, London, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1983

BIRTHS
Chris, British artist (born 1983), England, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1982

BIRTHS
Daniel Welch, British racing driver, Aldershot, born in United Kingdom.
Omari Banks, West Indian cricketer, Anguilla, born in United Kingdom.
Natasha Hamilton, British singer (Atomic Kitten - "Whole Again"), born in Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Zane Scotland, English golf professional (b. 1982), Manchester, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1981

BIRTHS
Stephen Mckeown, Scottish footballer, Rutherglen, born in United Kingdom.
Andy Maxwell, Irish rugby union player, Ballymena, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1980

BIRTHS
Darrel Wilson, Northern Ireland archer, Stoke-on-Trent, born in United Kingdom.
Steven O'hara, professional golfer, Bellshill, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1979

BIRTHS
Vicky Beeching, British musician, Canterbury, born in United Kingdom.
Danny Mellanby, English footballer, Bishop Auckland, born in United Kingdom.
Craig Stevens, British television presenter, Newry, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1978

BIRTHS
Darren Mcdermott, British boxer, Dudley, born in United Kingdom.
Dave Macleod, British rock climber, Glasgow, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1977

BIRTHS
David Haigh, Football executive, Manchester, born in United Kingdom.
Paul Heckingbottom, British footballer, Barnsley, born in United Kingdom.
Mel Nicholls,, Worcester, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1976

BIRTHS
Michael Davies, English cricketer, Manchester, born in United Kingdom.
Kevin Utterson,, Edinburgh, born in United Kingdom.
Stuart Whitehead, English footballer, Bromsgrove, born in United Kingdom.
Gino D'acampo, Italian-British chef, Torre del Greco, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1975

BIRTHS
Victoria Holmes, English children's writer, coordinator of the Warriors animal fantasy series, Berkshire, born in United Kingdom.
Richard Kenway, English cricketer, Southampton, born in United Kingdom.
Konnie Huq, television presenter, Hammersmith, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1974

BIRTHS
Laura Macdonald, British musician, Southmead, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1973

BIRTHS
Wayne Alexander, boxer, Tooting, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1971

BIRTHS
Liberty Ellman, American musician, Greater London, born in United Kingdom.
Matthew Crompton, British actor, St Helens, born in United Kingdom.
Cory Doctorow, Canadian-British blogger, journalist, and science fiction author, Toronto, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1970

BIRTHS
Dan Seagrave, British artist, Worksop, born in United Kingdom.
Brendan Coogan, British television presenter/personality, Manchester, born in United Kingdom.
Gavin Mcinnes, Canadian writer, Hitchin, born in United Kingdom.
Mandy Smith, English singer, model, London, born in United Kingdom.
Laurence R. Harvey, actor, England, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1969

BIRTHS
Paul Edmondson, British motorcycle racer, Otley, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1968

BIRTHS
Julian Gallagher, British musician, Abergavenny, born in United Kingdom.
Jane Hazlegrove, British actress, Manchester, born in United Kingdom.
Darren Day, British actor, Colchester, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1967

BIRTHS
Jules De Martino, British musician, West Ham, born in United Kingdom.
Stephen Eva, English cricketer, Belfast, born in United Kingdom.
Robert Thornton, Scottish darts player, Ayrshire, born in United Kingdom.
Sammy Sanders, American racing driver, United Kingdom, born in United States.

On this day in 1966

BIRTHS
David Beal, Cricket player, Butleigh, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1964

BIRTHS
Paul Mcgugan, British footballer, Glasgow, born in United Kingdom.
Martyn Bell, British racing driver, England, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1963

BIRTHS
Stephen Tredre, British actor-writer, London, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1962

BIRTHS
Stephen Jackson, British biologist, Nottingham, born in United Kingdom.
Debra Stock, cricketer, Manchester, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1961

BIRTHS
Jeremy Hardy, British comedian, Farnborough, born in United Kingdom.
Tim Mackintosh-Smith, British writer, Stirling, born in United Kingdom.
Simon West, English film director, Letchworth Garden City, born in United Kingdom.
Nicholas Rossiter, British television producer, British Hong Kong, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1960

BIRTHS
Mark Burnett, British television and film producer and author, London, born in United Kingdom.
Kim Barnett, English cricketer (England batsman & occasional leggie 1988-89), born in Leek, United Kingdom.

On this day in 1959

BIRTHS
Pola Uddin, Baroness Uddin, British politician and Baroness, Rajshahi, born in United Kingdom.
Bobby Davison, footballer and manager, South Shields, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1957

BIRTHS
Alison Mcinnes, Scottish politician, Irvine, born in United Kingdom.
Fern Britton, English television presenter, Ealing, born in United Kingdom.
Martin Robinson, English footballer, Ilford, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1955

BIRTHS
David Batchelor, British artist, Dundee, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1953

BIRTHS
Robin Merrill, British television presenter and radio host, Salisbury, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1952

BIRTHS
Nigel Povah,, Essex, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1951

BIRTHS
Liam Beckett, Irish footballer, Ballymoney, born in United Kingdom.
Andrew Robathan, British politician, Surrey, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1950

BIRTHS
John Hooper, British journalist, Westminster, born in United Kingdom.
Rob Guest, New Zealand actor, Birmingham, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1949

BIRTHS
Geezer Butler, English musician, bassist and lyricist of Black Sabbath, Birmingham, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1948

BIRTHS
Barry Macsweeney, English poet, Blackburn, born in United Kingdom.
Brian Glascock, British musician, Birmingham, born in United Kingdom.
Wayne Sleep, British ballet dancer, Plymouth, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1947

BIRTHS
Phil Cordell, British musician, London, born in United Kingdom.
Joyce Anelay, Baroness Anelay Of St Johns, Schoolteacher, politician, London, born in United Kingdom.
Mick Tucker, British drummer, London, born in United Kingdom.
British wife of King Charles III, and Queen of the United Kingdom, born in London, England.
Camilla, Duchess Of Cornwall, Duchess of Cornwall, King's College Hospital, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1946

BIRTHS
Christopher Marks, English cricketer, Hanley, born in United Kingdom.
Alun Armstrong, English actor, Annfield Plain, born in United Kingdom.
Jeffrey Holland, English actor, Walsall, born in United Kingdom.
Hartley Booth, British politician, Exeter, born in United Kingdom.
Mike Elliott, English stand-up comedian, Sunderland, born in United Kingdom.
Michael Roll, British musician, Maesteg, born in United Kingdom.
Peter Cormack, Scottish footballer and manager, Edinburgh, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1945

BIRTHS
John Patten, Baron Patten, British politician, Kingston upon Hull, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1944

BIRTHS
Ajahn Khemadhammo, British Buddhist monk, Gosport, born in United Kingdom.
Catherine Schell, Hungarian-born British actress, Budapest, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1943

BIRTHS
Robin Smith, British racing driver, Kilmarnock, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1942

BIRTHS
Peter Copeland, British archivist, Hanworth, born in United Kingdom.
Peter Sissons, Television presenter, newsreader and journalist, Liverpool, born in United Kingdom.
Joseph Mcnally, British businessman and philanthropist, Tyneside, born in United Kingdom.
Nils Petter Gleditsch, Norwegian academic, Surrey, born in United Kingdom.
Zoot Money, British vocalist, keyboardist and bandleader, Bournemouth, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1941

BIRTHS
Bill Etherington, British politician, Sunderland, born in United Kingdom.
Bob Taylor, Cricket player of England., Stoke-on-Trent, born in United Kingdom.
Hilary Bradt, British writer, Harborne, born in United Kingdom.
Ivan Sharrock, English Sound engineer, St Austell, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1940

BIRTHS
Joe Baker, England international association footballer, Woolton, born in United Kingdom.
C. W. Nicol, Welsh writer and long-time resident and citizen of Japan, Wales, born in United Kingdom.
Tim Brooke-Taylor, British actor, Buxton, born in United Kingdom.
Syd Farrimond, English footballer, Hindley, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1939

BIRTHS
Spencer Davis, British musician, Swansea, born in United Kingdom.
Pamela Crain, former East Anglia and International XI women international cricketer, St Albans, born in United Kingdom.
Des Turner, British politician, Southampton, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1937

BIRTHS
Bill Pitt, British politician, Croydon, born in United Kingdom.
Alan Hopper, English footballer, Newcastle upon Tyne, born in United Kingdom.
Andrew Tucker,, Marylebone, born in United Kingdom.
Karl Barton, cyclist, Birmingham, born in United Kingdom.
Richard Gombrich, British Indologist, London, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1936

BIRTHS
Sandy Mclaughlan, Scottish footballer, Yate, born in United Kingdom.
Tao Ho, Hong Kong architect, Shanghai, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1935

BIRTHS
Ray Pahl, British sociologist, London, born in United Kingdom.
Brian Heward, footballer, Lincoln, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1934

BIRTHS
Anthony Colbert,, Newport, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1933

BIRTHS
Kenneth Briggs,, Woking, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1932

BIRTHS
Colin Webster, Welsh footballer, Cardiff, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1931

BIRTHS
Chung Wai-Ming, broadcaster, British Hong Kong, born in United Kingdom.
Caroline Graham, English playwright, screenwriter and novelist, Nuneaton, born in United Kingdom.
Edward Cullinan, British architect, Islington, born in United Kingdom.
John Paynter, British composer, Bromborough, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1930

BIRTHS
John Millsopp, Scottish footballer, Glasgow, born in United Kingdom.
Ray Galton, British screenwriter, Paddington, born in United Kingdom.
Roy Newsome,, Stockport, born in United Kingdom.
James Morrison,2nd Baron Margadale, British peer, Burnley, born in United Kingdom.
Barbara Wyatt, British figure skater, Brighton, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1929

BIRTHS
Christian Mary Mcewen, Anglo-Scottish noblewoman, educationist, journalist, Marchmont House, born in United Kingdom.
Eric Hammond, British trade unionist, London, born in United Kingdom.
Kenneth Grange, British industrial designer, London, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1928

BIRTHS
Pat Jordan, British activist, Chelsea, born in United Kingdom.
Jean Muir, British fashion designer, London, born in United Kingdom.
Addie Morrow, Northern Ireland politician, Glasgow, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1927

BIRTHS
Gerry Reynolds, British Labour politician, Walsall, born in United Kingdom.
Kenneth Stowe, British civil servant, Maerdy, born in United Kingdom.
Trixie Gardner, Baroness Gardner Of Parkes, Dentist; politician; life peer, Parkes, born in United Kingdom.
Tommy Flockett, English footballer, Ferryhill, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1926

BIRTHS
Archie Mcwhinnie, association football player, Glasgow, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1925

BIRTHS
Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, German musician; Holocaust survivor, Wroclaw, born in United Kingdom.
Howard Johnson, English footballer, Sheffield, born in United Kingdom.
Martin Hansen, Danish boxer, Liverpool, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1924

BIRTHS
Len Duquemin, Footballer, Edinburgh, born in United Kingdom.
John Dodson,3rd Baron Monk Bretton, British peer, Golborne, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1923

BIRTHS
John Cooper, co-founder of the Cooper Car Company, Surbiton, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1922

BIRTHS
Peter Kippax, English footballer, Burnley, born in United Kingdom.
Donald Davie, poet, Barnsley, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1921

BIRTHS
Alick Isaacs, British biologist, Glasgow, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1920

BIRTHS
Eric Marsh, English cricketer, Bolsover, born in United Kingdom.
Harry Baldwin, British association football player (1920-2010), Birmingham, born in United Kingdom.
Louis Jacobs, founder of Masorti (Conservative) Judaism, Manchester, born in United Kingdom.
Kenneth Wolstenholme, Association football commentator, Worsley, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1919

BIRTHS
Julius Neave, English insurance executive, Yokohama, born in United Kingdom.
Maurice Rogers, Recipient of the Victoria Cross, Bristol, born in United Kingdom.
Albert Stubbins, English footballer, Wallsend, born in United Kingdom.
Alan Cottrell, British metallurgist and physicist, Birmingham, born in United Kingdom.
Archie Whyte, Scottish footballer, Redding, Falkirk, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1918

BIRTHS
Albert Johnson, English rugby league player, Chittagong, born in United Kingdom.
Geoffrey Lane, Baron Lane, British judge, Derby, born in United Kingdom.
Edgar O'ballance, British military journalist, researcher, defence commentator and academic lecturer specialising in international relations and defence problems, Wallasey, born in United Kingdom.
Kaare Norman Selvig, Norwegian lawyer, Glasgow, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1917

BIRTHS
John Beech Austin, World War II RAF pilot, Sutton Coldfield, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1915

BIRTHS
Patrick Leeson, English cricketer, Byker, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1914

BIRTHS
Paul Brand, British surgeon, Tamil Nadu, born in United Kingdom.
William James Morgan, Northern Irish politician, Cobh, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1913

BIRTHS
Tony Fasson, British naval officer, Lanton, Scottish Borders, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1912

BIRTHS
Reggie Tongue,, Urmston, born in United Kingdom.
Norman Morrell,, Bradford, born in United Kingdom.
Michael Gilbert, author, Lincolnshire, born in United Kingdom.
John Williams, Archdeacon of Worcester, Clare Castle, born in United Kingdom.
John Grimston,6th Earl Of Verulam, British politician, Blackrod, born in United Kingdom.
Jack Grainger, footballer born 1912, Royston, born in United Kingdom.
Barbara Strachey, British author, London, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1911

BIRTHS
Richard Buckingham, English mathematician and computer scientist, Hove, born in United Kingdom.
Tom Berry, rugby union player (1911-1993), Slawston, born in United Kingdom.
Ted Anderson, British association football player, Tynemouth, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1910

BIRTHS
Michael Sherard, British fashion designer, later fashion academic, Kingston upon Thames, born in United Kingdom.
Hanson Turner, Recipient of the Victoria Cross, Andover, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1909

BIRTHS
Hardy Amies, English fashion designer, London, born in United Kingdom.
Arthur Geoffrey Walker, British mathematician, Watford, born in United Kingdom.
Pauline Gregg, British historian, Sunderland, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1907

BIRTHS
Harry Bedford, English county cricketer, Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras, born in United Kingdom.
Jack Gurry, Footballer, Barking, born in United Kingdom.
George Southall, English racing cyclist, Wandsworth, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1906

BIRTHS
D. J. B. Hawkins, English Catholic philosopher, Thornton Heath, born in United Kingdom.
Arnold Wills, English cricketer, Fox Bay, born in United Kingdom.
William Craner, British sprinter, Stepney, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1905

BIRTHS
Roderick Oliver Redman, Professor of Astronomy at Cambridge University, Gloucestershire, born in United Kingdom.
Marjorie Reeves,, Bratton, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1903

BIRTHS
Eric Dolman, Welsh cricketer, Abertillery, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1902

BIRTHS
Alf Bishop, English footballer, Aston, born in United Kingdom.
Nathan Rocyn-Jones, Welsh rugby union player, Abertillery, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1901

BIRTHS
G. P. Wells, British zoologist, Wolverhampton, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1899

BIRTHS
Bob Greener, Footballer, Birtley, Tyne and Wear, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1898

BIRTHS
Hubert Rance, British Army general, Wakefield, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1896

BIRTHS
Charles Wilbraham Watson Ford, British Indian Army officer, Staindrop, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1895

BIRTHS
Gerald Boundy, English cricketer, Great Torrington, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1894

BIRTHS
Mary Clare, British actress, Lambeth, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1893

BIRTHS
William David Doherty, Irish rugby union player, Wandsworth, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1892

BIRTHS
Edmund Heldut-Tarnasiewicz, Born on July 17,1892 in Radom, Poland and died April 2,1952 in London, United Kingdom. The Commander of the Polish Army cavalry., Radom, born in Poland.

On this day in 1890

BIRTHS
James Crumley, Scottish footballer, Dundee, born in United Kingdom.
Stanley Ridges, American actor, Southampton, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1889

BIRTHS
George Humphrey, British psychologist, Kent, born in United Kingdom.
Aled Roberts, British politician, Liverpool, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1887

BIRTHS
Brian Gilbert, English tennis player, Barnes, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1886

BIRTHS
Ellis Crompton, English footballer, Ramsbottom, born in United Kingdom.
Tom Webster, British cartoonist, Staffordshire, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1885

BIRTHS
James Hendren, association football player, Lochore, born in United Kingdom.
Iris Hoey, British actress, London, born in United Kingdom.
Benjamin Dale, British composer, London Borough of Islington, born in United Kingdom.
William Mayes, English cricketer, Birmingham, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1884

BIRTHS
James Valiant, English cricketer, Wavertree, born in United Kingdom.
Viola Tree, British actor-singer, London, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1883

BIRTHS
Harry Hindle, association football player, Ashton-under-Lyne, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1882

BIRTHS
Ferdinand Victor Blundstone, British sculptor, Taunton, born in United Kingdom.
Henry Douglas, Sports shooter, Matlock, born in United Kingdom.
James Somerville, British Royal Navy officer, Weybridge, born in United Kingdom.
Sidney Marshall, British politician, Eagley, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1881

BIRTHS
John Salmond, Marshal of the Royal Air Force, London, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1880

BIRTHS
Bernard Frederick Trench, British soldier and spy, United Kingdom, born in United Kingdom.
Cyril Baily, cricketer, Glastonbury, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1877

BIRTHS
Horace Martelli, British Army general, South Warnborough, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1875

BIRTHS
Donald Tovey, British composer, Eton, born in United Kingdom.
Albert Hodge, British sculptor, Glasgow, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1874

BIRTHS
Arthur Cruttenden Mace, British Egyptologist, Hobart, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1873

BIRTHS
Sir Cuthbert Quilter,2nd Baronet, British Baronet, Bethnal Green, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1871

BIRTHS
Ethel Shakespear, English geologist, public servant and philanthropist, Wimbledon, born in United Kingdom.
J. M. Andrews, Second Prime Minister/Northern Ireland, Comber, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1870

BIRTHS
John Edgar Mcfadyen, British theologian, Evesham, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1867

BIRTHS
Gertrude M. Godden, British academic, Surbiton, born in United Kingdom.
Charles Theodore Barclay, English rower, Woodford, born in United Kingdom.
Robert Slade Lucas, English cricketer, Teddington, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1863

BIRTHS
Herbert William Richmond, mathematician, Tottenham, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1861

BIRTHS
Elizabeth Wilks, English suffragist and tax resister, Leicester, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1859

BIRTHS
Ernest Rhys, British writer, original editor of Everyman's Library, Islington, born in United Kingdom.
William Kennedy, Scottish painter, Hutchesontown, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1858

BIRTHS
Florence Balcombe, Wife and literary executor of Bram Stoker (Dracula), Newcastle, born in United Kingdom.
Harry Goodhart, English footballer & professor, Wimbledon, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1853

BIRTHS
William Gunion Rutherford, British academic, Peeblesshire, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1852

BIRTHS
Josceline Wodehouse, British Army general, Hammersmith, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1849

BIRTHS
T. Henry Howard, the Second Chief of the Staff of The Salvation Army, England, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1846

BIRTHS
Randall Williams,, Liverpool, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1845

POLITICS
Charles Grey,2nd Earl Grey, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (Whig: 1830-34), who died at 81.

On this day in 1843

BIRTHS
Charles Hamilton Bromby, English lawyer and politician in Tasmania, Cheltenham, born in United Kingdom.
Penn Symons, British Army officer, Hatt, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1839

BIRTHS
Matthew Ingle Joyce,, Breedon on the Hill, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1837

BIRTHS
Robert Duncan Wilmot Jr., Canadian politician (1837-1920), Liverpool, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1836

BIRTHS
Allan H. Dougall, Medal of Honor recipient, Scotland, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1835

BIRTHS
Thomas Erskine Holland, British lawyer, Brighton, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1833

BIRTHS
Francis John Williamson, British artist, Hampstead, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1829

BIRTHS
Fanny Vining Davenport, English actress, died c.1891, Bath, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1822

BIRTHS
Daniel Kinnear Clark, British engineer and writer, Edinburgh, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1814

BIRTHS
William Clayton, American Mormon leader, Penwortham, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1811

BIRTHS
Lord Josceline Percy, British politician, Hastings, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1810

BIRTHS
Martin Farquhar Tupper, English writer and poet, Greater London, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1803

BIRTHS
Thomas Carlyle, Scottish lawyer and "apostle"of the Catholic Apostolic Church, Dumfries, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1784

BIRTHS
Andrew Crosse, British scientist, Somerset, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1777

BIRTHS
Thomas Allan, Scottish mineralogist, Edinburgh, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1776

BIRTHS
John Neilson, Scots-Quebecer newspaper editor and politician, Scotland, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1762

BIRTHS
Alexander Crombie, Scottish philologist, philosopher, and schoolteacher, Aberdeen, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1745

BIRTHS
Daniel Coke, English politician and lawyer, Derbyshire, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1674

BIRTHS
Isaac Watts, English hymnwriter, theologian and logician, Southampton, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1672

BIRTHS
Anthony Blackwall, British classical scholar, Kirk Ireton, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1647

BIRTHS
Robertus Dixon, British scientist, Heworth, Tyne and Wear, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1555

BIRTHS
Richard Carew, English scholar, Antony House, born in United Kingdom.

On this day in 1502

BIRTHS
Janet Stewart, Lady Fleming, governess, Scotland, born in United Kingdom.