Steele, William
(1610–80), barrister, privy counsellor, and lord chancellor of Ireland, was born in Sandbach, Cheshire, England, eldest among three sons of Richard Steele of Finchley, Middlesex, and his wife Laetitia (née Shaw). Steele matriculated at Caius College, Cambridge, in…...
White, William John (‘Jack’) (1920–80),
broadcaster, editor,
journalist, and novelist, was born
30 March 1920 in
Cork, second child of William Luke White,
accountant, and Mary White (née Tyler). In his book Minority report (1975) he described himself as ‘a member of a…...