Venables, Robert
(1612?–1687), soldier, was the son of Robert Venables of Antrobus, Cheshire, England, and his wife Ellen, daughter of Richard Simcox of Rudheath. He joined the parliamentarian army on the outbreak of the English civil war in 1642 and was captured at the battle of…...
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…...