Babington, Sir Anthony Brutus
(1877–1972), lawyer and politician, was born 24 November 1877, eldest son of Hume Babington, architect and civil engineer, of Creevagh House, Co. Londonderry, with an estate of 1,540 acres in 1876. The family were direct descendants of…...
Hinde, John Wilfrid
(1916–97), photographer and postcard manufacturer, was born 17 May 1916 in Street, Somerset, England, into a close-knit Quaker family, who later became Christian Scientist. His great-grandfather was James Clark, co-founder of the Clark's footwear company. During…...
Lowther, Sir Gerrard (Gerard)
(1590–1660), lawyer
and judge, was probably the natural son of Christopher
Lowther of Penrith, Cumberland. He matriculated at Queen's College, Oxford, on 7 June
1605. He entered Gray's Inn in 1608 and was called to the bar in 1614. He was in Dublin
as…...
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…...