Born of German descent near Natal (now in South Africa), Botha grew up in the Orange Free State and was educated at a German missionary school. In 1884 he served in the army, helping to found the New ...

Sir Herbert Henry Raphael was a Liberal MP for Derbyshire (South) from 1906 to 1918. He was also a barrister, an army officer, an art collector and a trustee of the National Portrait Gallery.

(1761 or 1769-1852), Engraver and antiquary; father of Sir Edwin Landseer ...

Studied medicine and was elected to the Royal College of Surgeons in 1828. In 1833, he travelled to Jamaica working as a magistrate to judge disputes between black apprentices and their white masters ...

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