Sir Rupert Charles Hart-Davis was an English publisher and editor. He founded the publishing company Rupert Hart-Davis Ltd. As a biographer,he is remembered for his Hugh Walpole (1952),as an editor,for his Collected Letters of Oscar Wilde (1962),and,as both editor and part-author,for the Lyttelton/Hart-Davis Letters.
Ronald "Ronnie" Kray and Reginald "Reggie" Kray were English gangsters or organised crime figures and identical twin brothers from Haggerston who were prominent from the late 1950s until their arrest in 1968. Their gang,known as the Firm,was based in Bethnal Green,where the Kray twins lived. They were involved in murder,armed robbery,arson,protection rackets,gambling and assaults. At their peak in the 1960s,they gained a certain measure of celebrity status by mixing with prominent members of London society,being photographed by David Bailey and interviewed on television.
Herbert Lionel Adolphus Hart was an English legal philosopher. One of the most influential legal theorists of the 20th century,he was instrumental in the development of the theory of legal positivism,which was popularised by his book,The Concept of Law. Hart's contributions focused on the nature of law,the relationship between law and morality,and the analysis of legal rules and systems,introducing concepts such as the "rule of recognition" that have shaped modern legal thought.
Lewis Silkin,1st Baron Silkin CH,was a British Labour Party politician.
Robert Temple Armstrong,Baron Armstrong of Ilminster,was a British civil servant and life peer.
Joseph Kagan,Baron Kagan was a Lithuanian-British industrialist and the founder of Kagan Textiles,of Elland,which made raincoats from the waterproof Gannex fabric he had invented. Gannex raincoats were worn by Prime Minister Harold Wilson,a friend of his. Kagan was sent to prison for ten months in 1980 for tax evasion.
Samuel Montagu,1st Baron Swaythling,was a British banker who founded the bank of Samuel Montagu &Co. He was a philanthropist and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1900,and was later raised to the peerage. Montagu identified himself with Orthodox Judaism,and devoted himself to social services and advancing Jewish institutions.
Adrienne Corri was a Scottish actress.
Robert John Graham Boothby,Baron Boothby,,often known as Bob Boothby,was a British Conservative politician.
Hackney Downs School was an 11–16 boys,community comprehensive secondary school in Lower Clapton,Greater London,England. It was established in 1876 and closed in 1995. It has been replaced by the Mossbourne Community Academy.
Victor Mishcon,Baron Mishcon,QC,DL was a leading British solicitor and a Labour politician. His firm acted for Diana,Princess of Wales in her divorce.
Lucy Caroline Cavendish,also known as Lady Frederick Cavendish,was a pioneer of women's education.
Sir William Gervase Beckett,1st Baronet was a British banker and Conservative politician.
There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Boothby,both in the Baronetage of England. One creation is extant as of 2022.
Brian Leopoldo Brivati is a British historian. He was a professor of contemporary history at Kingston University and worked as a director of the John Smith memorial trust from 2008 to 2012.
Sir Roger Thomas Baldwin Fulford was an English journalist,historian,writer and politician.
Wixenford School,also known as Wixenford Preparatory School and Wixenford-Eversley,was a private preparatory school for boys near Wokingham,founded in 1869. A feeder school for Eton,after it closed in 1934 its former buildings were taken over by the present-day Ludgrove School.
