Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke and 5th Earl of Montgomery,, styled The Honourable Thomas Herbert until 1683, was an English and later British statesman during the reigns of William III and Anne.
Earl of Lonsdale is a title that has been created twice in British history, firstly in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1784, and then in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1807, both times for members of the Lowther family.
Arthur Bourchier was an English actor and theatre manager. He married and later divorced the actress Violet Vanbrugh.
Sir Frederick Pollock, 3rd Baronet PC, FBA was an English jurist best known for his History of English Law before the Time of Edward I, written with F.W. Maitland, and his lifelong correspondence with US Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. He was a Cambridge Apostle.
Richard Everard Webster, 1st Viscount Alverstone, was a British barrister, politician and judge who served in many high political and judicial offices.
Joseph Albert Pease, 1st Baron Gainford, known as Jack Pease, was a British businessman and Liberal politician. He was a member of H. H. Asquith's Liberal cabinet between 1910 and 1916 and also served as Chairman of the BBC between 1922 and 1926.
Sir William Reynell Anson, 3rd Baronet, was a British jurist and Liberal Unionist turned Conservative politician from the Anson family.
There have been three baronetcies created for persons with the surname Wells, all in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Two of the creations are extinct.
There have been nine baronetcies created for persons with the surname Cooper, one in the Baronetage of England, one in the Baronetage of Ireland and seven in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.
There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Moon, both in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.
Sir Richard Powell Cooper, 1st Baronet was a British industrial entrepreneur. He was a member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and inherited the family business, an agricultural chemical manufacturing company. Following his success, he was made a baronet for services to industry.
The Cooper Baronetcy, of Shenstone Court in the parish of Shenstone in the County of Stafford, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 20 December 1905 for the agriculturalist Richard Powell Cooper.
Sir Arthur Basil Markham, 1st Baronet was a British industrialist and politician.
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry Mulleneux Grayson, 1st Baronet, was an English shipbuilder.
Sir Thomas Baring, 2nd Baronet, was a British banker and Member of Parliament.
Herbert Stern, 1st Baron Michelham, known as Sir Herbert Stern, Bt, between July and December 1905, was a British financier, philanthropist and a member of the Stern banking family.
Sir Richard Burbidge, 1st Baronet was an English merchant.
Sir Richard Moon, 1st Baronet (1814–1899) was the leading executive of the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) during its heyday as the largest public company in the world. He was chairman from June 1861 until he retired on 22 February 1891.
Sir Alfred James Newton, 1st Baronet was a British businessman. He was involved with the stock market flotation of several large privately owned retail stores, including Harrods in 1889 and D H Evans in 1894. He became Lord Mayor of London in 1900 and helped establish the City of London Imperial Volunteers who fought in the Second Boer War in South Africa. Mystery surrounds his death in 1921 from strychnine poisoning.
