Francis Joseph Thompson was an English poet and Catholic mystic. At the behest of his father, a doctor, he entered medical school at the age of 18, but at 26 left home to pursue his talent as a writer and poet. He spent three years on the streets of London, supporting himself with menial labour, becoming addicted to opium which he took to relieve a nervous problem.
Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore was an English poet and literary critic. He is best known for his book of poetry The Angel in the House, a narrative poem about the Victorian ideal of a happy marriage.
Alice Christiana Gertrude Meynell was a British writer, editor, critic, and suffragist, now remembered mainly as a poet.
Viola Meynell, Mrs. Dallyn was an English writer, novelist and poet. She wrote around 20 books, but was best known for her short stories and novels.
Godfrey Meynell VC, MC was a British Indian Army officer and an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Note: The surname Pigou forms part of the terms Pigou Club and Pigouvian tax, both derived from the name of the English economist Arthur Cecil Pigou.
Arkwright is a surname, deriving from an archaic Old English term for a person who manufactures chests, and may refer to:
Sir Francis Meredith Wilfrid Meynell was a British poet and printer at The Nonesuch Press.
Hugo Meynell was an English country landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1762 and 1780. He is generally seen as the father of modern fox hunting, became Master of Fox Hounds for the Quorn Hunt in Leicestershire in 1753 and continued in that role for another forty-seven years.
Borchardt is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Hugo Francis Meynell-Ingram was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for West Staffordshire from 1868 to 1871.
Hoar Cross Hall is a 19th-century country mansion near the villages of Hoar Cross and Hamstall Ridware, Staffordshire. England. The Grade II listed building is operated as a hotel and spa, and has facilities for conferences and weddings.
Wilfrid Meynell, who sometimes wrote under the pseudonym John Oldcastle, was a British newspaper publisher and editor.
Hugo Anthony Meynell was an English academic and author.
Henry Meynell was a British Conservative and Tory politician and naval officer.
Money-Coutts is a surname used by descendants of Francis Money-Coutts, 5th Baron Latymer. Notable holders of the surname include:
Mary Wood, Viscountess Halifax, formerly Mary Grey, was an English noblewoman. She was the wife of Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax, and the mother of Charles Lindley Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax.
Weidel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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