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Who was the WWII fascist and traitor executed in Wandsworth Prison 19 December 1945?
Which WWI General captured Beersheba, Gaza and Jerusalem and won the Battle of Megiddo 1918?
Which Admiral and circumnavigator is noted for overseeing the important naval reforms made during the Seven Years War?
Arthur Brown and who else together became the first men to fly the Atlantic Ocean non-stop in 1919?
Who was the Lancashire born man credited with inventing the 'Spinning Frame' in the 1760s?
Who was the actor, director and film producer 1923-2014?
Who became the first black woman to be elected to the House of Commons in 1987?
Which outspoken opponent of the Lollards was Archbishop of Canterbury in 1397 and again from 1399 until his death in 1414?
Who was Prime Minister of the UK 1945-51 under whom the NHS was founded in 1948?
Which composer set the words of the poem 'Rule, Britannia' to music in 1740?
Which leading Scottish architect designed houses, interiors and fittings and was 'Architect of the King's Works' 1761 to 1769?
Which Welsh fashion designer 1925-85 started a now world wide brand via founding her own company in 1954?
Which trader and navigator reached Japan in 1600 and never left, eventually becoming a samurai?
Who was the romantic novelist 1775–1817 who wrote 'Sense and Sensibility', 'Pride and Prejudice' and 'Northanger Abbey'?
Who wrote the novels 'Lucky Jim', 'Take a Girl Like You' and 'The Green Man'?
Who was the Liberal Prime Minister of the UK from 1908-16?
Which Field Marshall oversaw the final stages of the BEF evacuation from Dunkirk 1940 and became Governor-General of Canada in 1946?
Which General stopped Erwin Rommel's eastern advance into Egypt during WW2 in the First Battle of El Alamein in July 1942?
Who was the leader of the 1536 'Pilgrimage of Grace' executed by Henry VIII in 1537?
Who was headmaster of Rugby School 1828-41 whose reforms were copied throughout public school England?
