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Which high-ranking member of British intelligence 1912–88 was a double agent and defected to the Soviet Union in 1963?
Which illustrator and children's author 1866–1943 wrote 'The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin', 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit' and 'The Tailor of Gloucester'?
Who was the last Roman Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury, holding the office 1556-58?
Which Scottish explorer became the first European to reach the long sought Niger river in Africa 1795?
Which future Prime Minister founded the Metropolitan Police in London whilst Home Secretary in 1829?
Which two Prime Ministers, father and son, are known as 'the Elder' and 'the Younger'?
Which Quaker founded the city of Philadelphia in 1682?
Which Glasgow born detective established a National Detective Agency in the USA in 1850?
Which philosopher and chemist 1733–1804 is usually credited with the discovery of oxygen?
Which Lieutenant-General was much criticised for surrendering Singapore to the Japanese forces in 1942?
Who was the last wife and widow of Henry VIII?
Which Secretary of State for War 1915–2006 became involved in an affair named after him that brought down Harold Macmillan's goverment in 1963?
Who was the parliamentarian leader and prominent critic of Charles I who helped draft the Grand Remonstrance of 1641?
Which Parliamentary soldier barred supporters of Charles I from Parliament in 1648, an event known as '.......'s Purge'?
Which MP and naval administrator 1633-1703 is best remembered for the diaries he kept 1660-69?
Who was the political activist and leader of the British suffragette movement 1858-1928?
Which politician 1824–98 is best remembered for devising the '.......' line on a ship's hull indicating its maximum safe draft?
Which classical scholar and politician 1912-98 is best remembered for his 1968 'Rivers of Blood' speech?
Who was the Unionist politician and Protestant religious leader from Northern Ireland 1926–2014?
Which poet 1688–1744 wrote 'The Rape of the Lock', 'Odyssey' and 'Essay on Man'?