Which statesman founded the city of Singapore in 1819?
Which artist became the first president of the Royal Academy in 1768?
Which Admiral defeated the French at the Battle of Saintes (Dominica) in 1782 thwarting French hopes of capturing the valuable West Indies sugar plantations?
Which Admiral captured Gibraltar in1704 during the War of the Spanish Succession?
Who was the Scottish engineer and builder 1761–1821 of the London and East India docks and Southwark, Waterloo and London Bridges?
Who was the mining magnate, politician and colonialist 1853-1902 who had a country in Southern Africa named after him?
Which motoring and aviation pioneer joined with Henry Royce to create a motorcar manufacturers in 1904?
Which children's author 1884–1967 wrote the 'Swallows and Amazons' series of books?
Who married Pocahontas in Virginia 1614?
Which big selling author of thrillers and murder mysteries created Chief Inspector Wexford?
Which Elizabethan explorer was instrumental in the colonisation of North America and famous for introducing tobacco into England, executed 1618?
Who was the manager of the England football team that won the FIFA World Cup in 1966?
Which Welsh pirate 1682–1722 was known as 'Black Bart'?
Which Welsh philosopher, logician, historian, writer, social and political activist was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1950?
Which dramatist 1911–77 wrote the plays 'The Winslow Boy', 'The Browning Version' and 'Separate Tables'?
Which English pirate 1682–1720 designed the 'Jolly Roger' flag and was nicknamed 'Calico Jack'?
Which General commanded the British Fourth Army at the Battle of Amiens 1918, the decisive opening of the Hundred Days Offensive that ultimately led to the end of WWI?
Which Bishop of London was burned at the stake along with Hugh Latimer in Oxford 1555 during the Marian Persecutions?
Who was the Solicitor General 1496–1567 whose perjury led to the executions of Thomas More and John Fisher in 1535?
Which Field Marshal famous for the relief of Kandahar in 1880 during the 2nd Afghan War was given a State Funeral in 1914?
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