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GROUP A. KEY HISTORICAL FIGURES
Adam
and Eve
Noah (b 2948BC, d 1998BC)
Abraham (originally called
Abram) (b 1812BC, d 1637BC)
Julius Caesar, Dictator
of Rome (b 13.07.100BC, d 15.03.44BC)
Joshua (Yeshua) of Nazareth, Jesus Christ (b c4BCE, d 30/33CE)
Woden (or Odin or Bodo
or Wotan), King of Saxons (b 215, d 300)
Charlemagne, King of the Franks,
Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (b 02.04.742, d 28.01.814)
Alfred 'the Great', King
of England (d 899)
Hugh Capet, King of France
(b 941, d 24.10.966)
Brian Boru, King of Ireland
(b c926, d 23.04.1014)
William I 'the Conqueror',
Duke of Normandy, King of England (b 1027, d 07.09.1087)
Somerled, King of the Northern
Isles (b c1113, d Renfrew 1164)
Llywelyn 'the Great',
Prince of Wales (b 1173, d 11.04.1240)
Edward Plantagenet, 'Longshanks',
King Edward I of England (b 17.06.1239, d 08.07.1307)
Robert 'the' Bruce,
King Robert I of Scots (b 11.07.1274, d 07.06.1329)
Henry Tudor, King Henry
VIII of England (b 28.06.1491, d 28.01.1547)
James Stuart, King James
VI of Scotland, James I of England and Ireland (b 19.06.1566, d 27.03.1625)
Oliver Cromwell,
Lord Protector, Head of the Commonwealth (b 25.04.1599, d 03.09.1658)
John Churchill,
1st Duke of Marlborough (b 24.06.1650, d 16.06.1722, Captain General)
George Washington,
1st President of the USA (b 22.02.1732, d 14.12.1799)
Arthur Wellesley, 1st
Duke of Wellington (b 29.04.1769, d 14.09.1852, Prime Minister, Field Marshal)
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill,
Prime Minister (b 30.11.1874, d 24.01.1965)
GROUP
B. COMPANIONS OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR AT (THE BATTLE OF) HASTINGS (1066)
William the Conqueror himself is in Group A above. There
are many others who have been described as "companions of the Conqueror"
but the following appear to be viewed as the core group. [The following will
be replaced in due course to be (more) consistent with the information given
in an excellent book 'The Conqueror and His Companions', published in 1874 by
J.R. Planché, Somerset Herald, which has
been reported in full on http://genealogy.patp.us.]
(1) Robert
de Beaumont, later Count of Meulan and Earl of Leicester(2)
Eustache, Count of Boulogne
and Lens(3) William,
later Count of Evreux(4) Geoffrey
de Mortagne, later Count of Perche5.
William FitzOsbern, later
Earl of Hereford6. Almery, Vicomte
of Thouars7. Hugh de Montfort, Sn
de Montfort-sur-Risle8. Walter
Giffard, Sn de Longueville9.
Ralph de Toeni, Sn of Conches10.
Hugh de Grentmesnil,
Sn de Grentmesnil11. William
de Warrenne, later Earl of Surrey12.
William Malet, Sn de Graville13.
Odo (Eudes), Bishop of Bayeux,
later Earl of Kent14. Turstin
FitzRou15. Engenulf de 'Aigle, Sn
de l'Aigle16. Geoffrey de Mowbray,
Bishop of Coutances17. Robert
de Burgh, Count of Mortain, later Earl of Cornwall18.
Wadard19. Vital20.
Goubert d'Auffay, Sn de Auffay et St. Valerie
GROUP
C. SURETY BARONS FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE MAGNA CARTA (1215)
One or more articles on the facts of and myths about
the Magna Carta will be included in Stirnet Histories in due course.
(1)
William
d'Albini, Lord of Belvoir Castle(2)
Roger Bigod, Earl of
Norfolk and Suffolk(3) Hugh
Bigod, Heir to the Earldoms of Norfolk and Suffolk(4)
Henry de Bohun, Earl of Hereford(5)
Richard de Clare, Earl
of Hertford(6) Gilbert
de Clare, heir to the earldom of Hertford(7)
John FitzRobert, Lord
of Warkworth Castle(8) Robert
FitzWalter, Lord of Dunmow Castle(9)
William de Fortibus, Earl
of Albemarle(10) William Hardell,
Mayor of the City of London(11)
William de Huntingfield, Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk(12)
John de Lacie, Lord of Pontefract
Castle(13) William de Lanvallei,
Lord of Standway Castle(14) William
Malet, Sheriff of Somerset and Dorset(15)
Geoffrey de Mandeville,
Earl of Essex and Gloucester(16)
William Marshall the younger,
heir to the earldom of Pembroke(17)
Roger de Montbegon, Lord of Hornby Castle(18)
Richard de Montfichet,
Baron(19) William
de Mowbray, Lord of Axholme Castle(20)
Richard de Percy, Baron(21)
Saire de Quincey, Earl of Winchester(22)
Robert de Roos, Lord of Hamlake
Castle(23) Geoffrey
de Saye, Baron(24) Robert
de Vere, heir to the earldom of Oxford(25)
Eustace de Vesci, Lord
of Alnwick Castle
GROUP
D. SIGNATORIES OF THE DECLARATION OF ARBROATH (1320)
One or more articles on the facts of and myths about
the Declaration will be included in Stirnet Histories in due course.
(1) Duncan,
Earl of Fife(2) Thomas
Randolph, Earl of Moray, Lord of Man and of Annandale(3)
Patrick Dunbar, Earl
of March(4) Malise,
Earl of Strathearn(5) Malcolm,
Earl of Lennox(6) William,
Earl of Ross(7) Magnus,
Earl of Caithness and Orkney(8)
William, Earl of Sutherland(9)
Walter, Steward of Scotland(10)
William Soules, Butler
of Scotland(11) James,
Lord of Douglas(12) Roger Mowbray(13)
David, Lord of Brechin(14)
David Graham(15)
Ingram Umfraville(16) John Menteith,
guardian of the earldom of Menteith(17)
Alexander Fraser(18)
Gilbert Hay, Constable of Scotland(19)
Robert Keith, Marischal
of Scotland(20) Henry
St Clair(21) John
Graham(22) David
Lindsay(23) William
Oliphant(24) Patrick
Graham(25) John Fenton(26)
William Abernethy(27)
David Wemyss(28)
William Mushet(29) Fergus of Ardrossan(30)
Eustace Maxwell(31)
William Ramsay(32) William Mowat(33)
Alan Murray(34) Donald
Campbell(35) John Cameron(36)
Reginald Cheyne(37)
Alexander Seton(38)
Andrew Leslie(39)
Alexander Straiton
GROUP
E. BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS
Although it had been used informally before then, the term 'Prime Minister' was not used formally until the time of Henry Campbell-Bannerman. Previous to him, the 'Prime Ministers' were formally referred to as the First Lords of the Treasury, which title is still retained by modern Prime Ministers. Names in red had been Prime Minister previously.
Names in capitals are also included in Group A above.
(1) 1741-42 Robert
Walpole(2) 1742-43 Spencer
Compton, Earl of Wilmington(3)
1743-54 Henry Pelham(4)
1754-56 Thomas Pelham-Holles,
Duke of Newcastle(5) 1756-57
William Cavendish,
Duke of Devonshire1757-62
Duke of Newcastle(6) 1762-63
John Stuart, Earl of
Bute(7) 1763-65 George
Grenville(8) 1765-66 Charles
Watson Wentworth, Marquess of Rockingham(9)
1766-70 Augustus Henry Fitzroy,
Duke of Grafton(10) 1770-82
Frederick North, Lord North1782
Marquess of Rockingham(11)
1782-83 William Petty-Fitzmaurice,
Earl of Shelburne(12) 1783 William
Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of Portland(13)
1783-1801 William Pitt(14)
1801-04 Henry Addington1804-06
William Pitt(15) 1806-07
William Wyndham, Lord
Grenville1807-09
Duke of Portland(16) 1809-12
Spencer Perceval(17)
1812-27 Robert Banks
Jenkinson, Earl of Liverpool(18)
1827 George Canning(19)
1827-28 Frederick John
Robinson, Viscount Goderich(20)
1828-30 ARTHUR WELLESELY, DUKE OF WELLINGTON(21) 1830-34
Charles Grey, Earl Grey(22)
1834 William Lamb, Viscount Melbourne(23)
1834-35 Robert Peel1835-41
Viscount Melbourne1842-46
Robert Peel(24) 1846-52 Lord
John Russell(25) 1852 Edward
George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Earl of Derby(26)
1852-55 George Hamilton-Gordon,
Lord Aberdeen(27) 1855-58 Henry
John Temple, Viscount Palmerston1858-59
Earl of Derby1859-65
Viscount Palmerston1865-66
Lord John Russell1866-68
Earl of Derby(28) 1868 Benjamin
Disraeli(29) 1868-74 William Ewart
Gladstone1874-80
Benjamin Disraeli1880-85
William Gladstone(30) 1885-86
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil,
Marquess of Salisbury1886
William Gladstone1886-92
Marquess of Salisbury1892-94
William Gladstone(31) 1894-95
Archibald Philip Primrose, Earl of Rosebery1895-1902
Marquess of Salisbury(32)
1902-05 Arthur James Balfour(33)
1905-08 Henry Campbell-Bannerman(34)
1908-16 Herbert Henry Asquith(35)
1916-22 David Lloyd George(36) 1922-23
Andrew Bonar Law(37) 1923-24 Stanley
Baldwin(38) 1924 James Ramsay Macdonald1924-29
Stanley Baldwin1929-35
Ramsay Macdonald1935-37
Stanley Baldwin(39) 1937-40
Arthur Neville Chamberlain(40) 1940-45
WINSTON LEONARD SPENCER-CHURCHILL(41)
1945-51 Clement Richard Attlee1951-55
Winston Churchill(42) 1955-57
Robert Anthony Eden(43) 1957-63
Maurice Harold Macmillan(44) 1963-64
Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home(45)
1964-70 James Harold Wilson(46)
1970-74 Edward Richard George Heath1974-76
Harold Wilson(47) 1976-79
Leonard James Callaghan(48) 1979-90
Margaret Hilda Thatcher (Roberts)(49)
1990-97 John Roy Major(50) 1997-2007
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair(51) 2007- James Gordon Brown
GROUP
F. PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Names in red had been President previously. Names
in capitals are also included in Group A above.
(1) 1789-97 GEORGE WASHINGTON(2)
1797-1801 John Adams(3)
1801-09 Thomas Jefferson(4) 1809-17
James Madison(5) 1817-25 James Monroe(6)
1825-29 John Quincy Adams(7)
1829-37 Andrew Jackson(8) 1837-41
Martin van Buren(9) 1841 William
Henry Harrison(10) 1841-45 John
Tyler(11) 1845-49 James Knox Polk(12)
1849-50 Zachary Taylor(13) 1850-53
Millard Fillmore(14) 1853-57 Franklin
Pierce(15) 1857-61 James
Buchanan(16) 1861-65 Abraham
Lincoln(17) 1865-69 Andrew Johnson(18)
1869-77 Ulysses Simpson Grant(19)
1877-81 Rutherford Birchard Hayes(20)
1881 James Abram Garfield(21) 1881-85
Chester Alan Arthur(22) 1885-89
Grover Cleveland(23)
1889-93 Benjamine Harrison(24) 1893-97
Grover Cleveland(25) 1897-1901
William McKinley(26) 1901-09 Theodore
Roosevelt(27) 1909-13 William
Howard Taft(28) 1913-21 Woodrow
Wilson(29) 1921-23 Warren Gamaliel
Harding(30) 1923-29 Calvin Coolidge(31)
1929-33 Herbert Clark Hoover(32)
1933-45 Franklin Delano
Roosevelt(33) 1945-53 Harry
S Truman(34) 1953-61 Dwight David
Eisenhower(35) 1961-63 John Fitzgerald
Kennedy(36) 1963-69 Lyncon Baines
Johnson(37) 1969-74 Richard Milhous
Nixon(38) 1974-77 Gerald Rudolph
Ford(39) 1977-81 James Earl Carter(40)
1981-89 Ronald Wilson Reagan(41)
1989-93 George Herbert
Walker Bush(42) 1993-2001 William
Jefferson Clinton(43) 2001- George
Walker Bush
GROUP G. OTHER CELEBRITIES
Sir
William Wallace, Guardian of Scotland (1276-1305)
Geoffrey Chaucer (c1340-1400,
author, poet)
Owen Glyndwr or Glendower,
last 'Prince of Wales' (1359-1416)
Sir Thomas More, Saint
(1478-1535, lord chancellor)
John Knox (c1505-1572,
church reformer)
Sir Francis Drake (c1540-1596,
navigator)
John Napier (1550-1617,
inventor of logarithms)
Sir Walter Raleigh (c1554-1618, adventurer)
James 'The Admirable'
Crichton (1560-c1585, polymath)
William Shakespeare
(1564-1616, playwright, dramatist, poet)
Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727, scientist)
Henry Home, Lord Kames
(1696-1752, judge, sociologist)
David Hume (1711-1776, historian, philosopher)
Robert Clive 'of India' (1725-1774, soldier, statesman)
Horatio Nelson (1758-1805, admiral)
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832,
author)
Jane Austen (1775-1817,
author)
George, Lord Byron (1788-1824,
poet)
Percy Shelley (1792-1822,
poet)
Charles Darwin (1809-1882, naturalist, author)