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Born February 28, 1788 • England
Died April 13, 1872 (aged 84) • England
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William Lovett
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William James Linton
British engraver and author
Thomas Babington Macaulay, detail of an oil painting by J. Partridge, 1840; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
English politician and author
Joseph Addison
Joseph Addison
English author
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John Fielden
British social reformer
Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st earl of Lytton
Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st earl of Lytton
British diplomat and poet
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British poet
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Winston Churchill
prime minister of United Kingdom
Benjamin Disraeli
Benjamin Disraeli
prime minister of United Kingdom
Charles James Fox
Charles James Fox
British politician
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William Cobbett
British journalist
Bright, John
John Bright
British politician
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Joseph Chamberlain
British politician and social reformer
Mabel St. Clair Stobart
Mabel St. Clair Stobart
English feminist and medical worker
Laurence Oliphant, engraving after a photograph
Laurence Oliphant
British writer
portrait of Philip Stanhope, 4th earl of Chesterfield
Philip Stanhope, 4th earl of Chesterfield
British statesman, diplomat, and writer
Dilke, Sir Charles Wentworth, 2nd Baronet
Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, 2nd Baronet
British statesman
Michael Thomas Sadler
Michael Thomas Sadler
British politician
Burns, John Elliot
John Elliot Burns
British labor leader
Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope, pastel drawing by Ozias Humphry, 1796; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope
British politician and scientist

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