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Sir William Connolly CBE (born 24 November 1942) is a Scottish retired comedian, actor, artist, musician, and television presenter. He is sometimes known by the Scots nickname the Big Yin ("the Big One"). [1][2] Known for his idiosyncratic and often improvised observational comedy, frequently including strong language, Connolly has topped many ...
Jennifer Iris Rachel Montagu CBE LVO FBA FSA (born 20 March 1931) is a British art historian with emphasis in the study of Italian Baroque sculpture. [1] Early life
Audi Villiers. . (m. 2001) . John Oliver Bayley, CBE, FBA, FRSL (27 March 1925 – 12 January 2015) was a British academic, literary critic and writer. He was the Warton Professor of English at the University of Oxford from 1974 to 1992. His first marriage was to the novelist and philosopher Iris Murdoch. [1]
Sir Christopher Edward Nolan CBE (born 30 July 1970) is a British and American filmmaker. Known for his Hollywood blockbusters with complex storytelling, he is considered a leading filmmaker of the 21st century. Nolan's films have earned over $6 billion worldwide, making him the seventh-highest-grossing film director of all time.
Iris Vivienne Morley (10 May 1910 – 27 July 1953) was an English historian, writer and journalist. Morley was born at Carshalton, Surrey, the daughter of Colonel Lyddon Charteris Morley CBE and Gladys Vivienne Charteris Braddell. [1] She married Ronald Gordon Coates of the Devonshire Regiment on 10 January 1929.
Institutions. University of Oxford. Victoria University of Manchester. Michael Richard Daniell Foot, CBE, TD (14 December 1919 – 18 February 2012) was a British political and military historian, and former British Army intelligence officer with the Special Operations Executive during the Second World War. [1][2]
Military ribbon Civil ribbon. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organizations, and public service outside the civil service. [ 2 ] It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most ...
Nancy Freeman-Mitford[n 1] CBE (28 November 1904 – 30 June 1973) was an English novelist, biographer, and journalist. The eldest of the Mitford sisters, she was regarded as one of the "bright young things" on the London social scene in the inter-war period. She wrote several novels about upper-class life in England and France, and is ...