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Ref NoNewscuttings/A1/Biography Vol.12
Finding NumberOpen Access: B.Col.78 Vol.12
TitleBirmingham Biography', newspaper cuttings
LevelItem
Date1924 - 1926
DescriptionNewspaper articles and obituaries on noteworthy local people.

Sir William Ryland Dent ADKINS; Recorder of Birmingham. pg.23-9.
Brian AHERNE; actor. pg.241.
Mrs William Arthur ALBRIGHT. pg.143.
Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett AMERY; M.P. for Sparkbrook. pg.221.
Richard Holmden AMPHLETT; Judge. pg.147-151.
W ANDERTON. pg.111.
Frank ANDREWS; policeman. pg.54.
Canon Alexander Percy ANNARD; vicar of St. Mary's, Aston Brook. pg.143.
James ARCHDALE. pg.45.
T.R ARTER. pg.208.
Alfred James ASH. pg.79, 80.
Canon George ASTBURY; vicar of Smethwick Old Church. pg.71, 73, 76.
Dr. Francis William ASTON; Nobel Prize for chemistry. pg.221-2.
Thomas ATTWOOD. pg.65, 79.
Miss Joan AVENT. pg.141-2.
Percy E BAILEY; policeman. pg.54.
BAKER FAMILY. pg.100.
Alfred BAKER; headmaster of St. John's Schools, Sparkhill. pg.46.
Alfred BAKER; draper. pg.151-2, 155-6,158-9 237.
George BAKER; Mayor. pg.199, 200.
Rev. Russell S BAKER; minister of Selly Park Baptist Church. pg.204, 221.
Edward Howard BALDEN. pg.82.
Lieutenant-Colonel J. BALDWIN-WEBB. pg.188.
George Henry BALL; headmaster of King Edward's Grammar School, Camp Hill. pg.34-6.
Harold BARBER; policeman. pg.54.
Joyce BARBOUR; actress. pg.88.
Canon Charles BARNARD; Rector of Sutton Coldfield. pg.143-4, 159, 242-3.
Adelaide Caroline Theresa BARNES. pg.21.
Rev. Ernest William BARNES; Bishop of Birmingham. pg.21.
Joseph BARNETT. pg.88.
Sir John BARNSLEY; Brigadier-General. pg.223-230, 232-6, 239, 240.
Miss Lilian Knight BARRIE; headmistress of King Edward's High School for Girls. pg.84.
Henrietta BARTLEET; magistrate. pg.61.
Sidney BARTON-ECKETT; journalist. pg.81.
Rev. T.J BASS; vicar of St. Laurence's, Dartmouth Street. pg.238, 247.
Sergeant Harry BATES; Royal Warwickshire Regiment. pg.43.
J BAYLISS. pg.46-7.
Rev. R. Grange BENNETT; curate of Holy Trinity, Birchfield. pg.203.
Eve BENSON; actress. pg.230-2.
Rev. F.H BENSON. pg.108.
Captain G.A BENSON. pg.99.
Robert Hall BEST; brassmaster. pg.56, 61.
Alderman Hubert BEWLAY. pg.102-5, 107.
Canon Alfred Jonathan BINNIE; vicar of St. Asaph's. pg.252.
Norman BIRKETT; M.P., K.C. pg.41.
Frederick William BISHOP; overseer of Birmingham Mail. pg.131.
William BLOOMER; policeman. pg.54.
Samuel P BOLTON. pg.68.
John Hernaman BOULTON; Chief Superintendant. pg.59.
Harriet BOURNE. pg.138.
Rev. Ernest D BOWTLE; curate of St. Stephen's, Newtown Row. pg.140.
Arthur BRAMPTON. pg.116.
Rev. T BRANCKER; vicar of St. Mary's, Selly Oak. pg.159.
Harriet BRIDGES. pg.46.
John Albert BRIGHT; M.P. for Central Birmingham. pg.4-5.
Henry BROWN; J.P. pg.252.
Percy BROWN; artist. pg.47.
John BRYANT; policeman. pg.54.
Sarah Jane BRYDEN. pg.201-2.
Albert BUBB; policeman. pg.54.
Henry C BUCKLEY; inspector of schools. pg.52.
Richard E BULL. pg.108-9.
Gladys E BULLIVANT. pg.87.
Charles BURGESS. pg.17.
Miss BURROWS. pg.247.
Mabel BURROWS. pg.125.
Venerable Archdeacon Winfrid Oldfield BURROWS; Archdeacon of Birmingham. pg.125-6.
Edgar S BUTLER. pg.208.
Sir William Waters BUTLER; Chairman, Mitchells & Butlers. pg.203.
Emma CADBURY. pg.174.
George CADBURY. pg.66.
Mrs George CADBURY. pg.38, 244, 246, 251-2.
Laurence J. CADBURY. pg.143.
Sir John CADMAN; professor, Birmingham University. pg.244.
Rev. Reginald John CAMPBELL. pg.180.
Miss Nellie CARTER; teacher at St. Anne's Catholic Schools. pg.13.
Winifred CASEY. pg.138.
Rev. Edward CATO; pastor of Villa Road Church, Handsworth. pg.111.
Cyril T. Lear CATON. pg.81-2.
Sir Austen CHAMBERLAIN. pg.139, 140, 162-171, 175, 177, 193-4, 218-9, 221-3, 248-9.
Joseph CHAMBERLAIN. pg.36,140.
Caleb CHAMBERS. pg.37.
Clarence F CHANCE. pg.208-210, 213.
William CHANDLER; inspector with the Great Western Railway. pg.105.
Ellen CHAPMAN. pg.197-8.
Dr. George CHAPMAN. pg.220-1.
Sidney J CLAMP. pg.87.
Catherine CLARKE. pg.138.
George CLARKE; policeman. pg.54.
Joseph Bennett CLARKE; solicitor. pg.5, 7-8.
Rev. William CLELAND; minister of Harborne Baptist Church. pg.111-2.
Doris CLOWES. pg.98.
Rev. Henry John COACHAFER; vicar of Kings Heath. pg.71.
John COLEMAN; policeman. pg.54.
E.C COOPER. pg.99.
Walter COOPER; policeman. pg.54.
Constable W.T CORBETT. pg.85.
Charlotte COTTERILL. pg.138.
Mary COTTERILL. pg.138.
David COX; artist. pg.138, 140.
William Sands COX. pg.175-7, 197.
Benjamin CRESWICK. pg.206.
George CROFTS. pg.236.
Cecilia Dorothea CROSSKEY. pg.117-8.
Herbert CROSSTHWAITE; policeman. pg.54.
Robert William DALE. pg.40-3.
Colonel F.G DANIELSEN; Royal Warwickshire Regiment. pg.127, 129.
Betty DAVIES. pg.200.
Gwen Ffrangcon DAVIES; actress. pg.125.
Sir David DAVIS; Lord Mayor. pg.5.
William John Leach DAVIS; assistant master of King Edward's School, Five Ways. pg.211.
A DAWKINS. pg.83.
Councillor Norman DEAN. pg.8.
Hugh DEANE; policeman. pg.54.
Robert Kirkup DENT. pg.47-9.
Llewellyn DEYKIN. pg.48.
Judge Henry DOBB. pg.178.
Dudley Thornley DOCKER; metal broker. pg.103.
Daniel DODD. pg.213.
Canon Frederick Sutton DODD; vicar of Yardley. pg.124.
Fanny DOLLMAN. pg.138.
Edward DONE; headmaster of Erdington National Schools. pg.80.
John DRINKWATER; author. pg.247.
Rev. W.E DUGMORE; vicar of St. Margaret's, Ward End. pg.138.
John Molesworth Thomas DUMPHREYS. pg.190.
Maria EARP. pg.138.
Thomas EASTON; Official Receiver. pg.186.
Rev. Edward EDMONDS. pg.211.
George EDMONDS; lawyer. pg.129, 130, 205.
Henry W EDMUNDS; member of the Chamber of Commerce. pg.36.
Thomas EDWARDS; police inspector. pg.54.
Edwin ELLIOTT. pg.80.
Lilian Gwendoline EVANS. pg.144-5.
Walter EVANS; chairman of Birmingham Conservative Club. pg.30-1.
Eric W FELL. pg.52.
Richard FENWICK. pg.63.
Francis FINDLAY; policeman. pg.54.
Richard FINNEMORE; policeman. pg.54.
Rev. Charles FISHER; vicar of St. John's, Harborne. pg.66-7, 72, 79.
Monsieur de FLEURIAU; French Ambassador. pg.79.
John Frederick FOLEY. pg.144.
Sir Norris Tyldesley FOSTER; barrister. pg.172-3, 178-180, 182, 184.
Frank FOULKES; police sergeant. pg.54.
Sara Margery FRY. pg.240-1.
Harry FURNISS; illustrator. pg.17.
George Lawrence Hartner GARDNER; Archdeacon. pg.116, 118-9, 206.
E GARFIELD. pg.138.
Rev. S GARRETT. pg.171.
William James GELL. pg.53.
Alfred William GERRARD. pg.186.
Michael Francis GLANCEY; Roman Catholic bishop of Birmingham. pg.131-4, 137, 197.
Rev. W GLANDWR-MORGAN; pastor of Saltley Road Congregational Church. pg.67.
Frank Glanvil GLANFIELD; County Court Registrar. pg.50, 53.
S.M GOLDSTEIN. pg.196.
Canon Eric P GONNER; vicar of St. John's, Deritend. pg.31.
Alfred GOODE; bank manager. pg.88.
Edna GOODYEAR. pg.70.
Stephen GOULD; policeman. pg.54.
Corrie GRANT; M.P. pg.13.
Julia GRANT. pg.138.
Edward GREEY; draper. pg.145-6.
Alderman Jospeh GREGORY. pg.119.
John Herbert GREW; assistant City Treasurer. pg.130-1.
Gilbert GRIFFITHS. pg.29.
Matha GROOCOCK. pg.138.
Arthur GROOM; policeman. pg.54.
Rev. C.P GROVES. pg.157.
Thomas HADLEY. pg.169.
Reginald Arthur HAMILTON. pg.98.
George HANDLEY; policeman. pg.54.
Dr. James Rendel HARRIS; founder of Woodbrooke Settlement. pg.65, 125.
Albert C HAYES; solicitor. pg.44-5.
F.J HAYNES. pg.92.
Alfred Ernest William HAZEL. pg.161.
M.T HEDLEY. pg.81.
Thomas Henry la Nauze HEWITT; surgeon. pg.206.
C.J.L HICKLING; banker. pg.71, 111.
Harry HICKMAN; policeman. pg.54.
Canon Edward Grose HODGE; Rector of Birmingham. pg.1-2, 16, 18-20.
Arthur HODGES; policeman. pg.54.
Rev. R.L HODSON. pg.171.
Irene Doris HOLMES. pg.249.
Jack HOOD; boxer. pg.179, 189.
Rev. E.H HOOTON. pg.99.
Rev. Edmund C HORLER; minister of Stechford & Hay Mill Wesleyan Churches. pg.138.
Grace HOSKING. pg.208.
Edmund R HOTCHKISS. pg.41.
John HOTCHKISS. pg.36.
Arthur HOUGHAM; author. pg.63.
Rev. R.E HOULSTON. pg.235.
Clement HOULT; official receiver. pg.202.
Harry HOWELL; cricketer. pg.93.
Charles William Harold HOWSON; chemist. pg.86.
Sergeant-major Edwin HUGHES; member of the Light Brigade. pg.185.
William HUMPHREY; policeman. pg.54.
William HUTTON; historian. pg.238.
John Charles HUXLEY; surgeon. pg.186.
Dr. Peter David INNES; chief education officer. pg.236-8, 242-3.
Sir Barry Vincent JACKSON; director of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. pg.57-62.
George JACKSON; fruit merchant. pg.194.
John Allan JACKSON; magistrate. pg.147.
Samuel JACKSON; policeman. pg.54.
William JACKSON; policeman. pg.54.
Emile JACOT. pg.128-9.
Rev. J. Cleaver JAMES; pastor of Stoney Lane Congregational Church. pg.89.
R. Edwards JAMES; solicitor. pg.90.
Elizabeth JOHNSON. pg.138.
J.E JONES. pg.79.
Raymond JONES. pg.180.
Winifred JONES; schoolmistress. pg.89.
Wilfred JORDAN; policeman. pg.54.
Lancelot H KEAY; chief housing assistant. pg.45-6.
William Henry KENDRICK; architect. pg.35.
Eliza KING. pg.138.
Walter KING. pg.208-210, 213.
Rev. A.E.A KINGDON; priest of St. Luke's, Saltley. pg.76.
William J LANCASTER; magistrate. pg.113-5.
Alfred LANE; councillor. pg.90.
Rev. Francis Oscar LANE; curate of St. Anne's, Moseley. pg.65, 68-72.
Rev. R LANE; pastor of Belmont Row Wesleyan Church. pg.138.
Joseph LEWIS; conductor of Birmingham B.B.C. Orchestra. pg.45.
Viscount LIFFORD. pg.54.
Dorothea Thistleton LINE. pg..
Alfred LINEY. pg.230.
Henry Matthews LLANDAFF, Viscount; Home Secretary. pg.218-9, 222.
Howard LLOYD; solicitor. pg.222.
David Charles LLOYD-OWEN; eye specialist. pg.198.
Sir Oliver Joseph LODGE. pg.126, 251.
Ernest George LOVEDAY. pg.145.
Rev. C.A.H LOWE. pg.160, 194.
Hedley LUCAS. pg.53.
Rev. John Cuthbert LUCAS; vicar of St. Paul's, Balsall Heath. pg.33, 66, 71-2.
George Frederick LYNDON. pg.249.
Sir Henry MADDOCKS; Recorder of Birmingham. pg.31-4, 36-8.
Edith Helen MAJOR; headmistress of King Edward's Grammar School. pg.54, 63, 121-3.
Joseph MALINS. pg.206-9, 211-3, 215-7.
Lenton MARSHALL; policeman. pg.54.
John MASSIE; M.P. pg.245.
Joyce MATHEWS. pg.143.
Henry MATTHEWS, Viscount Llandaff. pg.218-9, 222.
S.F.D MAY. pg.74-5.
Rev. Frank McGOWAN; vicar of St. Mark's, Birmingham. pg.82, 117.
Rev. Henry McGOWAN; vicar of Aston. pg.49.
Harold MEACHAM; policeman. pg.54.
Rev. William MEDHURST; minister of Handsworth Congregational Church. pg.190.
Rev. W MEMNAGH. pg.123.
Albert MERRETT; policeman. pg.54.
Sir John Throgmorton MIDDLEMORE; founder of Children's Emigration Homes. pg.21.
V. Graham MILWARD; barrister. pg.88.
Doris A MOLESWORTH; swimmer. pg.169.
William Arthur MOORE; chairman of Birmingham Stock Exchange. pg.139, 140.
Walter J MORGAN; artist. pg.1, 3.
George H MORLEY; secretary of Mason College. pg.6-8.
Helen Clayton MORRIS; author. pg.8-9.
Mary MOUNTFORD; matron of Glover's Trust Almshouses. pg.201.
Emily MUNNS. pg.138.
Thomas NASH; railwayman. pg.247.
Lizzie NEAL. pg.81.
Edward James NEWMAN; brassfounder. pg.250-1.
Rev Samuel NIELD. pg.159, 160.
Rev. Herbert J NIXON; minister of Saltley Road Congregational Church. pg.143.
James L NORTON; motorcycle designer. pg.49, 50.
Dr. Arthur OAKES. pg.38-9, 40, 43.
William O'CONNELL; Police sergeant. pg.38.
Rev. James O'HANLON. pg.68, 71.
Dr. Archibald Russell OLIVER. pg.130.
Arthur Rogers O'NEILL; Handsworth postmaster. pg.89, 90.
Catherine Courtauld OSLER. pg.9-11.
Canon W.H PARKER; vicar of St. Peter's, Spring Hill. pg.18, 21.
Joseph PARKES; carpenter. pg.107-8.
William PARKINS; councillor. pg.240, 242-3, 246.
Enid Lillian PARSONS; actress. pg.100-3.
Sergeant-Major Henry PARTRIDGE. pg.89.
Norman Ernest PARTRIDGE; cricketer. pg.141-2.
Donald PEEL. pg.138.
Rev. Herbert Sidney PELHAM. pg.245, 247-8.
A.D PENRICE; police superintendent. pg.243-5.
Frank PERKS; swimmer. pg.71.
Arthur William Thomson PEROWNE; 1st Bishop of Bradford. pg.179.
Harry Sydney PERREY. pg.110.
Catherine Mary PERRIGO. pg.138.
Jorgen Hansen PETERSEN. pg.65.
Miss H.G PHILLIPS. pg.99.
John PHILLIPS; magistrate. pg.156-7, 160-1.
Margaret PHILPOTT; school mistress. pg.89.
Harry PIKE; musician. pg.249.
William PIMM. pg.118.
Ellen Frances PINSENT; councillor. pg.61.
Alfred Owen PIPE. pg.201-2.
Courtenay POLLOCK. pg.185.
J.H PORT; barber. pg.135.
Henry John PRATT. pg.109, 110.
Albert George PRICE. pg.146.
John PRICE; solicitor. pg.244, 246-7.
Rev. Canon William John PRICE; curate of Aston. pg.237, 240.
W. Henderson PRINGLE; barrister. pg.52-3.
Alderman John Suckling PRITCHETT; barrister. pg.17.
William G QUAIFE; cricketer. pg.82-3, 87-8, 220.
Sir Charles Haughton RAFTER; Chief Constable. pg.14, 15.
F.E RAINER. pg.123.
Albert RAWLINGS; gas worker. pg.22-3.
H RAYMOND; manager of the Empire Theatre. pg.195, 237, 252.
Norman B READING. pg.124.
Rev. Fred A REES. pg.120.
Edward RESTALL. pg.208-210, 213.
Mary REYNOLDS. pg.138.
Charles RICHARDS. pg.221.
Hubert RICHARDSON; policeman. pg.54.
John RIDDELL; draper. pg.96.
John RIDDING; opera singer. pg.124.
Rev. Canon Dale ROBERTS; vicar of St. Paul's, Lozells and St. James', Hill. pg.153, 157, 236.
William ROBERTS. pg.52.
Sir John ROBERTSON; medical officer of health. pg.57-8, 76-7.
Harriet ROBINSON. pg.138.
Rev. Norman Limbsey ROBINSON. pg.80, 82.
Alfred John RODWAY; archaeologist. pg.112-3, 117.
William ROE; headmaster of Greet Council School. pg.29.
J ROUGHTON; railwayman. pg.27.
Rev. Ronald H ROYLE. pg.184.
Frederick William RUDLAND. pg.54.
John RUSKIN. pg.199, 206.
Dr. James William RUSSELL. pg.115-6, 119 -121, 140-1.
John SALISBURY; policeman. pg.54.
Henry William SAMBIDGE. pg.67-8.
Rev. Frank Norman SCOTT; vicar of Holy Trinity, Lickey. pg.208, 238.
Ernest SHAND; music hall artist. pg.5.
David SHANKS; magistrate. pg.10, 11.
Percy G SHARPE; police inspector. pg.54.
Miss E.K SHEPHERD; missionary. pg.116.
Beatrice E SHUFFLEBOTHAM. pg.124.
R.J.H SIDNEY; schoolmaster. pg.63.
J.B SILVERS. pg.251.
Freda Ellen SIMPSON. pg.110.
Rev. I SIVITER; vicar of St. John's, Harborne. pg.66-7.
Anne SMITH; barrister. pg.80, 82-3.
David SMITH. pg.152.
E. Tennyson SMITH. pg.151-2.
Eric SMITH; Grenadier Guard. pg.171.
Canon W.H SMITH; vicar of St. Paul's. pg.3, 5, 7, 26-8.
William SMITH; cider merchant. pg.222.
John Albert SPITTLE; accountant. pg.237-8, 246.
Henry STAINSBY. pg.195, 197.
Charles STANTON; policeman. pg.54.
Edwin STATTER; policeman. pg.54.
Rev. John Richard STEEL. pg.105.
J.V STEVENS; alderman. pg.91-8, 187, 191.
James STEVENS. pg.90.
Sir John Foster STEVENS. pg.117.
Victor STEVENS; musician. pg.192-4.
Reginald Woolsey STOCKS. pg.191.
Edmund Wallis STRANGE; assistant secretary Aston Villa Football Club. pg.188, 192, 195-6.
Joseph STURGE. pg.65.
Lewis John STURGE; assistant recorder. pg.35.
Dr. Mary Darby STURGE. pg.42, 44.
Harriett STURGES. pg.75.
Heinrich SUCH; musical director. pg.78.
Rev. Raine SUNTER; pastor of Nechells Wesleyan Church. pg.89.
Josiah M SWINGLER; councillor. pg.94, 99.
Alderman Sir Samuel TALBOT; solicitor. pg.202.
Stanley TASKER; policeman. pg.54.
TAYLOR. pg.78.
Edgar R TAYLOR. pg.52.
George TETLEY; fireman. pg.153.
Dr. James Denton THOMPSON; Rector of Birmingham. pg.1, 2, 45.
William James THORNE; M.P. pg.125.
Rev. R.W THORNHILL; vicar of St. Stephen's, Selly Hill. pg.211.
Mrs J TIPPER. pg.139.
Lawrence C TIPPER; councillor. pg.139.
Albert TOFT; sculptor. pg.125-6.
George TOMKINS; policeman. pg.54.
Dr TURNER. pg.76.
Thomas TURNER; policeman. pg.54.
Thomas Henry TURNER; professor at Birmingham University. pg.52.
Mr & Mrs William TWAIN. pg..
J TWEED; sculptor. pg.136.
George UPTON; policeman. pg.54.
H.D VERRINDER; railwayman. pg.22.
Gertrude VON PETZOLD. pg.233.
Rev. Ronald Charles WAINWRIGHT; vicar of St. Mark's, Washwood Heath. pg.244.
Robert WAITE; magistrate. pg.63-4.
Mary Ann WALTON. pg.138.
Rebecca WALTON. pg.138.
Rev. John M WARD. pg.99.
Walter Evers WARDEN. pg.81.
Albert WASHBOURNE; draper. pg.242, 249, 250.
T.A WATERHOUSE; angler. pg.94.
G.N WATSON; professor of mathematics at Birmingham University. pg.189.
Thomas William WATSON; headmaster of King Edward's School, Camp Hill. pg.55-7.
Walter WATTS; jeweller. pg.139.
Stanley Francis WEASE. pg.249.
Ernest WEBB; policeman. pg.54.
Rev. F.H. Brian WEEKS; vicar of Selly Hill. pg.184-5, 189, 203.
Brooke Foss WESTCOTT; Bishop of Durham. pg.16, 19.
Amelia WHEELWRIGHT. pg.107-8.
Thomas WHITE; solicitor. pg.74.
William Henry WHITELOCK; Registrar of the County Court. pg.24-5, 29.
Miss F.A WIDDOWSON. pg.83.
Joseph Ernest WILKES; engineer. pg.191.
Charles Hazelwood WILKS. pg.88, 117.
Herbert WILLISON; solicitor. pg.244.
Cardinal Nicholas WISEMAN; Rector of Oscott. pg.81.
Derwent WOOD; sculptor. pg.252.
Humphrey WOOD. pg.138.
Joseph WOODHOUSE; policeman. pg.54.
Charles R.J WOODWARD; railwayman. pg.127.
Charles WOOLLETT; assistant receiver. pg.77-8.
Emma Jane WORBOISE; author. pg.50-1.
Frederick George WRIGHT. pg.144.
John WRIGHT; solicitor. pg.161.
Councillor John Lygo YATES. pg.106, 160-1, 169, 173-5, 181-4.
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