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Ref NoNewscuttings/A1/Biography Vol.51
Finding NumberOpen Access: B.Col.78 Vol.51
TitleBirmingham Biography', newspaper cuttings
LevelItem
Date1961 - 1962
DescriptionNewspaper articles and obituaries on noteworthy local people.

Clement ADAMS. pg. 164.
Enoch ADAMS. pg. 131.
W.G AINSLIE; lecturer. pg. 42.
Mary Vasey AITKEN. pg. 176.
Sir Robert Stevenson AITKEN; vice-chancellor. pg. 114.
Rev. Harry ALLEN; vicar of St. James, Handsworth. pg. 105.
Percy Alfred ALLEN. pg. 35.
Anna AMPHLETT; solicitor. pg. 158.
H.N ATHERTON. pg. 117.
Kenneth B ATKINSON; United States Consul. pg. 130.
Irene AVERY. pg. 176-7.
Samuel AVERY. pg. 176-7.
Kenneth BAILEY; advertisement manager. pg. 53.
Harry BAKER. pg. 99.
Lady Helen BANTOCK. pg. 93.
Edward Debell BARCLAY. pg. 74.
Sir Thomas BARCLAY; councillor. pg. 74.
Gladys Rose BARLING. pg. 98.
Cyril Walker BARNARD; major. pg. 176.
Dr. B BARNETT. pg. 61.
Sir John Ashworth BARRACLOUGH; brigadier. pg. 99, 140.
F.E BARRAH; nurse. pg. 9.
Clifford BARTRAM. pg. 98, 140.
William Henry BASSETT-GREEN. pg. 127.
Gerald BAUMBER; chief superintendent. pg. 17-18.
Paul BEARD; musician. pg. 64, 145.
Howard BEASLEY; metal merchant. pg. 151.
Margaret L BEATON; nurse. pg. 121.
Joseph BEATTIE. pg. 58.
Dr. Dorothy May BEAUMONT; school medical officer. pg. 9.
Joseph Meyrick BEDDOES; coal merchant. pg. 48-9.
Frederick BELL-SCOTT. pg. 99.
Rev. Dr. Sidney Malcolm BERRY. pg. 20-22.
F.E BINNER. pg. 159.
Edward BIRD. pg. 116.
Lord William Norman BIRKETT; judge. pg. 133-7, 140, 143, 146, 148.
Amy Elizabeth BODLEY; matron. pg. 176.
Gerald BOTTERLEY. pg. 2.
Garnet Benjamin BOUGHTON; Lord Mayor. pg. 5-8.
6th Earl of BRADFORD. pg. 109.
Joseph Ernest BRADLEY; accountant. pg. 176.
Nicholas BRENNAN; detective superintendent. pg. 18.
Alan BRIDGWATER; sculptor. pg. 113.
Father James BROMLEY. pg. 106.
Sydney John BROOKER; newspaper editor. pg. 30.
Arthur BROOKES. pg. 107.
B.C BUCKLEY; headmaster. pg. 16.
John Tyrell BURGESS. pg. 107.
Rev. John Paul BURROUGH; bishop of Birmingham's chaplain. pg. 114.
Leslie CABLE. pg. 154.
Paul Strangman CADBURY. pg. 101.
Grace Mary CAMPION; teacher. pg. 4.
Eustace CAREY-HILL; historian. pg. 181.
Marguerite CARPENTER; dancer. pg. 169.
Sam CARPENTER. pg. 1.
Hugh CARSON; medical superintendent. pg. 110, 117.
Mabel Margaret CASWELL; nurse. pg. 93.
Stretton CAVE-BROWNE-CAVE; auctioneer. pg. 44.
J.A.C CECIL-WRIGHT; Air-Commodore. pg. 33-5.
Rev. Harold Russell CHAFFER. pg. 169.
Edith Maria CHALLINOR. pg. 130.
S CHANCELLOR. pg. 156.
H CHAPMAN; headmaster. pg. 160.
Harry CHEETHAM. pg. 181.
Francis C CLAYTON; Mayor. pg. 22.
Sebastian CLOSA; artist. pg. 173.
William Joseph COLE; wholesale tobacconist. pg. 157.
C.T COOK. pg. 173.
Clifford COOMBS. pg. 11.
William Goodall COPESTAKE. pg. 155-6.
Clement COTTERILL. pg. 144.
A.F COURTNEY; fire officer. pg. 71.
J.B COVENTRY. pg. 124.
H.J COX; brewer. pg. 179.
Canon Charles Theodore CRIBB; vicar of Moseley. pg. 159.
Joseph George CURRELL; printer. pg. 144.
Marian W CURTIN; matron. pg. 113.
R.W CUTLER. pg. 29.
Nell DANN; headmistress. pg. 177.
Harry DARE; builder. pg. 166-8.
John DARE. pg. 166.
Alan DAVIES; accountant. pg. 75-6.
Howell Haydn DAVIES; architect. pg. 70-1.
Edwin Samuel DAVIS. pg. 18.
Maurice DAVIS. pg. 173-4.
Dr. William Henderson DAVISON; coroner. pg. 65-7.
William John DAWKINS; lieutenant-colonel (T.A.). pg. 157-8.
Edward James DENTON; councillor. pg. 61-2.
George Le Boutillier DIAMOND; chairman of West Midlands Gas Board. pg. 13-14.
Alfred E DODD; postmaster. pg. 48.
Sir Edward James DODD; Chief Constable. pg. 71-2.
George Owen DONOVAN; Donovan Electrical Co. pg. 1.
Dr. Neil DUNCAN; flying doctor. pg. 99.
Frank M EASTON; railway ticket collector. pg. 148.
George E.T EDALJI; solicitor. pg. 184.
Percy EDGAR. pg. 157.
Warwick EGGINTON; taxidermist. pg. 179-80.
Alfred ELLISON. pg. 164.
John ENGLISH; director. pg. 14-16.
William EPSOM. pg. 120.
Albert Edward EVANS. pg. 12.
R.O EVANS. pg. 175.
Joseph FACCHINO. pg. 116.
Peter FAULKNER. pg. 159.
Rosa FELIX. pg. 84-5.
Dr. Vera FELLOWES. pg. 12.
Dr. James FENTON. pg. 177.
J.A.P FIRTH. pg. 138-9.
Lord Fleck of Saltcoats FLECK. pg. 163.
R.G FOWLES. pg. 67.
Rev. Mathias Laurence FOYN; vicar of St. Patrick's, Bordesley. pg. 122.
John Woodman FRAME. pg. 176.
Gordon Stuart FRAZIER; quantity surveyor. pg. 81, 97.
L.H FRYER; teacher. pg. 10.
J.W GARDEN; teacher. pg. 160.
Helen Louise GARDNER; university lecturer. pg. 98.
R.C GARDNER; men's outfitters. pg. 171.
Pat GIBSON; public relations officer. pg. 183.
E.B GOLD; cinema manager. pg. 113.
Barry GORDON; magician. pg. 144.
William GOUGH; milkman. pg. 77-8.
Rev. Anthony GRACIE. pg. 187.
Reginald Cubitt GRAVELEY. pg. 44, 46.
Dr. Barbara GRAY. pg. 177.
Ernie GRAY. pg. 119.
Herbert GREEN; headmaster & actor. pg. 13.
G.B GREY; solicitor. pg. 63.
Charles A GRIFFIN; engineer. pg. 83.
Rev. Francis Joseph GRIMSHAW; Archbishop of Birmingham. pg. 86-8.
Vernon William GROSVENOR; councillor. pg. 10-11.
Archie W GROVES; milk business. pg. 104.
Edward Patrick GUTHRIE-JONES; archaeologist. pg. 124.
Walter William HACKETT. pg. 182.
Sidney Victor HADDLETON; advertising manager. pg. 58.
Dr. Leonard Leigh HADLEY; surgeon. pg. 67.
Dr. Walter William HALLCHURCH; surgeon. pg. 170.
Bertie William HANDLEY. pg. 62.
Arthur HANDS. pg. 184-5.
Sir Patrick HANNON; MP. pg. 163-4.
Joseph Aloysius HANSOM. pg. 116.
H.A HARE; colonel (T.A.). pg. 21-2.
Guy HARPER; teacher. pg. 42.
Kitty HART. pg. 84-5.
Harold James HARTLEY; metallurgist. pg. 144.
Iona HARVEY-CLARK; musician. pg. 158.
J.J HASSELL. pg. 169.
Harry HATTON; journalist. pg. 53.
Lionel Chattock HAYES; major. pg. 1.
Arthur T HAYWOOD. pg. 181.
Edward HIGGS; engine driver. pg. 128.
Walter Frank HIGGS; MP. pg. 23-4, 26-7, 32.
C.W.G HILL; chief inspector. pg. 36-7.
Charles Vaughan HILL. pg. 43-4.
H. Peter HING; architect. pg. 18.
Rev. Clifford M HITCHINGS; Moseley Baptist Church. pg. 78.
J.A HOBSON. pg. 88.
Sidney Douglas HOLMES. pg. 122.
Gilbert Alfred HOPTON; provision merchant. pg. 176.
Christine HORTON. pg. 125.
Ernest Walter HORTON; Lord Mayor. pg. 125-6, 129-30.
Florence Camelia HORTON; Lady Mayoress. pg. 125.
Peter Ronald HOSKINS; lieutenant-colonel. pg. 98.
T.E.B HOWARTH; headmaster. pg. 106.
George HOWELL; fire officer. pg. 56-7.
John HOWELL. pg. 79-81.
Dora Beatrice HULME. pg. 119.
Alice HUMPHREY; novelist. pg. 3-4.
Frederick George HUMPHREY; newspaper editor. pg. 170.
Miss O.L HUMPHRIES. pg. 69-70.
William HUMPHRYES; sales traveller. pg. 58.
Dr. George John HUTCHISON. pg. 93.
John Earle HUXLEY; major. pg. 71.
Rev. Edward George HYMAS; vicar of St. Andrews, Handsworth. pg. 74.
Ethel Jane Adair IMPEY. pg. 44-5.
Sir Peter David INNES; chief education officer. pg. 90-2.
Dennis IRVING; press officer. pg. 158.
Herbert JACKSON; planning consultant. pg. 61.
Alfred Isaac JEFFRIES; tailor. pg. 131.
N.J JOBLING; bank manager. pg. 138.
William JOHNSON; public assistance officer. pg. 51.
Edgar George JONES; dental surgeon. pg. 171.
Edward W JONES; headmaster. pg. 75.
Frank JONES; brigadier. pg. 139.
James Cornelius JONES. pg. 126.
R.C JONES; headmaster. pg. 43.
Sidney JONES; stage carpenter. pg. 151.
Dr. Sydney JONES; engineer. pg. 156.
Florence Eva JUCKES. pg. 114.
A.L KELLEY. pg. 123.
Dr. Edith Lorna KENDALL; schoolmistress. pg. 171.
Jessie KESTERTON; head waitress. pg. 165.
Edwin John KESTLE; handicraft teacher. pg. 111.
Harry KNIGHT. pg. 63.
Richard H KNIGHT; university lecturer. pg. 98.
Canon Adolf KURTZ. pg. 116.
George M LAIMBEER. pg. 115.
G.D LANCASTER. pg. 160.
William Newton LANCASTER; pilot. pg. 149, 153, 160.
Elizabeth Kathleen LANE; Q.C. pg. 96, 105.
Ian C LEA; Birmingham Stock Exchange. pg. 124.
Hubert Arthur LEES; bank manager. pg. 88.
Victor Clucas LEGG. pg. 188.
Walter Samuel LEWIS; Lord Mayor. pg. 22-28.
L LEWTHWAITE; lieutenant-colonel. pg. 158.
Alice Chetwynd LEY; novelist. pg. 3-4.
Frank Eades LINDSAY; tool designer. pg. 138.
Alicia Pears LINTON. pg. 42.
Rt. Rev. J.H LINTON. pg. 42.
Anne Mary LLOYD. pg. 188.
Geoffrey LLOYD; MP. pg. 108.
Muriel Joyce LOCKE; councillor. pg. 4-5.
Edith Mary LOCKER. pg. 115.
Frank T LOCKWOOD; commercial artist. pg. 83.
Dr. William Frederick LOFTHOUSE; principal Handsworth College. pg. 39, 40.
Clarence Frederick LONGMORE. pg. 188.
Rev. John LOPES. pg. 46.
Sir Leonard Percy LORD. pg. 52-3.
Jane LOUDON. pg. 108.
Rev. Ronald Geoffrey LUNT; headmaster, King Edwards. pg. 100.
Gavin LYALL; author. pg. 28.
Alexander MacGREGOR; chief forester. pg. 145.
Kenneth Ignatius MACKEY. pg. 143.
Dr. Desmond MACMAHON; music adviser. pg. 106-7.
Ian H MACQUEEN. pg. 99.
John MADIN; architect. pg. 173.
G. Alan MAJOR. pg. 119.
K.E MAPES; matron. pg. 62, 100.
Dr. Mary MARTIN. pg. 64.
Sir Wilfrid MARTINEAU; Lord Mayor. pg. 124.
Robert R MASON; accountant. pg. 124, 127.
Allan MASSINGHAM; schoolmaster. pg. 161.
Dr. Thomas U MATTHEW; professor of engineering. pg. 163.
Frant Hart MATTHEWS. pg. 46.
Cyril Charles MAUDSLAY. pg. 179.
Mrs H.A MAYOR. pg. 151.
Robert William McFARLANE; magician. pg. 9.
John McLEOD; commissionaire. pg. 137-8.
Rev. Oswald Ernest MEATYARD; vicar St. Gabriel's, Deritend. pg. 3.
Will MEGGS. pg. 186.
Dr. Wilfrid MELLERS; Chamber Music Society. pg. 112.
Sidney MEREDITH. pg. 128.
Dr. Ernest Leslie MILLAR; medical officer for Birmingham. pg. 1.
Mary Stuart MILLER. pg. 117-19, 121.
A.James MILLINGTON; headmaster. pg. 127.
Edgar Hearne MILLINGTON; councillor. pg. 111-12.
James H MILLS. pg. 98.
Lord Percy MILLS. pg. 150.
Robert MILLS. pg. 33.
M.F MINSHULL; school secretary. pg. 9-10.
Harry O MISSENDEN. pg. 64-5.
Rev. Dr. David MOLE; curate St. Stephens, Selly Oak. pg. 89.
Frank MOORE; insurance agent. pg. 122.
G.L MORETON. pg. 27.
E.W.T MORRIS; bee keeper. pg. 128.
Lord George NELSON. pg. 163.
Cardinal John Henry NEWMAN. pg. 92-3.
Albert E NICHOLLS; police inspector. pg. 75.
Bill NICHOLLS. pg. 183.
Edward Berks NORRIS; architect. pg. 68.
Richard NORRIS; judge. pg. 40-2.
James ODDY. pg. 186.
Edward John ORGAN. pg. 96.
Edith O'SHAUGHNESSY. pg. 58-9.
Edward OXFORD. pg. 6-7.
A.W.A PARAMOR; chief fire officer. pg. 12-13, 17.
Rt. Rev. Clement George St. Michael PARKER; Bishop of Aston. pg. 29-32, 53-6.
James Frederick PARKER. pg. 105.
Alexander PARKES; inventor. pg. 80-1.
Reginald R PARKES; rail ticket collector. pg. 116.
Charles PARKHOUSE; solicitor. pg. 175.
Arthur PARTRIDGE; grocer. pg. 12.
Frederick PASFIELD; grenadier guardsman. pg. 115-16.
Margaret PASHLER. pg. 130.
Conrad Vincent PATRICK; surgeon. pg. 2-3.
John Harold PEARCE. pg. 18.
Monica PEARCE; matron. pg. 133.
Alec PEARSON; art teacher. pg. 170-1.
Adina PERRETT. pg. 139.
Douglas Searle PHELPS; architect. pg. 188.
Joseph Frank PIMM; artist. pg. 172-3.
Dame Edith Maud PITT; M.P. pg. 147.
Norman M PITT; tailor. pg. 118.
S PITTMAN; Parks Department. pg. 62, 75.
Edwin PLEWS; occupational therapist. pg. 143, 186-7.
A.J POOLE; sculptor. pg. 187.
Rt. Rev. David Brownfield PORTER; Bishop of Aston. pg. 68-9, 172, 187-8.
Canon W.S POWER; vicar of Erdington. pg. 83-4.
Rev. Eric PRICE; vicar of St. Michael's, Handsworth. pg. 74.
Frank Leslie PRICE; alderman. pg. 102-4.
Dennis PRIDE. pg. 43.
Harold C PRINT; teacher. pg. 160-1.
James PRITCHETT. pg. 183.
E.E QUINTON; works director, Dunlop. pg. 95, 97.
Ralph RAMOS. pg. 78.
Dr. Frank RAW. pg. 42-3.
Leonard Norman RAYNER; pianist. pg. 62.
Harold REED; bank manager. pg. 48.
Frederick RENSHAW; detective chief inspector. pg. 48, 50-1, 63.
Florence ROBB. pg. 104.
John ROBINSON; fire officer. pg. 112.
Sidney Herbert ROBINSON; solicitor. pg. 32.
T.H ROE. pg. 43.
Archibald ROGERS. pg. 161.
Ernest Arthur ROGERS. pg. 68.
H.M ROGERS. pg. 137.
Walter Henry ROGERS. pg. 96.
Thomas Halder ROSE; bank manager. pg. 57.
Sarah ROSENBERG. pg. 61.
Richard H ROSS; journalist. pg. 185-6.
Dr. Gotthelf ROTHENBURG. pg. 105.
Harold L RUDGE; Birmingham Stock Exchange. pg. 84.
Percy RUDGE; Birmingham Stock Exchange. pg. 59-60.
Sir Edward Lionel RUSSELL; chief education officer. pg. 99, 120, 140-2, 163.
Derek SALBERG. pg. 37-9, 60-1.
I.W.G SANDERS; schoolmaster. pg. 130.
Paul Ernest SANDLANDS; Recorder of Birmingham. pg. 174-5.
Sir Robert SAUNDBY; Air Marshal. pg. 72-4.
William Goodman SAUNDERS. pg. 112.
Barbara SCOTT; matron. pg. 51.
Alfred Thomas SEACULL; secretary Belgian Consulate. pg. 42.
Arthur SHEARMAN. pg. 157.
Horace P SHEARMAN. pg. 157.
Linda SHEARMAN; ice skater. pg. 184.
Dr. Joseph Harold SHELDON. pg. 162.
Harry SHIRES. pg. 154.
Jim SIMMONS; M.P. pg. 122.
Archibald George Chaloner SIMS. pg. 75.
Rt. Rev. George SINKER; Provost of Birmingham. pg. 51, 152.
John Grey SKINNER. pg. 154, 158, 179.
William SLANEY; woodcarver. pg. 168.
Ivy SLATER. pg. 99.
Charles F SMITH; compositor. pg. 100.
David Priestley SMITH; opthalmic surgeon. pg. 17.
Joseph SMITH; musician & violin maker. pg. 2.
Thomas SMITH. pg. 112.
Wilfred Harry SMITH; Transport Department manager. pg. 155-6.
F.J SPENCER. pg. 88.
Rex SPENCER; set dfesigner. pg. 49-50.
William Henry SQUIRE; personnel manager. pg. 81.
Philip STAINTON; actor. pg. 19-21.
Edward Smallwood STAMP. pg. 151.
Harold John STANTON; revenue officer. pg. 143.
W.A.L STEGGLES; journalist. pg. 53.
Charles R STUART. pg. 121.
Charles SWANN. pg. 79.
Margaret SWINLEY; accommodation officer. pg. 132.
Dr. K.A.H SYKES. pg. 115.
Joseph Henry TAY; butcher. pg. 43.
Henry Austin TAYLOR. pg. 97-8.
George Frederick THOMAS; architect. pg. 32-3.
Olive THOMAS. pg. 121.
Frederick THOMPSON; dental surgeon. pg. 153.
Sir Arthur Peregrine THOMSON; Hospital Board. pg. 96.
Herbert John THORNTON; accountant. pg. 159-60.
Edith THOULD; matron. pg. 132-3.
William Horace THURSFIELD; vice chairman West Bromwich Albion. pg. 187.
Lionel L TOLLEY. pg. 98.
Elizabeth TOMPKINS. pg. 45.
Henry TONKS; artist. pg. 185.
C.H TOY; headmaster. pg. 132.
Lawrence TRACEY; provision merchant. pg. 79.
Howard Archibald TUCKER; judge. pg. 74.
Arthur VENABLES; chemist & optician. pg. 117.
Lady Doris VERNON. pg. 180.
Sir George VERNON. pg. 180.
Albert WALKER; campanologist. pg. 12.
Dr. Cranston WALKER. pg. 79.
Maurice WALKER; alderman. pg. 161.
Sir Hubert Joseph WALLINGTON; Recorder of Birmingham. pg. 110-11.
Alfred Thomas WALTERS; bookmaker. pg. 61.
Sir Bertram WARING. pg. 93-5.
Albert Edward WEBB; chief fire officer. pg. 35-6.
Harold Richard Grant WHATES; newspaper editor. pg. 82-3.
Daniel James WHEELER. pg. 116.
Alfred Clement WHITE; press overseer. pg. 46-7.
Edwin WHITE; chairman Midland Counties Dairy. pg. 76-8.
Charles Harold WIGLEY. pg. 97.
Percy Harold WIGLEY; accountant. pg. 74.
William WILCOX. pg. 173.
Freddie WILES. pg. 151.
William WILKINS. pg. 186.
J. Emlyn WILLIAMS. pg. 19.
Vivian Theodore WILLIAMS. pg. 18-19.
Lady WILTSHIRE. pg. 69.
J.R WIMBUSH; grocer. pg. 161.
Rev. Ray WIMBUSH; curate of St. Paul's, Balsall Heath. pg. 127-8.
T WINSPEAR. pg. 49.
Edgar WOOD; scout secretary. pg. 88-90.
Jack WOOD; alderman. pg. 33.
Clarence Sydney WOOLVIN; sales manager. pg. 164.
Carl WRIGHT; athlete. pg. 138.
James Edward YAPP; fire officer. pg. 71.
Victor YATES; M.P. pg. 183.
Sydney YOUNGJOHNS; stationmaster. pg. 170.
Sir Solly ZUCKERMAN; scientist. pg. 178.
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