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Burns, J E
Personne · fl 1947
Civil Service Angling Society
Collectivité · 1934-

The Civil Service Angling Society was founded in 1934. Its first President was Neville Chamberlain who was Prime Minister 1937-1940. In the early days, the Society's membership mainly was drawn from civil servants who worked in the Whitehall area
Drake, Sir Garrard Tyrwhitt
Drake, Sir Garrard Tyrwhitt
Personne · 1881-1964

Sir (Hugh) Garrard Tyrwhitt-Drake was a businessman, zoo owner and author. Between 1915 and 1950, he was twelve times the Mayor of Maidstone, Kent and was High Sheriff of Kent in 1956-1957. He lived at Cobtree Manor, Sandling, where he used part of his estate to house his private zoo - the largest in Great Britain - in which he kept lions, tigers, bears and elephants. He wrote two books: Beasts and Circuses; My Life with Animals (1939) and The English Circus and Fairground (1946)
Eastwood, Sir Thomas Ralph
Personne · 1890-1959

Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Ralph Eastwood was a senior British Army officer and Governor of Gibraltar during the second world war
Ellerman, Sir John Reeves
Personne · 1909-1973

Sir John Reeves Ellerman, 2nd Baronet, was an English shipowner, natural historian and philanthropist. Ellerman's main interest was the study of rodents. He wrote The Families and Genera of Living Rodents