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POLITICAL PEOPLE

• The Members of Parliament for Portsmouth, (1300-1918)
• The Mayors and Lord Mayors of Portsmouth (1531-2005)
• Political Biographies of the Mayors of Portsmouth from 1836 to 1900
• The Members of Portsmouth Town Council, including the Burgesses (1531-1835)
• The Members of Portsmouth Borough Council (1835-1925)
• The Members of Portsmouth City Council (1926-1995)
• The Freemen of Portsmouth (1573-2007)
• The Electors or Burgesses from 1835 onwards
• Sir Francis Baring, MP for Portsmouth, (1826-1865)
• Sir Hedworth Meux, MP for Portsmouth, (1914-1918)
• Andrew Nance - Four Generations
• The Carter Family and the Dissenters in Local Politics
• An Obituary of Sir John Carter
• Richard William Ford (1822-1900)
• Sir Josiah Child, Mayor of Portsmouth (b.1631-d.1699)

NAVAL & MILITARY PEOPLE

• 'Lives Lived and Lives Lost' - Portsmouth and the Great War
• The Governors and Lieutenant-Governors of Portsmouth (1290-1968)
• The Port Admirals (Commanders-in-Chief), Portsmouth (1714-1931)
• The Navy Commissioners & Dockyard Superintendents (1649-1971)
• Army Chaplains in Portsmouth (1860-1967)
• The Holders of the Victoria Cross in Portsmouth
• Sir James Yorke Scarlett, Governor of Portsmouth (1857-1860)
• Lord William Paulet, Governor of Portsmouth (1860-1865)
• General Sir George Willis, Governor of Portsmouth (1884-1889)
• Archdeacon Henry Press Wright, Senior Army Chaplain at the Garrison Church
• Colonel George Gawler, Veteran of Waterloo, Governor of S. Australia
• The Funeral of General Sir Charles James Napier
• William Dawes (1762-1836) - Royal Marine and Astronomer
• Sir Richard Rooth (1625?-1707?) - Naval Captain and Burgess of Portsmouth
• Captain Joseph Ames (1619-1695) - Naval Captain and Burgess of Portsmouth
• Sir Bernard de Gomme (1620-1685) - Military Engineer
• 'The Fathers of the Dockyard' (1649-1660)
• Colonel Nathaniel Whetham (1604-1668) - Governor of Portsmouth
• The Hon. Sir George Grey (1767-1828) - Captain RN & Dockyard Commissioner
• Lt. George Edward Williamson (1893-1937) - Royal Navy
• Vice-Admiral Sir John Kempthorne (1620-1679) - Royal Navy & Navy Commissioner
• Captain John Mason (1586-1635) - Founder of New Hampshire
• Admiral Sir Philip C. Henderson Durham (1763-1845) - CinC Portsmouth
• Naval Sword Cutlers in Portsmouth
• James Pafford - Veteran of Trafalgar

RELIGIOUS PEOPLE

• The Vicars of Portsmouth, St. Thomas's Church (1260-2009)
• The Vicars of Portsea, St. Mary's Church (1294-2009)
• The Vicars of St. James's Church, Milton (1841-2013)
• The Ministers of the Unitarian (Presbyterian) Church (1662-2011)
• The Churchwardens of St. Thomas's Church, Portsmouth (1778 - 1886)
• The Rectors and Patrons at Farlington Church (St. Andrews)
• Canon Bill Sargent, Minister and Co-Founder of Portsmouth Housing Association (1926-1989)
• Benjamin Burgess, Presbyterian Minister (1629-1673)
• Henry Hawkes, Presbyterian Minister (1805-1886)
• John Sturges, Uniterian Minister (1918-1998)
• Rev. Thomas Timmins, Founder of the Bands of Mercy (1841-1898)
• Dr. John Vertue, First Catholic Bishop of Portsmouth (1826-1900)
• Neville Lovett, First Anglican Bishop of Portsmouth (1869-1951)
• Canon John Horan, Catholic Priest (1834-1885)
• The Jews at Portsmouth to 1900

OTHER PEOPLE

• Men of Portsmouth (11C to 18C)
• Eminent Old Portmuthians
• John Pounds, Shoemender (1766-1839)
• James Gieve, Tailor (1820-1888)
• Percy Westerman, Writer of Adventure Stories (1876-1958)
• Sir Phillip Watts, Warship Designer (1846-1926)
• Dr. Una Mary Mulvany (1890-1987)
• Andrew and John Lindegren
• Portsmouth's Early Historians
• AE Cogswell, Victorian Architect (1858-1934)
• H. Percy Boulnois, Municipal Engineer
• Sir George Turner, Medical Officer of Health
• George Stebbing, Instrument Maker (1775-1847)
• Sarah Robinson, founder of the Soldier's Institute (1834-1921)
• The Death of Mary Palmer (1837-1888)
• Charles Chubb, Locksmith (1772-1846)
• David William Dye, Electrical Engineer (1887-1932)
• William Hempson Denham - Surgeon (1806-1891)
• John Symonds - Photographer (1825-1871)
• Digby Dent - Hotel Keeper (1805-1888)
• The Stanyford Family (to 1773)
• The Greetham Family (to 1831)
• The Meredith Family (1763-1909)
• Jonas Hanway (1712-1786)
• William Henry Barrell, Printer & Stationer (1858-1922)
• Herbert Allen (1770-1850)
• Charles Moorshead (1839-1922)
• William Roger Brown ("Persivani"), Music Hall Artiste (1841-1890)
• Madame Walker - Founder of the Victoria Academy (1882 to 1977)

PERSONAL STORIES

• James Seagrove (1784-1822) - Another Portsea son in Nelson's navy
• Memories of Old Portsmouth
• Ann Amelia Richman & Family (1773-1934)
• Eliza Ann Smith & Family (1840-1906)
• The Dugan Family
• The Point Boy - Working on the Trams
• Memories of Church Street School
• A Portsmouth Child's Life in World War II
• A Petition to the Mayor from Three Female Prisoners

EXTERNAL WEBSITES

• The Scarrott Family of Milton

 

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