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Carbery, 11th Baron, (Peter Ralfe Harrington Evans-Freke) (20 March 1920–28 July 2012)  

Born 20 March 1920; o s of Major the Hon. Ralfe Evans-Freke, MBE (yr s of 9th Baron) (d 1969), and Vera (...

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Chilver, Baron, ((Amos) Henry Chilver) (30 Oct. 1926–8 July 2012)  

Kt 1978; FRS 1982; FREng

Born 30 Oct. 1926; e s of Amos H. Chilver and Annie E. Mack; m 1959, Claudia M. B. Grigson, MA, MB, BCh, ...

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Coase, Prof. Ronald Harry, (29 Dec. 1910–2 Sept. 2013), Professor Emeritus and Senior Fellow in Law and Economics, University of Chicago, since 1982  

DSc

Born 29 Dec. 1910; s of Henry Joseph Coase and Rosalie Elizabeth (née Giles); m 1937, Marian Ruth Hartung (d 2012); died 2 Sept. 2013

Professor Emeritus and Senior Fellow in Law and Economics, University of Chicago, since ...

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Lovell, Sir (Alfred Charles) Bernard, (31 Aug. 1913–6 Aug. 2012), Founder and Director of Jodrell Bank Experimental Station, Cheshire, subseq. Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories, 1951–81 (renamed Jodrell Bank Observatory, 2000); Professor of Radio Astronomy, University of Manchester, 1951–80, then Emeritus Professor  

Kt 1961; OBE 1946; FRS 1955

Born 31 Aug. 1913; s of G. Lovell, Oldland Common, Gloucestershire; m 1937, Mary Joyce Chesterman (d 1993); two s three d...

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Renwick, Sir Harry (Benedetto), (13 June 1861–7 Jan. 1932)  

1st Bt cr 1927; KBE 1920

Born 13 June 1861; s of late Andrew Renwick, Windsor; m 1897, Frederica Louisa (d 1927), d...

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Spencer, Sir Harris, (22 May 1863–30 April 1934), ex-President Birmingham Engineering and Allied Employers’ Federation; Vice-President Federation of British Industries; Chairman John Brockhouse & Co. Ltd, Lones Vernon & Holden, Ltd, and Steel Nut and Joseph Hampton, Ltd; Chairman Bells Heat Appliances Production, Ltd; Managing Director John Spencer, Ltd; Director of Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Co. Ltd, George Salter & Co. Ltd, J. E. & S. Spencer, Ltd, British Typewriters, Ltd; JP County Borough of West Bromwich, and County of Staffordshire  

KBE 1918

Born 22 May 1863; s of late Thomas and Ann Spencer, West Bromwich; m 1890, Ada Burgess Cross, Cambridge; died 30 April 1934...

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Spring, Sir Francis Joseph Edward, (20 Jan. 1849–25 Aug. 1933), was for over ten years a Member Madras Legislative Council; MAI honoris causa and LCE, Trinity College, Dublin; late Member of Council of Institution of Civil Engineers; was a Member of that Institution, of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, of the Institute of Transport, and of American Society CE; Hon. Life Member of the Institution of Engineers, India; Hon. Fellow of the Society of Engineers. Was connected for 33 years with the making or the working or the administration of railways in India; and during 15½ years more with the development and management of the Port of Madras as Chairman and Chief Engineer of the Port Authority; Consulting Engineer to the Port of Chittagong; President South Indian Motor Union; Vice-Commodore, Madras Sailing Club; Hon. Member Madras Chamber of Commerce  

KCIE 1911; CIE 1894

Born 20 Jan. 1849; s of Rev. Edward Spring, County Cork, Ireland; m 1873, Charlotte Becher (d 1930), d of S. Townsend, JP; died...

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Swinburne, Hon. George, (1861–4 Sept. 1928)  

MICE, MIMechE

Born Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1861; s of M. W. Swinburne; m 1890, Ethel, d of Rev. D. Jones Hamer, Wolverhampton and Melbourne; four d; died...