Mills
Sir William Mills, Knt.-Bach. B. 24 Apr. 1856, d. 1932, apprenticed as a marine engineer. He subsequently invented in 1886 a safe mechanism for lifting and lowering lifeboats
Nelson
Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson of the Nile 1801, Baron Nelson of the Nile 1801, Duke of Bronté in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, KB 1797, England’s Great Naval Hero, born 29 September 1758
O’Dwyer
Author of “The O’ Dwyers of Kilnamanagh”, 1933, the definitive history of the O’ Dwyer Clan and Sept.
O’Neill-Johnson 2
The armorial achievement of Jameson Riley McShane Johnson of Tyrone, LM, KM
see his main entry for the explanation of his being one of the O’Neill Chiefs.
Pellew
Sir Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth
Pinches
Thinking the other day about where some of our heraldry books came from, we remembered Rosemary Pinches. If you bought heraldry books over the decades as we did, we are sure you either knew her or of her.
Powell, GEN Colin
General Colin Luther Powell, KCB was born in 1937 in Haarlem, NY, his parents were Luther and Maud Powell who immigrated to the United States from Jamaica.
Power
Guy Harold Power, MStJ was born in 1952 at Ft. Benning, in the County of Chattahoochee, Georgia, USA to Major Raleigh Broughton Power, an Army Special Forces Officer, and Mary Jean Hodges.
Risk
James Charles Risk, CVO , born on 13 May 1913, he became a specialist in coins, orders and medals and worked at Coin Galleries on 57th Street in New York City for many years. Jim was also the author of the book “Order of the Bath”.
Roberts
Field Marshal Lord Roberts, VC, KG, KP, GCB, GCSI, GCIE, OM, DCL, 1st Earl Roberts and Baronet, is entered in our armorial not because he was one of England’s most famous 19th century soldiers, nor that he was a recipient of the Victoria Cross as a young subaltern, nor that he was 23 times “Mentioned in Dispatches”, thanked by Parliament twice and granted £100,000 by them; he is entered for an Act of Charity.