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Names, Personal information for Berkshire and places above it in the hierarchy

Berkshire

General information on personal names.
The location of archived personal papers may be listed on the NRA.
Published family trees: Genes Reunited, Rootsweb, Ancestry, Mocavo (but be careful to verify what you find).
The RBA have portraits of the following: George Charles Cherry (1822-1887), Richard Benyon (1811-1897), Lord Wantage (1832-1901) (Robert James (Lloyd) Lindsay), James Herbert Benyon (1849-1935), Robert Palmer (1793-1872), William George Mount (1824-1906).
Notable People of Berkshire
High Sheriffs of Berkshire.
Some 19th Century Berkshire Squires; A County History 1800-1900, John Trigg (Self published, 2005) A5, 168pp, Softback
Richard Barry (seventh earl of Barrymore) was a reckless Georgian rake - see article in Berkshire Family Historian, June 2011, Vol 34, page 19.
Amelia Dyer née Hobley (1837 – 1896) "Ogress of Reading" was the most prolific baby farm murderer of Victorian England.
Sydney Langford Jones of Blewbury was an artist, a Quaker and pacifist, records are held by the RBA (ref. D/EX1795), including two small sculptures he created out of porridge whilst interned in Pentonville Prison as a conscientious objector during the First World War.
John Nevil Maskelyne (1839–1917) was a nationally celebrated illusionist who lived in Bucklebury, see article in Berkshire Family Historian, Sep 2016, Vol 40 page 25.
George Blackall Simonds (1843 - 1929) (of the Reading brewing family) was a famous sculptor (including the Maiwand Lion war memorial in Reading), see article in Berkshire Family Historian, Mar 2017, Vol 40 page 22.
John Soane (1753-1837) is regarded as one of England’s finest architects. He grew up and went to school in Reading and designed, among other things, the Simeon Monument in the Market Place, Reading.
Thomas Noon Talfourd (1795-1854), lawyer and judge of Berkshire, records are held by the RBA, see articles in the Berkshire Echo Vol 6 of 1998.
The Toomers of Newbury - see articles in Berkshire Family Historian, Sep 2008, Vol 33 page 25 and Dec 2008, Vol 32 page 23.
Jethro Tull (1674 – 1741) was an agricultural pioneer who helped bring about the British Agricultural Revolution.
Vansittart (later Vansittart Neale) family of Bisham Abbey. For involvement in Napoleonic War, see the Berkshire Echo Vol 72 of 2015.
Conrad Birdwood Willcocks 1887-1973, architect. His records, containing all the plans and papers for almost every project he worked on, are held by RBA (ref. D/EWK). See Vol 74 Jan 2016 of the Berkshire Echo.
County Genealogies. Pedigrees of Berkshire Families. Collected by Berry, William, 1774-1851. Transferred from his own hand writing and printed in lithography by E. Barwick, published 1837, free online from HathiTrust Digital Library.
Trade directories can provide some information through the years of people, both high and low, especially those in official positions. See sample pages from a 1915 directory.
Berkshire FHS publish their members' surname interests and OFHS their similar OXSIL (which covers part of historic Berkshire).
Biographies

England

Change of Name, this 'Changes of Name' Research Guide from The National Archives, clearly explains this often misunderstood topic.
Names from Journals of James Boswell (1760s), extracted by Mike Foster.
Online database from muster rolls: The Soldier in later Medieval England

UK and Ireland

UK & Ireland - Names, Personal - links and information.

R101 Survivors

The following persons survived the crash of the British-built airship "R101" on October 5th 1930.

Arthur V. Bell, Engineer

Joseph H. Binks, Engineer

Alf J. Cook, Engineer

Arthur Disley, Wireless Operator

Harry J. Leech, Foreman Engineer

Victor Savory, Engineer

Information supplied by Harry Wykes of the Airship Heritage Trust

The R101 Airship Disaster - Casualties

On October 5th 1930 the British-built airship "R101" crashed into a hillside near Beauvais in France killing everybody on board. [The underlined words were in the text supplied to GENUKI - but see "R101 Survivors"]

The following are listed as having been killed:-

ATHERSTONE N.G.	Lieut Cdr.
ATKINS G.K.
BISHOP P.	Major
BLAKE R.
BRANCKER Sir Sefton	Air Vice Marshall, RAF
BUCK J.	Lord Thomson's attendant
BURTON C.A.
BUSHFIELD A.
CHURCH S.
COLMORE R.B.B.	Wing Commander, RAF
ELLIOTT F.	Wireless Operator
FERGUSSON C.J.
FORD H.E.
FOSTER P.A.
GENT W.R.	First Engineer
GIBLETT M.A.	Mr
GRAHAM E.A.	Cook
HASTINGS A.C.
HODNETT F.
HUNT G.W.	Chief Coxswain
IRWIN H.C.H	Flight Lieut, RAF
JOHNSTON E.L.	Sqdn Leader, RAF
KEELEY S.T.
KEY T.A.
KING W.H.
LITTLEKIT M.F.
MASON C.H.
MEGGINSON J.W.	Galley Boy
MOULE W.
NORCOTT A.W.J.
O'NEILL W.H.L.	Sqdn Leader
OUGHTON L.F.
PALSTRA W.	Sqdn Leader, R.A.A.F
POTTER W.A.
RADCLIFFE W.G.
RAMPTON M.G.
RICHARDSON A.J.
RICHMOND V.C.	Lt Colonel
ROPE F.M.	Sqdn Leader
RUDD E.G.
SAVIDGE A.H.
SCOTT G.H.	Major
SCOTT S.E.
SHORT G.W.
STEFF M.H.	Flying Officer
TAYLOR C.E.
THOMSON	Lord (Air Minister)
WATKINS A.H.

Documents on the R101 are held in the Public Record Office in Kew under AIR 3,5,& 11. Photographs of the wreckage are under AIR5/1070 via 6/573/1/.

UK and Ireland Names, Personal

General
- The relevance of surnames in genealogy (archived copy) provided by the Society of Genealogists gives some interesting background information.
- The GENUKI Surnames List index and Mailing List Index provide county by county listings with links to appropriate pages or information.
- Thesaurus of British Surnames (archived copy) - a project, now terminated, that developed and managed an online thesaurus of British surname variants.
- Nicknames and Naming Traditions.
- The Surname Thesaurus - "a technology for finding Surname and Forename variants" (archived copy)
- Family Names of the United Kingdom (FaNUK) - an ongoing project.
- PublicProfiler - "The world family name mapping website uses many new and up to date sources to tell you where in the world people with your family name are found. Additionally, we provide lots of interesting facts and figures about the people who share your family name".
- The Original Record.com provides free surname searches of "1,000 years of unusual records that have not been accessible before", and the ability to purchase scans taken the original documents.
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland - press release.
Biographies
- Who Was Who (the compilation of entries in Who's Who of people alive after 1897) and Who's Who are available by online subscription access (possibly free via your local library) and hard copy.
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography is available by online subscription access (possibly free via your local library) and hard copy.
- Wikipedia's Biography Portal.
- Obituary Daily Times - an index of published obituaries
- For those who may have been mentioned, even if only in passing, in books, see Bibliography
- For people famous or infamous enough to get their names in the newspapers or to have obituaries, or posh enough to announce their births, marriages and deaths, see Newspapers.
- Search engines like Google are always worth a try, although you may have to scroll through many pages of hits.
- Archive and Library catalogues usually have synopses which will often allow you to find a name even if it is not in the book title.
- For those who may have appeared at the Old Bailey Old Bailey Online.
- If you know their occupation, see Occupations. (In particular, for ministers of religion, see under Church Officials).
Specialised Name Listings
- Names extracted from the book "THE GREAT DAYS OF THE CANALS" by Anthony Burton.
- The names of actors and actresses who died pre 1930 and who are listed in the book "WHO'S WHO IN THE THEATRE" edited by John PARKER and printed in 1930.
- The Agincourt Honor Roll (archived copy) - a list of nearly 1000 participants in this 1415 battle.
- Indexes to parish returns towards the rebuilding of St Paul's Cathedral, ca.1678 in the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.
- Marion Hebblethwaite's George Cross Database lists and provides information about recipients.
- A variety of name listings were produced by the late Ted Wildy and are available online, including:
  - Names from "A Country Camera 1844-1914" by Gordon Winter.
  - Casualties in the R101 Airship Disaster
  - Names from the book "Trade Tokens" by J.R.S. Whiting
  - Casualties listed in the East India Directory and Register, 1832
  - Names from "The Atlantic Telegraph" by W.H. Russell, c1866
- Colin Mackie's Directories - of British Diplomats, British Civil Servants (1900-), British Armed Forces (1860-), Composers, and U.S. Senators (1863-).

Bardsley, Alan. First name variants. Birmingham: Federation of Family History Societies (2003) 18pp. [ISBN-13: 978-1860061776]

(See also Military History and Occupations.)

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