Born in Belfast, Fraser was educated at the Royal Academical Institution and Queen's University, becoming a consultant at the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children in 1927. Fraser volunteered in ...

McEleny won more medals than any other British swimmer at Atlanta in 1996. Paraplegic, she has struggled against ill-health to achieve her sporting success and was the flag bearer for the opening ...

John Colborne entered the Army in 1794. He first saw active service in the Dutch Helder campaign of 1799 and took part in an expedition to Egypt two years later. Colborne served in the Peninsular War ...

Get creative with art workshops at the National Portrait Gallery. From photography and collage, to painting and pen, learn new skills and develop techniques across a variety of mediums. Led by artists ...

pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, October 1819 (exhibited 1819) ...

The inventor and entrepreneur, Richard Arkwright is one of the leading figures of the Industrial Revolution. In 1769 he patented a water-powered spinning machine that could spin a vast number of ...

Hungarian-born publisher; in 1951 with Diana Athill he set up André Deutsch Ltd, an independent publishing house that maintained its position in the market until the 1980s. The firm discovered and ...

Following the death of his father George V, Edward succeeds to the throne as King Edward VIII, but chooses to abdicate in order to marry the American divorcee, Wallis Simpson. Edward was the only ...

Ava (née Bodley), Viscountess Waverley (1895-1974), Former wife of Ralph Follett Wigram, and later second wife of 1st Viscount Waverley; daughter of John Edward Courtenay Bodley. Sitter in 4 portraits ...

John Harris, artist and facsimilist, was the son of watercolour painter John Harris (1767-1832). Harris studied at the Royal Academy where he specialised in miniatures. He exhibited occasionally ...

Johnstone qualified and practised as a solicitor in Edinburgh but he decided to abandon law for art. He studied art at evening classes before visiting Italy between 1842 and 1844. Johnstone was ...