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Sherlock Holmes
fictional character (consulting detective) created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Edward VII
Edward VII was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910.
Fabian Society
British socialist organisation founded in 1884

Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
first female Member of Parliament to take her seat (1879-1964)
Edwardian era
period of British history spanning the reign of the king Edward VII, from 1901 to 1910

Alice Bailey
British-American esoteric, theosophist and writer (1880-1949)
Emily Hobhouse
British welfare campaigner (1860–1926)
Princess Maud, Countess of Southesk
British princess; youngest child of Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife, and Louise, Princess Royal (1893–1945)
Lily Elsie
British stage and film actress (1886–1962)
Edwardian architecture
style of architecture designed during the reign of Edward of Great Britain (1901-1910)

Margaret Cole
English socialist politician (1893-1980)
Mary Sophia Allen
Welsh-born British suffragette, policewoman and far right activists (1878-1964)
Joan Beauchamp
British communist
Shooter's sandwich
steak sandwich of English origin
Ethel Snowden
British socialist, feminist, women's suffrage and pacifist campaigner (1881-1951)
Lizzie Caswall Smith
British photographer (1870-1958)
Sexton Blake
character who appeared in numerous penny dreadfuls