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Francis Bacon
English philosopher and statesman (1561–1626)

George V
George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936.

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.

George III
George III was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until his death in 1820. The Acts of Union 1800 unified Great Britain and Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, with George as its king. He was concurrently duke and prince-elector of Hanover in the Holy Roman Empire before becoming King of Hanover on 12 October 1814. He was the first monarch of the House of Hanover who was born in Great Britain, spoke English as his first language, and never visited Hanover.
William IV
King of the United Kingdom and Hanover from 1830 to 1837
Charles II of England
King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1660 to 1685 (1630-1685)
Anne of Great Britain
Queen of Great Britain and Ireland from 1702 to 1714 (1665–1714)

Rachel Weisz
Rachel Hannah Weisz is a British actress. Known for her roles in independent films and blockbusters, she has received several awards, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Laurence Olivier Award. Films in which she has appeared have grossed over $3.5 billion worldwide.

Edward I of England
King of England from 1272 to 1307

Tom Hiddleston
Thomas William Hiddleston is a British actor. He gained international fame portraying Loki in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), beginning with Thor in 2011 and including the Disney+ series Loki (2021–2023).

Mary II of England
Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1689 to 1694 (1662-1694)

Anne, Princess Royal
Anne, Princess Royal, is a member of the British royal family. She is the second child and only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and the sister of King Charles III. Third in the line of succession to the British throne at birth, she is 18th in line as of 2026. She has held the title of Princess Royal since 1987.

Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
British statesman and prime minister (1784–1865)

Edward V of England
king of England in 1483 (1470-1483)
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1766 to 1768 (1708–1778)

Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh
Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh, is a member of the British royal family. He is the youngest child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and the youngest sibling of King Charles III. Edward was born third in the line of succession to the British throne and is 15th as of 2026.
William Jones
Anglo-Welsh philologist and scholar of ancient India (1746-1794)

Elizabeth of York
Queen of England
Thandiwe Newton
English actress (born 1972)

Emily Ratajkowski
American model and actress
Maud of Wales
British princess (1869-1938), Queen consort of Norway from 1905 to 1938
Victoria, Princess Royal
British princess (1840-1901), Empress of Germany and Queen consort of Prussia from March to June 1888
John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute
British nobleman, art collector, and Prime Minister of Great Britain (1713-1792)
Edmund Kean
English actor (1787–1833)
Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1812 to 1827
James Francis Edward Stuart, Prince of Wales
pretender to the English, Scottish and Irish throne (1688-1766)
Princess Alice of the United Kingdom
Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine from 1877 to 1878

Princess Beatrice
Princess Beatrice, Mrs Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, is a member of the British royal family. She is the elder daughter of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson, and a niece of King Charles III. Born fifth in the line of succession to the British throne, she is ninth as of 2026.

Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover
King of Hanover from 1837 to 1851
Tony Benn
British politician (1925–2014)

Princess Eugenie
Princess Eugenie, Mrs Jack Brooksbank, is a member of the British royal family. She is the younger daughter of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson, and a niece of King Charles III. At birth, Eugenie was sixth in the line of succession to the British throne and is 12th as of 2026.
Cary Elwes
British actor (born 1962)
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales
British princess (1796-1817); only child of George, Prince of Wales (later King George IV)
Katherine Waterston
British-born American actress

Charles Rolls
motoring and aviation pioneer, co-founder of Rolls-Royce

Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn
British prince (1767-1820); fourth son of George III
Charles James Fox
British Whig statesman (1749–1806)

Prince Edward, Duke of Kent
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, is a member of the British royal family. The elder son of Prince George, Duke of Kent, and Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, he is a grandson of George V, nephew of Edward VIII and George VI, and first cousin of Elizabeth II. Edward's mother was also a first cousin of Prince Philip, Elizabeth's husband, making him both a second cousin and first cousin once removed to Charles III. He is 42nd in the line of succession to the British throne. In 2025, following the death of his wife, Katharine, Duchess of Kent, Edward became the oldest living member of the British royal family.

Jonathan Edwards
British triple jumper (born 1966)
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
British prince (1850–1942), Governor General of Canada from 1911 to 1916

John Vanbrugh
English architect and dramatist (1664–1726)
Caroline Matilda of Great Britain
Queen consort of Denmark and Norway, 1766–1772 (1751–1775)

Edward of Westminster
Prince of Wales

Louise, Princess Royal
third child and eldest daughter of Edward VII of the United Kingdom and Alexandra of Denmark

Alice Liddell
English woman, basis of the character in "Alice in Wonderland" (1852–1934)

Mary Henrietta, Princess Royal
eldest daughter of Charles I of England and his wife, Henrietta Maria of France; mother of William III of England (1631-1660)

Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
Member of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Erskine Hamilton Childers
4th President of Ireland (1905-1974)
Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex
British prince (1773–1843)

Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany
British prince (1763-1827)
Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester
British aristocrat (1900–2004); wife of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester

Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom
fourth child and second daughter of Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark (1868-1935)

Alfred Enoch
Alfred Lewis Enoch is a British actor. He is best known for playing Dean Thomas in the fantasy film series Harry Potter and Wes Gibbins in the legal thriller television series How to Get Away with Murder.

Charlotte, Princess Royal
British princess (1766-1828); eldest daughter of George III

George Atwood
English mathematician (1745–1807)
Prince William, Duke of Cumberland
British Army general; (1721-1765)
Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge
British and Hanoverian Royal (1774-1850), Duke of Cambridge from 1786

Princess Augusta of Great Britain
British princess (1737-1813)

Emilia Jones
British actress

Princess Patricia of Connaught
British princess (1886-1974); younger daughter of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, and Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia (1886–1974)