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Sir Rupert Alfred Kettle

Sir Rupert Alfred Kettle (1817-1894), Wolverhampton lawyer and judge. Born in Birmingham, he was made a Worcestershire County Court judge in 1859. He was knighted for his services in industrial arbitartion ...

Sir Simon Degge

Sir Simon Degge (1612-1702), lawyer. He was born at Stramshall, near Uttoxeter. A Royalist, he was arrested as a Royalist during the English Civil War and released in 1643-1644 on condition that he ...

Sir Thomas de Littleton

Sir Thomas de Littleton (c.1407-1481) was a judge and legal scholar, born at Frankley Manor House, Worcestershire. In about 1444 he married Joan, widow of Sir Philip Chetwind of Ingestre. Through their ...

Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd

Thomas Noon Talfourd (1795-1854), was a writer, judge, and politician. He was called to the bar in 1821 and was Member of Parliament for Reading as a Radical from 1835 to 1841 and 1847 to 1848. He ...

Sir Thomas Wardle, Leek

Thomas Wardle was born on January 26 1831 to parents Joshua and Mary. His father was the owner of a silk dyeing business at Cheddleton Heath, which Thomas joined at the age of about 16, and was soon followed ...

Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe

Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe, 10th Baronet of Calke Abbey, Derbyshire was born in 1846 and died in 1924. He was a keen ornithologist and country sportsman. His summer residence was Warslow Hall and he was ...

Sir W.R. Anson

Lithograph print. A caricature of Sir William Reynell Anson (1843-1914)by 'Spy' with caption 'All Souls'. Appeared in 'Vanity Fair' June 13th 1901. Distantly related to the Earls of Lichfield, he was ...

Sir Walter Aston

Sir Walter Aston of Tixall (1584-1639), created Baronet 1611. Ambassador to Spain 1620-1625 and 1635-1638. Created Lord Aston of Forfar in 1628. An engraving by R. Cooper after R.W. Satchwell's drawing ...

Sir Walter Aston of Tixall

Oil painting. Head and shoulders portrait of Sir Walter Aston of Tixall (1530-1589), Knighted on 18 July 1860. He was Knight of the Shire for Staffordshire in the Parliament of March 1553, Sheriff of ...

Sir Walter Essex

Oil painting by Harold Speed (1872-1957). Portrait of Sir Walter Essex. He was the Liberal Member of Parliament for the Borough of Stafford constituency, 1910-1918. Dimensions: height - 1070mm, width ...

Sir William Bass

Lithograph print. A caricature of Sir William Arthur Hamar Bass, 2nd Baronet (1879-1952), racehorse owner and supporter of the early film industry . Appeared in 'Vanity Fair' September 14th 1905. He ...

Sir William Brereton

Sir William Brereton (1604-1661) was a Parliamentary Major General of Cheshire, Staffordshire and Lancashire during the English Civil War. He established his headquarters in Nantwich in 1643, and took ...

Sister Dora of Walsall

Dorothy Pattison, better known as 'Sister Dora', who was famous for her work nursing the poor in Walsall. She was born on 16 January 1832 at Hauxwell in Yorkshire. In 1864 she joined the Sisterhood ...

Sister Webster, Board Room, Biddulph Grange Orthopaedic Hospital

Sister Webster was the Night Sister at the hospital for many years, but it is not known when she retired.

Slater Family and Domestic Servants, Stone,

Thomas and Emily Slater with their children Kathleen (aged 12) and Edward (aged 8) and servants. The family lived on Lichfield Road in a house now known as The Rectory. On retirement the family moved ...

Smith's Butchers Shop, Little Haywood,

Snooker player, Constitutional Club, Stafford

Peter Shelley playing snooker at Stafford Constitutional Club on Lloyd Street. There are two trophies on a table to the left. Reproduced by Kind Permission of the Staffordshire Newsletter who retain ...

Soldier, Army Veterinary Corps, Milford and Brocton Camp

This postcard picture shows Douglass (last name unknown) wearing his best uniform and having his photograph taken in a studio by a professional photographer. On the reverse Douglass writes: “Dear Auntie ...