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Rowers


130 People in group

Sir (James) Douglas Wishart Thomson, 2nd Bt

Sir (James) Douglas Wishart Thomson, 2nd Bt

1905-1972
Politician; MP for Aberdeen South and amateur rower
Sitter in 1 portrait
D.E. Tinne

D.E. Tinne

Amateur rower
Sitter in 1 portrait
Sydney Kingsley Tubbs

Sydney Kingsley Tubbs

1905-1982
Amateur rower
Sitter in 2 portraits
Sir Robert Uniacke-Penrose-Fitzgerald, 1st Baronet of Corkbeg and Lisquinlan

Sir Robert Uniacke-Penrose-Fitzgerald, 1st Baronet of Corkbeg and Lisquinlan

1839-1919
Oarsman and Conservative politician; MP for Cambridge
Sitter in 1 portrait
Frank Arthur Lovegrove Waldron

Frank Arthur Lovegrove Waldron

1916-1988
Rower and captain, Scots Guards
Sitter in 1 portrait
Michael Henry Warriner

Michael Henry Warriner

1908-1986
Civil servant and rower; Olympian
Sitter in 2 portraits
Peter James Webb

Peter James Webb

1940-
Rower
Sitter in 1 portrait
Noel Eve Whiting

Noel Eve Whiting

1905-1986
Civil servant and amateur rower
Sitter in 1 portrait
Cyril Eric Wool-Lewis

Cyril Eric Wool-Lewis

1906-1975
Colonial administrator and amateur rower
Sitter in 1 portrait
(Henry) Melvin Young

(Henry) Melvin Young

1915-1943
Rower and RAF pilot
Sitter in 1 portrait

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