Baillet, Comte Joseph de(1787-1861), politician
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- 27 July 1787 - 29 November 1861
Baillet, Comte Joseph de(1787-1861), politician
Bacon, Frederick (1803-1887), engraver
British engraver. A pupil of Henry Fuseli at the Royal Academy and subsequently of Finden, whose assistant he later became. He worked on book illustrations until 1869, when he abandoned art.
Bachrach, Fabian (1917–2010), photographer
An American photographer, known for portraits of celebrities, politicians, presidents and other prominent individuals. He was professionally known as Fabian. Bachrach was best known for a portrait of Senator John F. Kennedy, which was later used as his official photograph after he was elected President in 1960.
Babbage, Dennis William (1909-1991), mathematician and Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge
Matriculated in 1927 and achieved a first class in all parts of the Mathematical Tripos.
Chief Cryptographer at Bletchley Park, during the Second World War, where ‘the outstanding skill and inventiveness of Dennis Babbage and his team’ is now acknowledged (D. Taunt), together with his legendary skill at billiards (Michael Smith, Station X: the code-breakers of Bletchley Park (2000) p 41).
Bye-Fellow, 1931 - 1933
Fellow, 1933 - 1991
Director of Studies in Mathematics, 1934 - 1977
Tutor, 1946
Senior Tutor, 1964 - 1973
President 1973 - 1979 (Acting Master, Michaelmas, 1978)
University Lecturer, 1936 - 1976
Senior Proctor, 1953 - 1954
In March 1962 he married Stephana Gaselee, daughter of Lady Gaselee and the late Sir Stephen Gaselee (Fellow of Magdalene, 1908 - 1943).
He was a distant relative of the 19th century mathematician Charles Babbage but was not a descendant.
Babbage, Charles (1791–1871), mathematician and computer pioneer
Austin, John (1790–1859), legal philosopher
Augustus Frederick, Prince (1773–1843), duke of Sussex
Ninth child of George III and Queen Charlotte.
Augusta, Princess (1822-1916), grand duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Daughter of Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge. In 1843 she married Friedrich Wilhelm, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Her sister, Mary Adelaide Wilhelmina Elizabeth, Duchess of Teck, was the mother of Mary, Queen of George V.
Augusta Sophia, Princess (1768–1840)
August (1818-1881), Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and major general
Major general in the Austrian army.
Audley, Thomas (1488-1544), 1st Baron Audley of Walden, Lord Chancellor
Speaker of the House of Commons, 1529; Lord Keeper, 1532-1533; Lord Chancellor, 1533-1544, who presided over the trials of Sir Thomas More and Bishop Fisher. Regarded as the founder of Magdalene College, by virtue of securing its re-foundation through Letters Patent granted by the King, almost certainly choosing the dedication as a pun on his own name. He has the reputation of being not a very nice man (a heart as black as marble).
Artlett, Richard Austin (1807–1873), engraver
Arrivabene, Giovanni (1787-1881), politician and economist
Italian politician and economist.
Annesley, Arthur (c.1678–1737), 5th Earl of Anglesey, Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge
Matriculated at Magdalene College, February 1697/98. Elected as a Fellow in 1700.
Was a benefactor of Magdalene College and his gift met the costs of installing the Pepys Library in 1724 and an annual commemoration.
Tory MP for Cambridge University, 1702, 1705, 1708-10.
Succeeded as 5th Earl of Anglesey and 6th Viscount Valentia in 1710.
Served as the High Steward of the University, 1722-37.
Served as Lord Lieutenant of County Wexford in 1727.
Angillis, Angelus Benedictus Xaverius (1776-1844), Dutch politician
Andries, Joseph-Olivier (1796-1886), priest, politician and historian
Andrian-Werburg, Victor Franz Freiherr von (1813-1858), politician
Andrews, Joseph (1806-1873), etcher and engraver
Amelia of Leuchtenberg (1812-1873), Empress Consort of the Empire of Brazil
Second wife of D. Pedro I, Emperor of Brazil (Pedro IV, King of Portugal). She was Empress Consort of the Empire of Brazil from 1829 to 1831.
Alugga (active 1921), climbing sherpa
Climbing sherpa on 1921 Mount Everest Expedition with George Mallory.
Altmeyer, Jean Jacques (1804-1877), historian
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; prince consort; consort of Queen Victoria.
The tenth child of George III and Queen Charlotte.
Adelheid (1835-1900), Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and duchess of Schleswig-Holstein
Wife of Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg; daughter of Ernst, 4th Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg.
Addington, Henry (1757-1844), 1st Viscount Sidmouth, prime minister
The fourth child and eldest son of Anthony Addington, physician, and his wife, Mary. Educated at Winchester College (1769–73) but left over some incident in which 'vicious boys' attacked him. Attended Dr Goodenough's school at Ealing. Entered Brasenose College, Oxford in 1774. Graduated in 1778. Stayed in Oxford until 1780 when he went to Lincoln's Inn.
In 1781 he married Ursula Mary Hammond. They had two sons and four daughters.
In the general election of 1784 he was returned as MP for Devizes.
1789-1801 - Speaker of the House of Commons.
On William Pitt's resignation in 1801 he was appointed Prime Minister by George III, a post he held until 1804.
1804-1805 - in opposition.
Was made Viscount Sidmouth in January 1805.
He retired from politics in 1824.
Adair, Sir Robert (1763–1855), politician and diplomatist