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English expatriates in France

  • Mary BoleynMary Boleyn likely entered the world between early 1499 and late 1500 at Blickling Hall. Her family home was Hever Castle in Kent, where she spent her…
  • Francis Bacon (artist)Francis Bacon was born on the 28th of October 1909 at 63 Lower Baggot Street in Dublin. His father, Army Captain Anthony Edward Mortimer Bacon, was a…
  • Ridley ScottRidley Scott was born on the 30th of November 1937 in South Shields. His father Francis Percy Scott served as a Colonel in the Royal Engineers during the…
  • John DowlandJohn Dowland remains a figure shrouded in biographical uncertainty, with his birthplace contested between London and Dublin.
  • Aubrey BeardsleyAubrey Vincent Beardsley entered the world on the 21st of August 1872 in Brighton, Sussex. His father Vincent Paul Beardsley had lost his own inheritance due…