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Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order

  • John Maffey, 1st Baron RugbyJohn Loader Maffey entered the world on the 1st of July 1877 in Rugby, Warwickshire. He was the younger son of Thomas Maffey, a commercial traveller who…
  • Thomas LiptonA tenement on Crown Street in the Gorbals district of Glasgow housed a family that had fled Ireland during the Great Famine.