THE DERBYSHIRE ROLL of HONOUR
Lord Melbourne	First of Queen Victoria's Prime Ministers
The Dukes of Devonshire	All have resided at Chatsworth House
Sir John Coke	Secretary of State to King Charles I
Lord Curzon of Kedleston	Born at Kedleston 1859, Viceroy of India 1898-1905, Leader of the House of Lords 1916-1925
Sir John Gell	Lived at Hopton and was famous in the army of Oliver Cromwell
Lt General Sir James Outram	Lived at Butterley Hall. Known as "The Bayard of India" because of his actions in the Indian Mutiny and the battles of Lucknow. Buried in Westminster.
Lt General Sir Dury Curzon Drury-Lowe	Born Locko Park in Spondon 1830. Distinguished service in the Crimea, Indian Mutiny, Zulu War, and Egypt. Buried at Derby.
Sir John Chandos	(Radbourne) Of Crecy fame. One of the original 26 Members of the Order of the Knight of the Garter, a close friend of Edward the Black Prince.
Sir Henry Wilmot	Born at Chaddesden. Awarded the Victoria Cross at Lucknow, 1858.
Captain Godfrey Meynell	Fell in action 1935 in Mohmand country. Awarded posthumous Victoria Cross for heroic leadership.
Bishop Pursglove	Born Tideswell. Founded Tideswell Grammar School.
William Bagshawe	"The Apostle of the Peak." Born in Litton.
William Mompesson	Rector of Eyam. His courage did much to stop the spread of the Great Plague
Dr John Clifford	Babtist minister. Born Sawley 1839.
Richardson	Known as the "Father of the English Novel." From the Smalley family.
William and Mary Howitt	Born in Heanor. Keen lovers of Nature and wrote many poems.
William Hutton	Local Historian. Born Full Street, Derby. Worked at the Silk Mill as a boy.
Herbert Spencer	Nineteenth century philosopher, born at Exeter Row, Derby and lived in Wilmot Street.
Erasmus Darwin	Physician, poet, philosopher, resident in Derby for nearly 20 years.
John Flamsteed	Born of Derby parents at Denby in 1646. Appointed Astronomer Royal in 1675. The rival of Sir Issac Newton. Educated at Derby Grammar School, St Peter's Churchyard. The Greenwich Observatory was established by his efforts, as was the Greenwich Meridian, the base line for time measurement and marine navigation. The systematic observations of the stars and planets by Flamsteed formed the basis for the science of astronomy as the world knows it today.
Henry Cavendish	(1781-1810) Eminent for researches into the nature of gases. Discovered nitric acid and carbonic acid. Grandson of the third Duke of Devonshire. Buried Derby Cathedral.
Joseph Wright	World famous artist. Good selection of his works are on show at the Derby Museums and Art Gallery.
Sir Francis Chantrey	Born at Norton 1781. Master sculptor, with fine examples of his work at Lichfield, Ilam church and St Werbugh's Derby.
James Brindley	Born at Tunstead near Wormhill 1716. Famed for his canal construction.
George Sorocold	Mill and water engineer. Made the machinery for Lomb's silk mill. Married at Derby Cathedral 7th December 1684.
Sir Frederick Henry Royce, OBE	Born 1863. A mechanical genius. In 1884 he established Royce Ltd. Later in 1907 he joined forces with Hon. C S Rolls to form Rolls-Royce Ltd. He died 22 April 1933 and is buried at the works. His statue now stands in the grounds of the Rolls-Royce complex on Victory Road, Derby.
Sir Charles Fox	Born in The Wardwick, Derby. An eminent engineer. In 1837 he employed on his staff Herbert Spencer the well known philosopher. He was a pupil of Stephenson. He built the Crystal Palace and built or designed the station roofs at St Pancras, Euston, Paddington, Waterloo and others.
Sir Francis Fox	Son of Sir Charles.(1844-1927) Took engineering further than his father had. Amongst his chief works were the bridges over the Victoria Falls of the Zambesi and Sydney Harbour, the Mersey Tunnel and the Liverpool Overhead Railway.
Duesbury	Established the Derby China Works in connection with Heath of the Cockpit Hill Works.
John Lombe	Started the silk throwing industry in Derby. He is buried in the Cathedral. His silk mill is now home to the Derby Industrial Museum.
Robert Bakewell	Founder of the Derby craft of renaissance ironwork. Examples in the Cathedral, at St Werbugh's and elsewhere in the city.
Samuel Plimsoll	Born 1824 in Bristol, was Derby's Liberal MP from 1868 to 1880. He was instrumental in the introduction of the Merchant Shipping Act of 1876, which made it law for ships to carry a mark on their sides to prevent overloading. He was known as the "Sailor's Friend", and the ships loading marks still bear his name.
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