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No. 1 - Penny Streeter OBE (née Penny Stiff)
April 29, 2020
A classic ‘rags to riches’ tale is that of Penny Streeter. Born in what was then Rhodesia, this police superintendent’s daughter came to England...
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No. 21 - Richard Mason
October 26, 2012
This talented author was born in South Africa but educated at Eton and New College, Oxford. The Drowning People, his first novel, gained him...
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No. 18 - James Sherwood
October 21, 2012
This Kentuckian buccaneer founded Sea Containers in 1965. He is best known though buying the Hotel Cipriani in Venice for less than £1 million...
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No. 50 - Captain Simon Mann
May 22, 2012
This former army officer boldly led a coup d’état in Equatorial Guinea in 2004. He was imprisoned for 34 years but received a presidential...
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No. 13 - Peregrine Heathcote
May 15, 2012
The youngest ever student at the Heatherly College of Arts, Peregrine Heathcote has morphed from portrait painting to a focus on something a little...
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No. 45 - Benjamin Boateng
May 13, 2012
A club promoter who thought he was above the law. Found guilty in October 2011 of a pre-planned sexual assault, this former actor was...
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