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Today the Tories release 'key Britons' list:-
1. Saint Columba (521-597) - Christianity in Britain 2. Alfred the Great (849-899) - The Kingdom of England 3. Henry II (1133-1189) - The common law 4. Simon de Montfort (1208-1265) - Parliament 5. James IV of Scotland (1473-1517) - The Kingdom of Scotland 6. Thomas Gresham (1519-1579) - The stock market 7. Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) - The British Army 8. Isaac Newton (1643-1727) - The Royal Society 9. Robert Clive (1725-1774) - The British Empire 10. Sir Robert Peel (1778-1850) - The police 11. Millicent Fawcett (1847-1929) - Universal suffrage 12. Nye Bevan (1897-1960) - The National Health Service source: BBC Who would be in your top 12 Briton list of modern times or of all time? |
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