1923–2011
George Henry Hubert Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood (7 February 1923 â 11 July 2011), styled The Honourable George Lascelles before 1929 and Viscount Lascelles between 1929 and 1947, was a British classical music administrator and author, and a member of the extended British royal family, as a maternal grandson of King George V and Queen Mary, and thus a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. He served as director of the Royal Opera House (1951â1953; 1969â1972), chairman of the board of the English National Opera (ENO) (1986â1995); managing director of the ENO (1972â1985), managing director of the English National Opera North (1978â81), governor of the BBC (1985â1987), and president of the British Board of Film Classification (1985â1996). Harewood was the elder son of the 6th Earl of Harewood and Princess Mary, Princess Royal, the only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary. At his birth, he was sixth in the line of succession; at his death, he was 46th. Lord Harewood was the eldest grandchild of King George V and Queen Mary, nephew of both King Edward VIII and King George VI and first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. He was the director of the Edinburgh Festival from 1961 to 1965
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Roger "Mad Dog" Caron (April 12, 1938 â April 11, 2012) was a Canadian robber and the author of the influential prison memoir Go-Boy! Memories of a Life Behind Bars (1978).
Denis MacShane (born Josef Denis Matyjaszek; 21 May 1948) is a British former politician, author, commentator and convicted criminal who served as Minister of State for Europe from 2002 to 2005.
Ronald Arthur Biggs (8 August 1929 â 18 December 2013) was a British criminal who helped plan and carry out the Great Train Robbery of 1963.
Maurice Southgate (20 June 1913 â 17 March 1990), code named Hector, was an officer in the Royal Air Force and an agent of the United Kingdom's clandestine Special Operations Executive (SOE) organization during World War II.
Major Anthony Peter Roylance Rolt, MC & Bar, (16 October 1918 â 6 February 2008) was a British racing driver, soldier and engineer.