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  • Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland, 1533-1603, http://isni.org/isni/000000...156
  • Zenon, estate manager of Apollonius, 263-228 BC154
  • Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, fl early 8th century86
  • Cecil, William, 1st Baron Burghley, royal minister, Lord Treasurer 1572, 1520-1598, http://isni.org/isni/000000...77
  • Henry VIII, King of England and Ireland, 1491-1547, http://isni.org/isni/000000...76
  • James VI and I, King of Scotland, England and Ireland, 1566-1625, http://isni.org/isni/000000...69
  • Dudley, Robert, 1st Earl of Leicester, courtier and statesman, ?1532-158865
  • Cotton, Robert Bruce, first baronet, antiquary and politician, 22 Jan 1571-6 May 1631, http://isni.org/isni/000000...55
  • Qurrah ben Sharik, Governor of Egypt, 709-71554
  • Walsingham, Francis, Principal Secretary, c 1532–1590, http://isni.org/isni/000000...54
  • Abinnaeus, Flavius, Præfectus Castrorum at Dionysias, in Egypt, 325-37551
  • Charles I, King of England, Scotland and Ireland, 1600-164948
  • Dioscorus of Aphrodito, poet and administrator, 6th century48
  • Cleon, engineer (architekton); married to Metrodora; father of Philonides and Polycrates, mid 3rd century BC47
  • Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587, http://isni.org/isni/000000... http://viaf.org/viaf/10472231846
  • Chaucer, Geoffrey, poet and administrator, c 1340-1400, http://isni.org/isni/000000...45
  • Harley, Edward, second earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts, 2 Jun 1689-16 Jun 1741, http://isni.org/isni/000000... http://viaf.org/viaf/16052425944
  • Bentinck, Margaret Cavendish, duchess of Portland, née Harley, collector of art and natural history specimens and patron of arts and sciences, 11 Feb 1715-17 Jul 1785, http://isni.org/isni/000000... http://viaf.org/viaf/235686143
  • Harley, Henrietta Cavendish, Countess of Oxford and Mortimer, née Holles, patron of architecture, 4 Feb 1694-9 Dec 1755, http://isni.org/isni/000000... http://viaf.org/viaf/604556343
  • Cotton, Thomas, 2nd Baronet, 1594-166242
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