HARDING, Abner Clark, a Representative from Illinois; born in East Hampton, Middlesex County, Conn., February 10, 1807; attended Hamilton Academy, Clinton, N.Y.; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Oneida County, N.Y., about 1827; moved to Monmouth, Warren County, Ill., in 1838 and continued the practice of law; member of the State constitutional convention in 1848; member of the State house of representatives 1848-1850; during the Civil War enlisted as a private in the Union Army in the Eighty-third Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, later was commissioned colonel, and in 1863 was promoted to brigadier general.
William Read Scurry was born in Gallatin, Tennessee, and moved to Texas at the age of sixteen. While in Texas he studied law, and served as a congressman, as well as a member of the House of Representatives. Scurry participated in the Secession Conference of Texas. Scurry was a veteran of the Mexican-American War, and at the outbreak of the American Civil War, he entered the Confederate Army as a lieutenant colonel with the Fourth Texas Cavalry.
Charles William de la Poer Beresford, 1st Baron Beresfordâs career was marked by a longstanding dispute with Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Fisher, over reforms championed by Fisher introducing new technology and sweeping away traditional practices. Fisher, slightly senior to Beresford and more successful, became a barrier to Beresford’s rise to the highest office in the navy. Beresford rose to occupy the most senior sea commands, the Mediterranean and Channel fleets, but failed in his ambition to become First Sea Lord.
Fanny Efimovna Kaplan (Russian: ФаÌнни ÐÑиÌмовна ÐаплаÌн; real name Feiga Haimovna Roytblat, Фейга Хаимовна РойÑблаÑ; February 10, 1890 â September 3, 1918) was a Russian-Jewish woman, Socialist-Revolutionary, and early Soviet dissident who was convicted of attempting to assassinate Vladimir Lenin and executed by the Cheka in 1918.
Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander, British general. He fought with distinction in World War I and led a brigade on the North-West Frontier Province, India. In World War II Alexander commanded the British 1st Corps at Dunkirk, where he helped direct the evacuation of 300,000 troops; he was the last man to leave the beaches.
Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC, FRS (10 February 1894 â 29 December 1986) was a British Conservative politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963. Caricatured as “Supermac”, he was known for his pragmatism, wit and unflappability. Macmillan was badly injured as an infantry officer during the First World War. He suffered pain and partial immobility for the rest of his life.
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