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o Michael Roberts (24 May 1908 - 31 Dec 1996)
Historian
o Olga Maria Nicolis di Robilant (17 Jan 1900 - 21 Dec 1996)
Patron of the arts
o Elizabeth Hill (24 Oct 1900 - 17 Dec 1996)
Teacher of Salvonic languages
o Gerald Moverley (9 Apr 1922 - 15 Dec 1996)
Priest
o Jack Perry (31 Mar 1915 - 12 Dec 1996)
Businessman
o W.G.G. Duncan-Smith (28 May 1914 - 11 Dec 1996)
Fighter pilot
o Robert Bramston Thesiger Daniell (15 Oct 1901 - 11 Dec 1996)
Soldier
o Muriel Monkhouse (22 Feb 1910 - 4 Dec 1996)
Red Cross worker
o Muriel Monkhouse (22 Feb 1910 - 4 Dec 1996)
Red Cross worker
o George Duby (7 Oct 1919 - 3 Dec 1996)
Historian
o Koji Kobayashi (1907 - 30 Nov 1996)
Industrialist
o Michael Economides (17 Jan 1910 - 25 Nov 1996)
Restaurateur
o Sayed Idries Shah (16 Jun 1924 - 23 Nov 1996)
Thinker
o Joseph Bernardin (2 Apr 1928 - 14 Nov 1996)
Cardinal Archbishop of Chicago
o Havelock Henry Trevor Hudson (4 Jan 1919 - 14 Nov 1996)
Lloyd's underwriter
o Helen Rosenthal (17 Jun 1949 - 11 Nov 1996)
teacher and health administrator
o Fred Lipmann (2 Nov 1905 - 9 Nov 1996)
Watchmaker
o Rohan Butler (21 Jan 1917 - 30 Oct 1996)
Historian
o Alexander d'Arbeloff (21 Oct 1895 - 30 Oct 1996)
Entrepreneur
o Sylvia Mary (Paget) Chancellor (1 Jul 1901 - 26 Oct 1996)
Philanthropist
o Bruce Matthews (28 Jul 1925 - 24 Oct 1996)
Newspaper executive
o Ronald Alfred Gardyne "Rags" Butler (28 Jun 1928 - 23 Oct 1996)
Sailor
o Charles Edward Pevensey Tennant (15 Feb 1957 - 22 Oct 1996)
Aristocrat
o Alfred William (Bill) Bedford (18 Nov 1920 - 20 Oct 1996)
Test Pilot
o Guiseppe Panini (1925 - 18 Oct 1996)
Industrialist
o Anthony Griffin (24 Nov 1920 - 16 Oct 1996)
Sailor
o Albert Hughes Williams (13 Mar 1907 - 13 Oct 1996)
Teacher and historian
o Hugh Stirling Mackenzie (3 Jul 1913 - 10 Oct 1996)
Submariner
o Joseph Roy George Ralston (12 Jan 1915 - 8 Oct 1996)
Pilot
o Tony Parker (25 Jun 1923 - 3 Oct 1996)
Oral historian
o Ethel (Jane) Cain (1 May 1909 - 29 Sep 1996)
Original UK Speaking Clock voice
o Bertha (Betty) Phyllis Gathergood (18 Feb 1916 - 25 Sep 1996)
Curator
o Sabine Zlatin (13 Jan 1907 - 21 Sep 1996)
Nurse
o Peter Chambers (27 Nov 1933 - 19 Sep 1996)
Educationalist
o Peter Michael Grayson (22 Jul 1926 - 15 Sep 1996)
Showman
o Brother Eugene (Gerard Salois) (19 Jan 1920 - 15 Sep 1996)
Teacher
o Clive Beadon (15 Apr 1919 - 14 Sep 1996)
Airman
o James Gulliver (17 Aug 1930 - 12 Sep 1996)
Businessman
o Geoffrey Bryan Bentley (16 Jul 1909 - 12 Sep 1996)
Moral theologian
o George Patrick Reid (7 Sep 1937 - 12 Sep 1996)
Schoolkeeper
o Peter Phillips (14 Feb 1935 - 11 Sep 1996)
Printer
o Harald James Penrose (12 Apr 1904 - 31 Aug 1996)
Pilot
o David Scott (19 Jun 1924 - 31 Aug 1996)
Priest
o Lynda Carr (2 Apr 1946 - 28 Aug 1996)
Educationist
o Catherine Mary Hall (19 Sep 1922 - 26 Aug 1996)
Nurse
o Sidney George Gray (14 Jul 1914 - 21 Aug 1996)
Company secretary
o Thoams Eric Evans (1 Feb 1928 - 18 Aug 1996)
Dean of St Paul's
o Hugo Gabriel Gryn (25 Jun 1930 - 18 Aug 1996)
Rabbi
o Agnes Beatrice Read (29 May 1910 - 15 Aug 1996)
Medical social worker
o Christopher John Gray (2 Jan 1964 - 13 Aug 1996)
Priest
o David Randall (24 Jan 1947 - 13 Aug 1996)
Priest
o Adriano Mandarino Hypólito (18 Jan 1918 - 10 Aug 1996)
Priest
o James Whitman McLamore (30 May 1926 - 9 Aug 1996)
Businessman
o Peter Winter (3 Sep 1917 - 7 Aug 1996)
Naval commander
o Guido Alberti (20 Apr 1909 - 3 Aug 1996)
Literary patron and businessman
o Pierre Lucien Claverie (8 May 1938 - 1 Aug 1996)
Bishop of Oran
o Alan Cheales (5 Apr 1913 - 30 Jul 1996)
Dominican priest
o Peter James Frederick Green (28 Jul 1924 - 27 Jul 1996)
Former chairman of LLoyd's
o Arthur William Raynes McDonald (14 Jun 1903 - 26 Jul 1996)
Radar Pioneer and pilot
o Raymond O'Malley (15 Aug 1909 - 25 Jul 1996)
Teacher
o Peter Ludwig (9 Jul 1925 - 22 Jul 1996)
Businessman and art collector
o Gerald McArthur (28 May 1916 - 21 Jul 1996)
Detective
o Francis James claude Piggott (11 Oct 1910 - 21 Jul 1996)
Soldier
o John Kevin Moorhouse (30 Dec 1945 - 21 Jul 1996)
Test pilot
o Colin Campbell Mitchell (17 Nov 1925 - 20 Jul 1996)
Soldier
o Lawrence Martin Jenco (27 Nov 1934 - 19 Jul 1996)
Priest
o Hans Fellner (13 Jun 1925 - 18 Jul 1996)
Bookseller
o Paul Touvier (3 Apr 1915 - 17 Jul 1996)
War criminal
o Melvin Mouron Belli (29 Jul 1907 - 9 Jul 1996)
Lawyer
o Amschel Rothschild (18 Apr 1955 - 8 Jul 1996)
Banker
o Albrecht Luitpold GFerdinand Michael Wittelsbach (3 May 1905 - 7 Jul 1996)
Duke of Bavaria
o John Sturdy (27 Oct 1933 - 6 Jul 1996)
Scholar
o Leo Avery (5 Jan 1938 - 4 Jul 1996)
Abbot of Quarr
o Bill (Roy James Alfred) Kaulback (11 May 1911 - 27 Jun 1996)
Soldier
o Quinton Hazell (14 Dec 1920 - 24 Jun 1996)
Businessman
o Tertius Metcalf (23 Dec 1932 - 22 Jun 1996)
Businessman
o Henry Ralph Carr (14 Mar 1914 - 19 Jun 1996)
Soldier
o Maitland Mackie (16 Feb 1912 - 18 Jun 1996)
Farmer
o Norman Lambert ( - 10 Jun 1996)
Restuarateur
o Max (Francis) Factor (18 Aug 1904 - 7 Jun 1996)
Cosmetics manufacturer
o Robert Arthur Hughes (3 Dec 1910 - 1 Jun 1996)
Missionary and surgeon
o Léon-Etienne Duval (9 Nov 1903 - 30 May 1996)
Archbishop and Cardinal
o John Cameron (8 Feb 1900 - 30 May 1996)
Judge
o Sidney Greenbaum (31 Dec 1929 - 28 May 1996)
Grammarian
o Renzo de Felice (8 Apr 1929 - 25 May 1996)
Historian
o David W. Howe (Feb 1919 - 25 May 1996)
Test pilot
o Enid Kathleen Hutchinson (15 Jul 1909 - 25 May 1996)
Adult educationalist
o John Stacpoole Haycraft (11 Dec 1926 - 23 May 1996)
Teacher of english as a foreign language
o Duncan Montgomery Stewart (14 Feb 1930 - 22 May 1996)
Academic
o Laurence Dowdall (29 Oct 1905 - 21 May 1996)
Lawyer
o Lewis B. Combs (7 Apr 1895 - 20 May 1996)
Naval commander and civil engineer
o Dermot O'Callaghan Grubb (16 Apr 1920 - 18 May 1996)
Prison governor
o Jeremy Boorda (26 Nov 1938 - 16 May 1996)
Admiral
o Hubert William Dean (9 Feb 1912 - 12 May 1996)
Air armaments specialist
o Luis Miguel Domíguin (1926 - 8 May 1996)
Bullfighter
o Léon Joseph Suenens (16 Jul 1904 - 6 May 1996)
Cardinal
o Geoffrey Hodges (8 Sep 1908 - 6 May 1996)
Bomb disposal expert
o Jean Crépin (1 Sep 1908 - 4 May 1996)
Soldier and industrialist
o Helene Cordet (3 Jul 1917 - 30 Apr 1996)
Entertainer and nightclub owner
o Burton Stein (1 Aug 1926 - 26 Apr 1996)
Historian
o Robert Hersant (31 Jan 1920 - 21 Apr 1996)
Press baron
o José Luis López Aranguren (9 Jun 1909 - 17 Apr 1996)
Philosopher
o Stavros Spyros Niarchos (3 Jul 1909 - 16 Apr 1996)
Shipowner
o James &qout;Jimmy the Gent" Burke (5 Jul 1931 - 13 Apr 1996)
Criminal
o Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet (21 Aug 1906 - 11 Apr 1996)
Advertising magnate
o James Wilson Rouse (26 Apr 1914 - 9 Apr 1996)
Developer
o Brian Abel-Smith (6 Nov 1926 - 4 Apr 1996)
Professor of Social Adminstration
o Christopher John Seward (3 Dec 1949 - 3 Apr 1996)
Aid worker
o Julius Young (1922 - 31 Mar 1996)
Fast food entrepreneur
o Maggie Donnelly (26 Nov 1949 - 29 Mar 1996)
Bag lady
o James Herbert Lloyd Morrell (12 Aug 1907 - 28 Mar 1996)
Bishop
o Charles Barnet "Roscoe" Harvey (19 Jul 1900 - 28 Mar 1996)
Soldier
o Rachel Katherine Hamilton-Russell (Lady Labouchere) (31 AUg 1908 - 22 Mar 1996)
Local historian
o Olive Netta Parsons (14 Mar 1892 - 16 Mar 1996)
Co-founder of Collet's bookshop
o Larry Osborne (27 Dec 1922 - 12 Mar 1996)
Navigator, air traffic controller and supply specialist
o Jack Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill (16 Sep 1906 - 8 Mar 1996)
Commando
o Aled Eames (29 Jul 1921 - 7 Mar 1996)
MAritime historian
o Stanley Eric Francis Booth-Clibborn (20 Oct 1924 - 6 Mar 1996)
former Bishop of Manchester
o Barbara Lewis (1940 - 4 Mar 1996)
Obituarist
o John Joseph Krol (26 Oct 1910 - 3 Mar 1996)
Cardinal
o John Grant (13 Oct 1908 - 29 Feb 1996)
Rear-admiral
o Duncan Stuart Wilson-MacDonald (15 Mar 1912 - 29 Feb 1996)
Fighter pilot
o George Ian Murray (19 Jun 1931 - 27 Feb 1996)
10th Duke of Atholl, Earl of Tullibardine, Loard Gask and Balquhidder, Viscount Glenlyon etc.
o Sylvia Williams (10 Feb 1936 - 27 Feb 1996)
Museum director and curator
o Vehbi Koc (20 Jul 1901 - 25 Feb 1996)
Indistrialist and philanthropist
o Jean Burroughs (31 Jan 1931 - 21 Feb 1996)
Educationalist
o Jeffrey Kindersley Quill (1 Feb 1913 - 20 Feb 1996)
test pilot
o Richard Leslie Hill (21 Mar 1901 - 18 Feb 1996)
Historian
o Henry Guinness (18 Apr 1908 - 17 Feb 1996)
Missionary
o Bentley Bridgewater (6 Sep 1911 - 17 Feb 1996)
British Museum secretary
o Eva Hart (1905 - 14 Feb 1996)
Titanic Survivor
o Leslie Lyall (14 Nov 1905 - 14 Feb 1996)
Missionary
o Adolf Galland (19 Mar 1912 - 9 Feb 1996)
Fighter Pilot
o John Hartford Worlock (4 Feb 1920 - 8 Feb 1996)
RC Bishop of Liverpool
o W.R. Lee (3 Apr 1911 - 5 Feb 1996)
Language teacher
o Shirley Carter Burden (25 Aug 1941 - 23 Jan 1996)
Patrician
o Edward Thomas (16 May 1918 - 22 Jan 1996)
Historian and intelligence expert
o Richard Charles Cobb (20 May 1917 - 15 Jan 1996)
Historian
o Eric Briault (24 Dec 1911 - 14 Jan 1996)
Educationalist
o Peggy Braithwaite (9 Jul 1919 - 12 Jan 1996)
Lighthouse-keeper
o John Phillipps Kenyon (18 Jun 1927 - 6 Jan 1996)
Historian and teacher
o Roy McKelvie (1 Jul 1912 - 4 Jan 1996)
Soldier and sports writer
o Admiral Arleigh Albert Burke (19 Oct 1901 - 1 Jan 1996)
Sailor
o Mowbray Henry Gordon Howard (29 Nov 1905 - Feb 1996)
6th Earl of Effingham


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