List of Famous people named Sir

Similar names: Serhiy, Siri, Sierra, Siro, Sera, Seira, Zero, Serhii, Siera, Zerah, Syra, Siir, Serra, Seare, Seri. Here are some famous Sirs:

Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet

First Name Sir
Born on November 30, 1664
Died on December 3, 1721 (aged 57)

Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet, of Hailes was a Scottish advocate and politician who sat in the Parliament of Scotland from 1698 to 1707 and in the British House of Commons from 1707 to 1721. He served as Lord Advocate, and eventually Auditor of the Exchequer in Scotland in 1720.

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Sir John Dalzell

First Name Sir
Died on January 1, 1689

Sir John Dalzell, 2nd Baronet was a Scottish politician. He was the son of Sir Robert Dalzell, 1st Baronet and Violet Riddell.

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Sir William Primrose of Carrington, 2nd Bt.

First Name Sir
Born on January 14, 1649
Died on September 23, 1687 (aged 38)
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Sir William Twysden, 6th Bt.

First Name Sir
Died on July 8, 1767
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Sir John Ponsonby

First Name Sir
Born on January 1, 1608
Died on January 1, 1678 (aged 70)
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Sir John Curzon, 1st Baronet

First Name Sir
Died on December 13, 1686

Sir John Curzon, 1st Baronet of Kedleston Hall in Derbyshire was an English politician and landowner who served as an Member of Parliament from 1628 to 1629, then 1640 to 1648. A devout Presbyterian, he supported the Parliamentarian cause during the First English Civil War, but was excluded by Pride's Purge in 1648.

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Sir Joshua Colles Meredyth, 8th Bt.

First Name Sir
Born on June 1, 1771
Died on July 27, 1850 (aged 79)
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Sir Danvers Osborn, 3rd Baronet

First Name Sir
Born on November 17, 1715
Died on October 12, 1753 (aged 37)

Sir Danvers Osborn, 3rd Baronet, served briefly in 1753 as colonial governor of New York Province. During the Jacobite Uprising, he had raised and commanded troops in support of the king. He later served as a Member of Parliament from Bedfordshire (1747–1753). In 1750, he traveled to Nova Scotia and was part of the Nova Scotia Council. He had a history of melancholia, as it was then called, and committed suicide in New York shortly after taking office.

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Howard Guinness

First Name Howard
Last Name Guinness
Born on June 3, 1932
Died on June 23, 2019 (aged 87)
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Sir William Earle Welby, 1st Baronet

First Name Sir
Born on January 1, 1734
Died on November 6, 1815 (aged 81)

Sir William Earle Welby, 1st Baronet was a British land-owner, baronet and Member of Parliament for Grantham from 1802 to 1806. He also served as High Sheriff of Lincolnshire from 1796 to 1797.

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