New subjects |
| Anstey, Rhoda (1865–1936), promoter of women's physical education |
| Ashby, David of (fl. 1260–1275), Dominican friar |
| Barry, Charles Robert (1823–1897), judge |
| Bellenger, Frederick John (1894–1968), politician |
| Bentley, Thomas (c.1543x6–1585), literary compiler |
| Best, Richard Irvine (1872–1959), philologist and bibliographer |
| Blencowe, Anne, Lady Blencowe (1656–1718), compiler of recipes |
| Bristed, Charles Astor (1820–1874), literary critic and writer on English university life |
| Brown, Basil John Wait (1888–1977), archaeologist and astronomer |
| Browne, Kathleen Anne (1876–1943), politician and historian |
| Browne, Thomas, fourth Viscount Kenmare (1726–1795), landowner and politician |
| Brugha, Caitlin (1879–1959), company director and politician |
| Buckeridge, Baynbrigg (1667/8–1733), writer on art |
| Buttall, Jonathan (1752–1805), ironmonger |
| Cadman, Robert (1711/12–1740), ropeslider |
| Clarke, (Charles) Allen (1863–1935), journalist and dialect writer |
| Clarke, George Thomas Smith- (1884–1960), automobile and medical engineer |
| Concannon, Helena (1878–1952), historian and politician |
| Conchobar mac Donnchada (d. 833), high-king of Ireland |
| Cornwallis, Anne, countess of Argyll (d. 1635), Roman Catholic benefactor and supposed author |
| Cuffe, Ellen Odette, countess of Desart (1857–1933), philanthropist and politician |
| Czira, Sidney (1889–1974), journalist and Irish republican activist |
| Dafydd ab Ieuan ab Iorwerth (d. in or before 1503), abbot of Valle Crucis and bishop of St Asaph |
| Dafydd ab Owain (d. 1513), abbot of Aberconwy and bishop of St Asaph |
| Darwin, Anne Elizabeth [Annie] (1841–1851), daughter of Charles Darwin and subject of a memorial essay |
| Darwin, William Erasmus (1839–1914), subject of a study in child psychology |
| Delany, William (1835–1924), Jesuit priest and educationist |
| Dering, Unton, Lady Dering (d. 1676), letter writer and political agent |
| Dodd, Elizabeth (1909–1989), children's writer and broadcaster |
| Douglas, James Green (1887–1954), Irish senator and businessman |
| Egerton, Bridget, Lady Egerton (d. 1648), religious writer |
| Egerton, Henry (1689–1746), bishop of Hereford |
| Fane, Lady Rachael (bap. 1613, d. 1680), estate manager and benefactor |
| Faulkner, Charles Joseph (1833–1892), university teacher and associate of William Morris |
| Flockhart, Robert (1778–1857), street preacher |
| Freney, William (fl. 1263–1286), Dominican friar and archbishop of Edessa |
| Gibson, George (1885–1953), trade unionist and mental health worker |
| Gifford, Grace Evelyn Mary Vandeleur (1888–1955), artist and Irish nationalist |
| Ginnell, Laurence (bap. 1852, d. 1923), lawyer and Irish republican |
| Glennie, George (1818–1886), golfer |
| Godwin, Matthew (1569?–1587), organist and choirmaster |
| Greenlaw, Gilbert (c.1354–1421/2), administrator and bishop of Aberdeen |
| Hamilton, Margaret, Lady Belhaven and Stenton (b. in or before 1625, d. in or after 1694), royalist heroine and medical practitioner |
| Hargreaves, (Charles) Roger (1935–1988), copywriter and children's author |
| Hearne, John Joseph (1893–1969), diplomat and lawyer |
| Innes, Alexander Taylor (1833–1912), lawyer and church historian |
| Johnston, (William) Denis (1901–1984), playwright and broadcaster |
| Joyce, Patrick Weston (1827–1914), educationist and antiquarian |
| King, Anne (b. in or before 1621, d. 1684x1701), poet and literary muse |
| L'Estrange, Alice, Lady L'Estrange (1585–1656), keeper of household and estate accounts |
| Lindsey, Mary (fl. 1697–1713), singer |
| Lynch, Eliza Alicia (1835–1886), mistress of Francisco Solano López, marshal-president of Paraguay |
| Macleane, Lauchlin (1728/9–1778), political agent and speculator |
| Maguire, Samuel [Sam] (1877–1927), Irish republican and promoter of Gaelic sports |
| Martyr, Margaret (1761/2–1807), singer and actress |
| Maude, Francis Cornwallis (1828–1900), army officer and entrepreneur |
| McGrath, Joseph Laurence (1888–1966), Irish republican and entrepreneur |
| McQuaid, John Charles Joseph (1895–1973), Roman Catholic archbishop of Dublin |
| Measom, Sir George Samuel (1818–1901), publisher and philanthropist |
| Mellows, Liam Joseph (1892–1922), Irish revolutionary |
| Middleton, Elizabeth (supp. fl. 1637), supposed poet |
| Milne, Sir John Sydney Wardlaw- (1879–1967), politician |
| Moulton, Sarah Goodin Barrett (1783–1795), subject of a painting by Thomas Lawrence |
| Munro, Robert, Baron Alness (1868–1955), lawyer and politician |
| O'Connell, Thomas Joseph (1882–1969), trade unionist and politician |
| Ó Fiaich, Tomás Seamus (1923–1990), scholar and cardinal |
| O'Mahony, Pierce Charles de Lacy (1850–1930), politician and philanthropist |
| Parkinson, Frank (1887–1946), electrical engineer and philanthropist |
| Paston, Katherine, Lady Paston (bap. 1578, d. 1629), estate manager and letter writer |
| Pavy, Salomon (bap. 1588, d. 1602), actor |
| Pearse, Margaret Mary (1878–1968), teacher and politician |
| Pegolotti, Francesco di Balducci (b. c.1280?, d. in or after 1347), merchant and author |
| Perlin, Étienne (fl. 1553–1558), writer and traveller |
| Redmond, Bridget Mary (1904–1952), landowner and politician |
| Reeves, Alec Harley (1902–1971), engineer and inventor |
| Reina, Casiodoro de (c.1520–1594), Reformed minister and translator |
| Reynes, Robert (d. 1505x12), scribe and local official |
| Rogers, Mary Ann (1855–1899), heroine |
| Shaw, Christian (b. c.1685, d. in or after 1737), witch accuser and thread manufacturer |
| Sheffield, Robert, marquess of Normanby (1711–1715), subject of a memorial effigy |
| Simmons, John Richardson Mainwaring (1902–1985), office systems pioneer and company director |
| Sinclair, Betty (1910–1981), trade unionist and communist |
| Smeathman, Henry (1742–1786), explorer and entomologist |
| Smith, Alan Verner [Sam] (1908–1983), toymaker and sculptor |
| Thaddeus, Harry Jones (1859–1929), painter |
| Thompson, Eric Norman (1929–1982), actor and theatre director |
| Townshend, Anne, Lady Townshend (1573–1622), gentlewoman and benefactor |
| Trace, Christopher Leonard (1933–1992), television and radio presenter |
| Walshe, Joseph Patrick (1886–1956), diplomatist |
| Waterhouse, Charles (1893–1975), politician and businessman |
| Wedel, Lupold von (1544–1615), traveller and writer |
| Weld, Mary, Lady Weld (bap. 1560?, d. 1623), benefactor and patron of ministers |
| Weld, Sir Humphrey (1547–1610) [see under Weld, Mary, Lady Weld (bap. 1560?, d. 1623)] |
| Wigmore, Winefrid (1585–1657), Roman Catholic religious sister and schoolmistress |
| Wilkie, Dorette (1867–1930), promoter of women's physical education |
| Williams, John Henry (bap. 1747, d. 1829), Church of England clergyman and peace advocate |
| Wrighten, Mary Ann (1751–1796), singer and actress |
| Wynn, Sir Watkin Williams, fourth baronet (1749–1789), patron of the arts and politician |
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New reference groups |
| Amateur Athletic Association (act. 1880–1991) |
| Cambridge Platonists (act. 1630s–1680s) |
| Cave of Adullam [Adullamites] (act. 1866–1867) |
| Clapham Sect (act. 1792–1815) |
| Cobden Club (act. 1866–1982) |
| Cobham's Cubs (act. 1734–1747) |
| Competitors for the throne of Scotland (act. 1291–1292) |
| Ealing Studios (act. 1907–1959) |
| Enforcers of Magna Carta (act. 1215–1216) |
| Feathers tavern petitioners (act. 1771–1774) |
| Founding knights of the Order of the Garter (act. 1348–1349) |
| Franciscans [Monks of Medmenham] (act. c.1750-c.1776) |
| Girls' Public Day School Company (act. 1872–1905) |
| Gregorian mission (act. 596-601) |
| Holland House set (act. 1797–1845) |
| Keep Left (act. 1947–1951) |
| Kit-Cat Club (act. 1696–1720) |
| Langham Place group (act. 1857–1866) |
| Lord Edward's crusade (act. 1270–1274) |
| Lux mundi essayists (act. 1889) |
| Milner's Kindergarten (act. 1902–1910) |
| Nonjuring bishops (act. 1689–1710) |
| Old corps [court whigs] (act. 1742–1762) |
| Rainbow Circle (act. 1894–1931) |
| Rye House plotters (act. 1683) |
| Society of Civil Engineers (act. 1771-2001) |
| Souls (act. 1886–1911) |
| Squadrone [squadrone volante] (act. 1704-c.1755) |
| Suez group (act. 1953–1957) |
| Whig junto (act. c.1694-c.1716) |
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New reference lists |
| Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in Antigua and Barbuda |
| Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in Australia |
| Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in Bangladesh |
| Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in Barbados |
| Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in Belize |
| Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in Botswana |
| Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in Brunei Darussalam |
| Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in Canada |
| Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in Cyprus |
| Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in Dominica |
| Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in Fiji |
| Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in Ghana |
| Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in Grenada |
| Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in Guyana |
| Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in India |
| Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in Jamaica |
| Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in Kenya |
| Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in Kiribati |
| Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in Lesotho |
| Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in Malawi |
| Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in Malaysia |
| Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in Malta |
| Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in Mauritius |
| Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in Myanmar |
| Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in New Zealand |
| Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in Nigeria |
| Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in Pakistan |
| Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in Seychelles |
| Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in Sierra Leone |
| Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in Singapore |
| Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in South Africa |
| Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in Sri Lanka |
| Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in St Kitts and Nevis |
| Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in St Lucia |
| Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in St Vincent and the Grenadines |
| Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in Swaziland |
| Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in Tanzania |
| Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in the Bahamas |
| Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in the Gambia |
| Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in the Solomon Islands |
| Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in Tonga |
| Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in Trinidad and Tobago |
| Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in Tuvalu |
| Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in Uganda |
| Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in Vanuatu |
| Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in Zambia |
| Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in Zimbabwe |
| Commanding officers at Calais in the Oxford DNB |
| Governors and governing officers of Tangier (1661–1684) |
| Governors of Gibraltar (1704-2001) |
| Seneschals and lieutenants of Gascony in the Oxford DNB |
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New features |
| Children and childhood in the Oxford DNB |
| Early modern women: the rediscovery of public and private life |
| Imperial lives in the Oxford DNB |
| The active life: the explorer as biographical subject |
| The Gunpowder Plot |
| Trafalgar Square in history |
| Trafalgar, Nelson, and the national memory |
