* 1583 – Sir Humphrey Gilbert establishes the first English colony in North America, at what is now St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.

It was reportedly anchored in the river Dart for more than a year and the crew were used as labourers on the nearby Greenway Estate which was the home of Sir Humphrey Gilbert and his half-brother Sir Walter Raleigh.

* 1902 – Sir Humphrey Gibbs, Rhodesian politician ( d. 1990 )

* August 5 – Sir Humphrey Gilbert, in what is now the city of St John's, Newfoundland, claims the island of Newfoundland on behalf of England, marking the beginning of the British Empire.

Neville was one of fifteen children born to Richard Neville, Lord Latimer and Anne Stafford, daughter of Sir Humphrey Stafford.

It is named after its benefactor, Sir Humphrey Cripps ( see Sir Humphrey Cripps ).

The English, lead by Sir Humphrey Gilbert, had claimed St. John's, Newfoundland in 1583 as the first North American English colony by royal prerogative of Queen Elizabeth I.

* St. John's, Newfoundland, chartered by Sir Humphrey Gilbert in 1583 ; seasonal settlements ca.

On an unknown date after August 1241, she married Sir Humphrey de Bohun and had descendants.

His various struggles to formulate and enact legislation or effect departmental changes are opposed by the British Home Civil Service, in particular his Permanent Secretary, Sir Humphrey Appleby, played by Nigel Hawthorne.

Hacker goes to his department and meets his Permanent Secretary, Sir Humphrey Appleby, and his Principal Private Secretary, Bernard Woolley.

Many of the episodes revolve around proposals backed by Hacker but frustrated by Appleby, and others revolve around proposals promoted by the latter but rejected by Hacker, which Sir Humphrey attempts by all means necessary to persuade Hacker to accept.

Sir Humphrey, on the other hand, genuinely believes that it is the Civil Service that knows what is best for the country ( a belief shared by his bureaucratic colleagues ) which is usually what is best for the Civil Service.

Conversely, Sir Humphrey sees his role as ensuring that politics is kept out of government as much as possible and that the status quo is upheld as a matter of principle.

More often than not Sir Humphrey prevents him from achieving his goal while mollifying Hacker with some positive publicity or at least a means to cover up his failure.

Occasionally, however, Hacker does get his way, often inadvertently thwarting other arrangements or deals that Sir Humphrey has been making behind the scenes elsewhere with other ministers or civil servants.

Sir Humphrey occasionally resorts to tactics such as calling a policy " courageous ".

Initially, Woolley naively sees his job as the disinterested implementation of the Minister's policies, but gradually finds that this conflicts with his institutional duty to the department and sometimes ( since Sir Humphrey is responsible for formally assessing Woolley's performance ) his own potential career development.

Consequently, another recurring scenario is one where Bernard must " walk the tightrope " –- that is, arbitrate between his two conflicting duties by resorting to elaborate verbosity ( much like Sir Humphrey ) to avoid choosing one over the other.

The first syllable of his surname is pronounced " Wise ", but Sir Humphrey and Bernard persistently call him " Weasel ".

Her experience and insight into many civil service tricks ensure a lasting mutual distrust between her and Sir Humphrey and provide an invaluable second opinion for Hacker.

The three main characters in the Minister's Office of the Department of Administrative Affairs: from left, Sir Humphrey Appleby, Bernard Woolley and Jim Hacker.

* Lady Appleby, Sir Humphrey's wife, is mentioned on occasion and seen only briefly in " Big Brother ".

Nigel Hawthorne's portrayal of Sir Humphrey Appleby won the BAFTA Award for Best Light Entertainment Performance four times ( in 1981, 1982, 1986 and 1987 ).

The play began a tour of the United Kingdom in February 2011, with Simon Williams as Sir Humphrey Appleby, Richard McCabe as Jim Hacker and Charlotte Lucas as Claire Sutton.

* Humphrey ( cat ), Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office ( Humphrey the cat was named after Sir Humphrey Appleby )

Sir Nigel Barnard Hawthorne, CBE ( 5 April 1929 – 26 December 2001 ) was an English actor, perhaps best remembered for his role as Sir Humphrey Appleby, the Permanent Secretary in the 1980s sitcom Yes Minister and the Cabinet Secretary in its sequel, Yes, Prime Minister.

In a long and varied career, which began with an advert for Mackeson Stout and a bit part in Dad's Army, his most famous roles were as Sir Humphrey Appleby, the Permanent Secretary of the fictional Department of Administrative Affairs in the television series Yes Minister ( and Cabinet Secretary in its sequel, Yes, Prime Minister ), for which he won four BAFTA awards, and as King George III in Alan Bennett's stage play The Madness of George III ( Olivier Award ) and the film version entitled The Madness of King George, for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.

* Yes Minister ( 1980 – 1984 ) … Sir Humphrey Appleby, Permanent Secretary

* Yes, Prime Minister ( 1986 – 1988 ) … Sir Humphrey Appleby, Cabinet Secretary

( This argument is made by the wordplay-prone Sir Humphrey Appleby in the BBC sitcom Yes, Prime Minister ).

Since the dissolution the site has been owned by: Henry Randes ( the Bishop of Lincoln ); Sir Robert Tyrwhitt of Kettleby ; Sir Vincent Skinner of Westminster ; Sir Robert Sutton ; George Appleby ; and in 1816 Charles, 1st Baron Yarborough.

Huskisson was a student at Appleby Grammar School ( later renamed Sir John Moore Church of England Primary School ), a boarding school designed by Sir Christopher Wren on the Leicestershire / Derbyshire borders.

The first Dixie to live in Bosworth was his grand-nephew, Sir Wolstan Dixie of Appleby Magna, who moved to the town in 1608.

* Sir Humphrey Appleby

Humphrey was found as a stray by a Cabinet Office civil servant and named in honour of Sir Humphrey Appleby, the archetypal civil servant of Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister.

Sir John Appleby is a fictional detective created by Michael Innes in the 1930s who appeared in many novels and short stories.

Appleby, Sir John

Admiral ) Sir David Beatty, GCB, KCVO, DSO

Admiral ) Sir David Beatty, GCB, GCVO, DSO

* 1 January – 1 May 1919: Admiral Sir David Beatty, GCB, GCVO, DSO

* 1 May – 3 June 1919: Admiral of the Fleet Sir David Beatty, GCB, GCVO, DSO

* 3 June – 18 October 1919: Admiral of the Fleet Sir David Beatty, GCB, OM, GCVO, DSO

Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet, GCB, PRS ( 19 June 1820 ) was an English naturalist, botanist and patron of the natural sciences.

Sir Henry Morton Stanley, GCB, born John Rowlands ( 28 January 1841 – 10 May 1904 ), was a Welsh journalist and explorer famous for his exploration of Africa and his search for David Livingstone.

The Editor's Note to The Complete Yes Prime Minister ( supposedly published in 2024 after Hacker's death but actually published by the BBC in 1989 ), thanks " Sir Bernard Woolley GCB " for his help and confirms that he did indeed make it to the position of Head of the Civil Service.

*** Lieutenant-General Sir James Hills-Johnes VC GCB

Maj .- Gen. Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, 1st Baronet GCB ( April 5, 1810 – March 5, 1895 ) was a British East India Company army officer, politician and Orientalist, sometimes described as the Father of Assyriology.

Sir Austen Henry Layard GCB, PC (; 5 March 1817 – 5 July 1894 ) was a British traveller, archaeologist, cuneiformist, art historian, draughtsman, collector, author, politician and diplomat, best known as the excavator of Nimrud.

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee, 1st Baronet, GCB, KCMG, CVO ( 9 June 1859 – 7 May 1925 ) was a British admiral.

* Air Chief Marshal Sir Patrick " Paddy " Bardon Hine GCB, GBE-Senior Royal Air Force commander.

* General Sir Charles James Napier GCB ( 10 August 1782 – 1853 )

Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman GCB ( 7 September 183622 April 1908 ) was a British Liberal Party politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1905 to 1908 and Leader of the Liberal Party from 1899 to 1908.

A. Spender, The Life of the Right Honourable Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman GCB ( Hodder & Stoughton, 1923 ).

* 1941 – January 1943: His Excellency General Sir Archibald Percival Wavell, GCB, CMG, MC

* January – July 1943: His Excellency Field Marshal Sir Archibald Percival Wavell, GCB, CMG, MC

General Sir Richard Nugent O ' Connor KT, GCB, DSO & Bar, MC, ADC ( 21 August 1889 – 17 June 1981 ) was a British Army general who commanded the Western Desert Force in the early years of World War II.

* Admiral of the Fleet Sir Bruce Fraser, GCB, KBE ( after 1941 )

Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Picton GCB ( August 1758 – 18 June 1815 ) was a Welsh British Army officer who fought in a number of campaigns for Britain, and rose to the rank of lieutenant general.

Sir George Houstoun Reid, GCB, GCMG, KC ( 25 February 1845 – 12 September 1918 ) was an Australian politician, Premier of New South Wales and the fourth Prime Minister of Australia.

** General Sir Hugh Henry Gough, VC, GCB ( attended East India College Haileybury )

* William Robertson – Field Marshal Sir William Robert Robertson, 1st Baronet, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, DSO ( 29 January 1860 – 12 February 1933 ), Chief of the Imperial General Staff ( CIGS ) from 1916 to 1918 during the First World War.