In 2004 polar explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes published a biography which was a strong defence of Scott and an equally forthright rebuttal of Huntford ; the book is dedicated " To the Families of the Defamed Dead ".

* Sir Ranulph Fiennes, 3rd Bt ( explorer )

The common law judges declared this to be illegal, and the Chief Justice Sir Ranulph Crewe was dismissed ; at this, the remaining judges succumbed to the King's pressure.

this title is held by his grandson, Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 3rd Baronet, of Banbury.

It saw Simpson unite with fellow Britons Sir Ranulph Fiennes, the adventurer, and Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, the round-the-world yachtsman.

During his attempt in 1991, the then 55-year-old climbed higher without oxygen than any other man of his age before having to turn back to save another climber's life at 29, 000 ft ; the height record was broken by Sir Ranulph Fiennes in 2009.

Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 3rd Baronet, OBE ( born 7 March 1944 ), better known as Ranulph ( Ran ) Fiennes, is a British adventurer and holder of several endurance records.

Fiennes was born on 7 March 1944 in Windsor, Berkshire shortly after the death of his father, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, commanding the Royal Scots Greys, who died of wounds on 24 November 1943.

Ginny built up a herd of Angus cattle while Sir Ranulph was away on his expeditions.

Sir Ranulph was called in to speak with the presenters after their constant joking and horseplay during their cold weather training.

Sir Ranulph was given recognition by having his name placed before every surname in the closing credits: " Sir Ranulph Clarkson, Sir Ranulph Hammond, Sir Ranulph May "....

Randolph Crewe | Sir Randolph Crewe, the Chief Justice of the King's Bench, who was dismissed by Charles I of England | Charles I for refusing to declare the " forced loans " legal.

Although the judiciary initially refused to endorse these loans, they succumbed to pressure after the Chief Justice of the King's Bench, Sir Randolph Crewe, was dismissed.

* Sir Randolph Crewe ( 1559 – 1646 ), Lord Chief Justice, was born in Nantwich.

" Sir Austen Chamberlain, the Marquess of Crewe and Anglo-French Relations, 1924-1928 ," Contemporary British History, ( March 2011 ) 25 # 1 pp 49 – 64, argues that Crewe gave Chamberlain key ideas about French security and disarmament policy, the implementation of the Geneva Protocol, the Treaty of Locarno and the Kellogg-Briand Pact.

The almshouses were founded in 1633 by Sir Thomas Crewe of Steane.

Crewe married firstly Sibyl Marcia Graham ( 1857 – 1887 ), daughter of Sir Frederick Graham, 3rd Baronet of Netherby, in 1880.

The patron of the Museum Society was William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire, and the President was Sir George Crewe who was a keen naturalist.

It was eventually bought by Sir Randulph ( or Randle ) Crewe, who became the Lord of the Manor.

Sir George Beeston ( c. 1520-1601 ) of Beeston House near Bunbury, Crewe, Cheshire, acquired Beeston Castle from the Crown shortly before his death.

However, Richardson felt Sir Alex Ferguson's wrath as the youngster shouldered some of the blame for United's below-par performance against Crewe Alexandra in the League Cup.

Henry Robert Harpur-Crewe was the nephew of Sir George Crewe bt.

He was the son of Sir Thomas Crewe, Speaker of the House of Commons.

Through the aegis of her scientific uncle, Sir Henry Enfield Roscoe, a chemist and vice chancellor of the University of London, she consulted with botanists at Kew Gardens, convincing George Massee of her ability to germinate spores and her theory of hybridisation.

In March 1582 there was a skirmish in the streets of London between Oxford and Anne's uncle, Sir Thomas Knyvet.

In 1741 – 42 Sterne wrote political articles supporting the administration of Sir Robert Walpole for a newspaper founded by his uncle but soon withdrew from politics in disgust.

One ancestor was a leading activist in the Irish National Land League of Mayo and the Irish Republican Brotherhood ; an uncle, Sir Paget John Bourke, was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II after a career as a judge in the Colonial Service ; while another relative was a Roman Catholic nun.

In June 1402, Sir Edmund Mortimer, the uncle of the Earl of March, was captured.

Oxford's illicit congress with Anne Vavasour resulted in an intermittent series of street battles between the Knyvet clan, led by Anne's uncle, Sir Thomas Knyvet, and Oxford ’ s men.

Heaviside's uncle Sir Charles Wheatstone ( 1802 – 1875 ) was the original co-inventor of the telegraph in the mid 1830s, and was an internationally celebrated expert in telegraphy and electromagnetism.

It is likely that his uncle Sir Charles was instrumental in getting Heaviside the telegraph operator position.

He was named for an uncle, the Arctic explorer Sir Edward Sabine.

On 1 July 1535, More was tried before a panel of judges that included the new Lord Chancellor, Sir Thomas Audley, as well as Anne Boleyn's father, brother, and uncle.

Many years ago, Mrs. Grey, author of The Gambler's Wife and other novels, was on a visit at Ombersley Court, when Lady Sandys chanced to remark that she wished she could get some very good curry powder, which elicited from Mrs. Grey that she had in her desk an excellent recipe, which her uncle, Sir Charles, Chief Justice of India, had brought thence, and given her.

") Robin's uncle, the late Sir Roderic Murgatroyd, orders him to " carry off a lady " that day or perish in horrible agony.

The estates firmly resisted this and their opposition was articulated by their speaker Sir Robert Graham, a former Albany attendant and a servant of the king's uncle, Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl.

The Shrieves House is one of the oldest still lived in houses in the town and Shakespeare is said to have based his character of Sir John Falstaff on one of the residents, his godson's uncle.

In 1931 Williams-Ellis bought from his uncle, Sir Osmund Williams, Bt, the Victorian crenellated mansion Castell Deudraeth with the intention of incorporating it into the Portmeirion hotel complex, but the intervention of the war and other problems prevented this.

After an unsuccessful bid to escape from court, Lord Strange had confessed that he and his uncle, Sir William Stanley, had conspired with Henry Tudor.

Catherine was removed to the care of her uncle, Sir John Grey, at Pirgo.

He sat on the Conservative benches in the House of Lords and held political office under his uncle Harold Macmillan and later Sir Alec Douglas-Home from 1960 to 1964.

Either before or after this he became apprentice to his uncle Sir John Gresham, also a merchant, who founded Gresham's School in Holt, Norfolk in 1555: we have his own testimony that he served an apprenticeship of eight years.

Much more serious in its consequences was Lilburne's adoption of the quarrel of his uncle, George Lilburne, with Sir Arthur Hesilrige.

Robert fought at Halidon, where his uncle and former guardian, Sir James Stewart, was killed.

David Bruce, aged five, became king on 7 June 1329 on the death of his father Robert I. Walter the Steward had died earlier on 9 April 1327 and the orphaned eleven-year-old Robert was placed under the guardianship of his uncle, Sir James Stewart of Durrisdeer who along with Thomas Randolph, Earl of Moray, and William Lindsey, Archdeacon of St Andrews were appointed as joint Guardians of the kingdom.

It is said that Coke first suggested marrying Hatton to Sir Robert Cecil, Hatton's uncle, at the funeral of Lord Burghley, Coke's patron ; he needed to ensure that he would continue his rise under Burghley's son, Cecil, and did this by marrying into the family.

Macaulay's nephew, Sir George Trevelyan, Bt, wrote a best-selling " Life and Letters " of his famous uncle, which is still the best complete life of Macaulay.

The complete Bible was put out under the pseudonym of Thomas Matthew in 1537 ; it was printed in Paris and Antwerp by Adriana's uncle, Sir Jacobus van Meteren.