councillor, was born at Hill Cove, West Falkland on 16 May 1911. His father John Cheek was also born in the Islands but his mother Minnie Cheek, née Tullet, came from near Brighton (Sussex) to work...

director of Civil Aviation, marksman, was born in Stanley, on 9 August 1941, the second son of Frederick John CHEEK (16 May 1911-14 August 1994) and Dorothy Mary Gladys Johnson (5 February 1915 -...

politician, entrepreneur, former member of the Falkland Islands Dependences Survey. Cheek was born on18 November 1939, at Hill Cove - as were both his parents Frederick JohnCHEEK (16 May 1911 – 14...

lawyer and Falklands campaigner, was born in Downe (Kent) on 18 August 1922, the eldest of three sons of Harold Alfred Hunter Christie, QC, TD and his wife Norah Agnes Veronica, née Brooks. He was...

American entomologist and biologist, was born in Barnstable, Massachusetts, on 10 September 1942, son of Charles Floyd Clagg, also an entomologist and biologist, and Marjorie Brown Ryder, a...

Spanish naval officer, entered the Spanish navy as a guardiamarina on 26 June 1759. After successive promotions he was promoted to capitán de fragata on 29 October 1781. On 15 September 1782 he was...

was born in Salisbury, England on 2 November 1930 the son of Christopher John and Amy (nee Parker). They lived in Exmouth, Devon.His father was a Station Warrant Officer in the Royal Air Force.

At...

see ALBERT VICTOR

soldier, clerk, manager, and company director, served the Falkland Islands Company (FIC) in various capacities for nearly 40 years.

He was born in Bristol on 8 October 1919 to Mr and Mrs Arthur...

naval officer, was born in Bridgetown, Barbados, around 1735. He joined the navy as a captain's servant on board HMS Cornwall and, after serving in several other ships, passed for lieutenant on 7...

farmer, and his twin sister Gwendolin Estelle (Molly) were born in Somerset on 22 October 1903, children of Howard Clement and Mabel, née Bertrand.

The twins were baptised in the Falklands by Dean...

governor, was born on 16 February 1897 in Hammersmith, London, the son of Maurice, a painter and artist, and Aimee Grace, née Richards.

He was educated privately and gained a diploma in...

missionary, was born in Connecticut, USA in February 1801.

He spent some years as a teacher, then studied theology and graduated in 1833. He was invited by the Boston Board of Missions to lead an...

ornithologist, was born in Stanley on 16 February 1877, son of Frederick Edward COBB, colonial manager for the Falkland Islands Company and later its chairman, and Emily, née Blake.

He obtained a...

soldier and member of parliament, was born at Darwin on 4 September 1891, the son of George A Cobb (a brother of FE COBB) and his wife Julia who farmed Lively Island. He was educated at St Paul's...

FIC manager, was born at Banbury, Oxon on 16 April 1845, one of ten children of Edward Cobb , a banker, and Octavia Cobb, née Piper.

He attended University College School at Oxford. The earliest...

chairman FIC and racing driver, was born on 2 December 1899, the son of Rhodes Hawtyn Cobb of Esher, Surrey, a director of the Falkland Islands Company and chairman from 1922 to 1929. He was...

master mariner and government administrator at South Georgia 1959-1969, was born at Cork, Ireland on 7 October 1915, the son of Patrick Colman, a cooper and his wife Catherine née Hutchinson.

Denis...

JP, schoolmaster, postmaster, registrar, collector of customs, and colonial treasurer was born in Edinburgh on 5 January 1853, the son of Alexander Collins. His mother was the daughter of John...

colonial secretary, was born in 1865 and educated at Edinburgh Academy, Stonyhurst College and the University of Paris. He lectured in languages and English literature at Paris and in 1900 joined...

Operation Condor was the hijacking of an airliner to Stanley by a group of Argentine nationalists on 28 September 1966. The origins of Operation Condor are linked to the Argentine political...

circumnavigator, was born on 27 October 1728 in the village of Marton-in-Cleveland, north Yorkshire, the son of James Cook (1694-1779), a day labourer, and his wife Grace, née Pace (1702-65). Cook...

German sect leader, was born in Strasbourg (in Alsace, then German) on 19 December 1913, the second son of Alfred Cordier, a shopkeeper, and Rosa, née Schuessler.

He was educated at a grammar...

author, naval architect and conservationist, came from an historic Manx family and was born in Rangoon on 11 February 1923, the son of Ewan Christian Brew Corlett.

He graduated in engineering...

government official, was born on 24 February 1843 at Longthorpe, Peterborough, son of Joshua and Alice Coulson. From the age of 14 years he had spent his life at sea. Although we do not know...