Ann Allan (1717-1785)
Ann Allan of Blackwell Grange was a prominent local philanthropist and friend to local personalities.
Biographies
George Allan (1736-1800)
Antiquary and printer George Allan was an influential cultural figure in the Northeast
Robert Anderson (1770-1833)
Robert Anderson, known as the ‘Bard of Cumberland' was an English labouring class poet who wrote in Cumbrian dialect.
David Erskine Baker (1730-1767)
David Erskine Baker - actor, freemason and social mover
Susanna Blamire (1747-1794)
Susanna Blamire, posthumously dubbed the ‘Muse of Cumberland’ has been called "unquestionably the best female writer of her age”
Tipping Brown (1758-1811)
Dr Tipping Brown was a distinguished freemason and influential literary figure during a significant period of Sunderland's development.
Rowland Burdon (1757 – 1838)
Rowland Burdon was a Newcastle Banker, one time Mayor of Stockton and the first Durham MP not to have been an aristocrat.
William Burdon (1764-1818)
The freethinking William Burdon who lived near Morpeth made significant and early contributions to the new idea of ‘liberality’. His 'Materials for Thinking' saw five editions between 1801 and 1820.
Samuel Butler (1750-1812)
Samuel Butler managed one of the most successful northern theatre circuits of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.