In 1852 Smith refused an offer to stand for the Parliamentary seat of Sheffield at the UK general election of that year. In 1854, he joined forces with the Revd M. W. Malet and W. J. Evelyn (MP for Surrey) to form the Anti-Centralisation Union, which survived until 1857. That ...
Following his service in the Air Force, Gamble became a senior executive for the Alaska Railroad, where he succeeded Bill Sheffield as President of the railroad. In 2010, he retired from the railroad and accepted appointment as president of the University of Alaska, succeeding Mark R. Hamilton,...
After part-time study at Sheffield School of Art, Martin won a scholarship to the Royal College of Art in 1929-32, where he met Mary Balmford (1907–1969). The pair married. In the 1930s, he painted in a naturalistic style and was associated with the Euston Road School and with Pas...