![]() Rachel left Dragon’s Den after her business, Red Letter Days, collapsed. Reports suggest that she was encouraged to leave by the BBC for being a ‘failed’ business owner. There were also alleged arguments with Jones, Paphitis and Bannatyne. Theo and Peter bought Red Letter Days out of administration in 2005. These days, Rachel is a professional speaker and mentor. Rachel also wrote Business Nightmares: Hitting Rock Bottom and Coming Out on Top in 2008 and Prosperity in 2016.Previous_Book Next_Book Anne Loader Publications Home She co-created SourceTV in 2016, showing content from thought leaders and teachers. Published by Leonie Press, November 2003.Įlizabeth Anne Galton's mind was as sharp and enquiring in her nineties, when Edward VII was King, as it had been in her youth during the Regency period. Her long life fitted almost exactly into the 19th century and, in the fascinating reminiscences from which this book is taken, she chronicled its changes with an observant eye. She was a devout philanthropic woman, much influenced by her Quaker relations, but her strong principles were leavened with a great sense of fun.Ī list of her friends, relations and acquaintances reads like a scientific, financial and commercial 'Who's Who'. She was the daughter of an influential Birmingham banker who managed the city's affairs as High Bailiff - today's equivalent of Mayor. Through him she was related to many families of importance including the Barclays, Frys, Gurneys and Lloyds, in addition to those like the Wedgwoods whose forebears had helped to make the Industrial Revolution.Įlizabeth Anne's brother, Sir Francis Galton FRS, is regarded as the founder of the science of eugenics. Among his other accomplishments he pioneered the use of fingerprints as a method of identification. She and the great Charles Darwin shared a common grandfather, Erasmus Darwin FRS, who was the moving spirit in the famous group of scientists, the Lunar Society of Birmingham - nick-named the "Lunaticks". These illustrious men and their friends appear in her memoirs in a very human light. In 1838, Elizabeth Anne attended Queen Victoria's Coronation at Westminster Abbey, which she described at the time as the happiest day of her life. In 1897, as a spritely 89-year-old, she watched Victoria's ("very long") Diamond Jubilee celebration procession as it passed through London. Her memoirs have been edited by Andrew Moilliet, a descendant of her sister Lucy. There are gems of all kinds on every page, including the defeat of Bonaparte, dancing bears, highwaymen, the first trains, the 'science' of phrenology, life at a Regency spa, her 'season' as a debutante, the death of George III, a lavish dinner for the Duke of Wellington, his grand public funeral - and the blissful arrival of elastic shoulder-straps for stiffly-corseted women. To assist genealogists and local historians the book has been comprehensively indexed by the editor. The index can be consulted on-line, so that you can see if there is mention of a person, place or event of interest to you. To access the Index, click hereĪndrew Moilliet is a retired chartered accountant who spent his working life with ICI in Cheshire at both Northwich and Runcorn and worked for that company latterly in insurance. Except for three years in Edinburgh, where he did a considerable amount of work on his Scottish ancestory, he and his wife, Diana, have always lived in Cheshire and they are founder members of both local family history societies. ![]() He is well known in Family History circles having served on the Executive Councils of three societies in the North-West of England.
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