Researching Roy Kettle
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2620 people with the Kettle surname? In that year Kettle was ranked number 1500 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Roy means "King" and is of French origin.
Records of Roy Kettle on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Roy Kettle and the Kettle Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 2881 people with the Kettle surname in the UK? Kettle is now ranked number 1868 for popularity in the UK. |
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Kettle surname in the USA? Kettle is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Roy Kettle
Roy Kettle
Leroy Richard Arthur "Roy" Kettle OBE (born 1949) is a retired United Kingdom civil servant who, among many other achievements, was one of the principal architects of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.
Science fiction fans know Kettle as a prolific co-author with John Brosnan, publishing under the names Harry Adam Knight and Simon Ian Childer. With Greg Pickersgill, he was a leading light of "Ratfandom" in London in the 1970s. He produced two science fiction fanzines, Fouler (with Pickersgill) and True Rat, both noted for their acid humour; and participated in the oneshot fanzine An Egregious Guide To The Conventions with Pickersgill.
He married Kathleen in 1985, with whom he has two children, Jennifer and Nathan, and lives in Hitchin, Hertfordshire.
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