Example sentences of "the [adj] son [conj] [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | , John ( 1745–1828 ) , cartographer , map engraver , and land surveyor , was born 22 April 1745 in Jedburgh , the younger son and younger child of John Ainslie , druggist in Jedburgh and burgess of the burgh . |
| 2 | , David ( 1912–1970 ) , historian , was born in Edinburgh 13 January 1912 , the only son and elder child of Robert Thomson , printer , and his wife Isabella Barr . |
| 3 | , John Charles Francis ( 1897–1956 ) , soldier and secret organizer , was born in India ( probably Calcutta ) 21 November 1897 , the only son and elder child of ( Sir ) Thomas Henry Holland [ q.v. ] , |
| 4 | , EMIL OTTO ( 1878–1972 ) , photographer , was born 14 April 1878 in Munich , Germany , the only son and elder child of Philip Hoppé , a Munich bank director , and his wife Marie von der Porter , pianist . |
| 5 | , Eric Walter ( 1888–1959 ) , music critic and lexicographer , was born 20 August 1888 in Berne , the only son and elder child of Frederick Walter Blom , bookseller and amateur singer of Danish origin , and his wife Anna Elise Rosalie Wenger . |
| 6 | , Edward Alexander ( ‘ Aleister ’ ) ( 1875–1947 ) , writer , better known by his chosen name of Aleister Crowley ( 1898 ) , was born 12 October 1875 in Leamington Spa , the only son and elder child ( the daughter died in infancy ) of Edward Crowley , evangelist and wealthy retired brewer of Crowley 's Ales , and his wife Emily Bertha Bishop , who came from a Devonshire and Somerset family . |
| 7 | , Anthony ( 1756–1835 ) , diplomat , was born 6 August 1756 at 17 Lawrence Pountney Lane , London , the only son and younger child of Anthony Merry , a City wine merchant and shipowner , and his wife Susanna . |
| 8 | , ( Gavin ) Graham ( 1908–1940 ) , the cartoonist ‘ Pont ’ , was born in Newcastle upon Tyne 4 July 1908 , the only son and younger child of George Gavin Laidler , owner of a painting and decorating business , and his wife Kathleen Crosby . |
| 9 | , Alan Dower ( 1903–1942 ) , electronics engineer , inventor , and the first systems engineer , was born in Hampstead , London , 29 June 1903 , the only son and younger child of Semmy Joseph Blumlein , company director and naturalized Briton from Germany , and his wife Jessie Edwards , daughter of the Revd William Dower , a Scottish missionary to the east Griquas in Africa and founder of the town of Kokstad . |
| 10 | , Augustus Désiré ( 1856–1922 ) , physiologist , was born in Paris 12 July 1856 , the only son and younger child of Augustus Volney Waller , FRS [ q.v. ] , physiologist , and his wife Matilda Margaret Walls . |
| 11 | , ( Henry ) Christopher ( 1889–1970 ) , historian of ideas and social cultures , was born 12 October 1889 in Hay , Breconshire , the only son and younger child of Colonel Henry Philip Dawson , Yorkshire landowner , and his wife Mary Louisa , the eldest daughter of Archdeacon William Latham Bevan [ q.v. ] of Hay Castle . |
| 12 | , Donald Malcolm ( 1921–1967 ) , land and water speed record-holder , was born 23 March 1921 at Kingston Hill , Surrey , the only son and younger child of ( Sir ) Malcolm Campbell [ q.v. ] , racing motorist , and his second wife Dorothy Evelyn , daughter of Major William Whittall . |