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April Ashley MBE (born Toni Jamieson)

The Steeple Times

12 years ago

This Liverpudlian sex-swap pioneer was the first British person to be outed as a transsexual in 1961. Ashley endured electric shock treatment and painful surgery but this didn’t stop her becoming a successful fashion model who appeared in such titles as Vogue. A marriage to the Hon. Arthur Corbett was brief but alleged affairs with Michael Hutchene, Sir Peter O’Toole, Grayson Perry and Omar Sharif are well documented. A true wildcard, Ashley now spends her time campaigning for social equality and lives in Fulham.

The Roll Call - WILDCARDS

1

Evelyn McHale (1923 – 1947)

2

Gabriel and Sarah A. Chrisman

3

Eileen Gray (1878 – 1976, née Eileen Smith)

4

Robert Adam

5

Lady Ridsdale DBE (1921 – 2009, née Victoire Bennett)

6

Bob Marshall-Andrews QC

7

Charlot Malin (1969 – 2017)

8

Baba Vanga (баба Ванга, AKA ‘Nostradamus from the Balkans’, 1911 – 1996)

9

Mr Make a Big Issue

10

Mary Millington (marital name Mary Maxted, born Mary Quilter, 1945 – 1979)

11

Sir Ken Adam OBE (born Klaus Adam, 1921 – 2016)

12

Will and Calum Thompson (AKA “The Eat Wild Boys”)

13

Arthur Woodham

14

Hannah Wick

15

Daniel Lismore

16

John Patrick Hannan

17

Max Whitlock (nicknamed “Maxi”)

18

Kelly Killoren Bensimon

19

Lee Miller (Lady Penrose, born Elizabeth Miller, 1907 – 1977)

20

Ted Richards

21

Victoria Pendleton CBE (married name Victoria Gardner)

22

Christopher Mason

23

Bonnie Lee Bakley (1956 – 2001)

24

Gino D’Acampo

25

Gillian Clarke (1941 – 2015)

26

Francesco Macera

27

Nicholas Loeb

28

Reverend Robert Parker

29

Gillian Duffy

30

David Hallberg

31

Ruthann Aron (AKA “Ruth Aron”, née Ruthann Greenzweig)

32

Lady Alice, Lady Eliza and Lady Violet Manners (AKA “The No Manners Girls”)

33

Topsy Taylor (born Lesley Taylor)

34

Peter Dinklage

35

Olivier Sarkozy and Mary-Kate Olson

36

Nina Campbell

37

Crispin Baynes

38

Bill Martin MBE (born William Wylie MacPherson)

39

Henry Blofeld OBE (AKA “Blowers”, “Tycoon” and “Typhoon”)

40

Emma Sayle

41

Nancy Cunard (1896 – 1965)

42

Elliot Bssila

43

Joudie Kalla

44

Ross O’Connell Jennings

45

Alexa Jago

46

Claire Zambuni

47

Amanda Eliasch (née Amanda Brown)

48

Charlie Anson

49

Count Louis-Marie de Castelbajac

50

Jeremy Lloyd OBE (1930 – 2014)

51

Sandra Howard, Lady Howard (née Sandra Paul)

52

Anne Naysmith (1937 - 2015, AKA “The Rag Lady of Chiswick”)

53

Claudine Longet

54

The Fantasy Cyclist

55

Sarah, Duchess of York (AKA “Fergie”, née Sarah Ferguson)

56

Fredrik Eklund

57

Sir Gerald Nabarro (AKA “Old Whiskers” and “The Abominable Showman”, 1913 – 1973)

58

Lord Bell (Tim Bell, Baron Bell of Belgravia)

59

Teresa Gorman

60

Julia Child (1912 – 2004)

61

Keith Floyd (1943 – 2009)

62

Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart VC, KBE, CB, CMG, DSO (1880 – 1963)

63

Dan Bilzerian (AKA "Blitz")

64

Cognac Wellerlane

65

Thai Dang Cao (1953 – 2014)

66

Craig Brazier

67

Alejandro Flores

68

Doris Thompson

69

Gloria Minghella MBE (AKA “the Queen Mum of the Isle of Wight”, 1930 – 2014)

70

Clarissa Dickson Wright (1947 – 2014)

71

Wayne Bryson

72

Mary The Elephant (AKA ‘Murderous Mary’)

73

Fred Dibnah MBE (1938 – 2004)

74

Emeritus Professor Jane Somerville

75

Russell Brand

76

Cindy Crawford

77

Lady Camilla Bloch (born Lady Camilla Bingham)

78

Terry Deary

79

Dame Norma Major DBE

80

Jeannette Etheredge

81

Michael “Chalky” White

82

Nubar Gulbenkian (Armenian: Նուբար Սարգիս Գյուլբենկյան, 1896 – 1972)

83

Huguette Clark (1906 – 2011)

84

Viola Herms Drath (1920 – 2011)

85

Ian Towning

86

Ryan Lochte (nicknames 'Reezy' and 'The Lochtenator')

87

Jerry Hall

88

Austin 7 man

89

Martin the Poet

90

The Waitrose Clepto

91

Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba (1926 – 2014)

92

Tim Tebow

93

The Most Hon the Marquess of Bath

94

Judy Joo

95

Toby Flood

96

Justin Timberlake

97

Jeremy Blake and Theresa Duncan (1971 – 2007 and 1966 – 2007)

98

Norman Balon

99

Bubble (2012 – 2013)

100

Dr. Vanessa Neumann

101

Martin Miller (1946 - 2013)

102

Lady Docker (Norah Docker, née Norah Turner and also Norah Callingham and Lady Collins, 1905 – 1983)

103

Beverly Cohen

104

Patricia Kluge (née Rose)

105

Charmian Brent (better known as Charmian Biggs)

106

David Nalbandian

107

April Ashley MBE (born Toni Jamieson)

108

Scott Disick

109

Andrew Embiricos (1985 – 2011)

110

Shireen Ritchie, The Rt. Hon. The Baroness Ritchie (1945 - 2012)

111

Eugene Carokis

112

Anouska Hempel (Lady Weinberg)

113

Joseph "Joey" Barton

114

Neil & Christine Hamilton

115

Iris Apfel

116

Marisa Masters (1925 – 2016)

117

Roll-Call-Wildcards

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