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Corry William Brigden was an artist.

Thomas Briggs was born in 1812 at Armley near Leeds, England, the son of Thomas (known as Thomas the Elder) and Sarah Briggs. In 1827 the family moved to the United States and in 1832 they came to Canada. Thomas the younger appears to have had three sisters: Emily, who married a Mr. Bettes and moved to Texas; Sarah, who married a Mr. Latimore and lived in northern New York State; and a third who married a Mr. Hill and resided in Montreal. There was also a brother James, who, with his wife Anne, made his home in Napanee, Ontario.After James' death in 1892, Anne's niece, Fanny Hurst, nursed her aunt until her death and lived at their home, Hazelbeck, until it was sold to Mr. McCabe in 1903.
Thomas married his first wife, Cynthia Eliza, sometime in the 1830's and in 1840 their first son, Thomas Lasher, was born. Albert James was born seven years later and in 1853, Alfred Penner arrived. The birth date of their daughter Louise is unknown. The family were members of the Church of England and worshipped at St. George's Church in Kingston. By 1857, the family was living at Hedge Lawn in Williamsville and by 1865, Thomas was the Manager of the Frontenac Loan and Investment Company, a post he was to retain until his death. Thomas' first wife died and he remarried Emma Florence.
Thomas appeared to have taken some interest and played a minor role in local politics, he appears to have stood for elected office in 1872 though the outcome of the election in unkown. He also had an active interest in the stock market and his holdings, particularly in mining, were quite extensive. In addition to these activities he appears to have had a sizeable real estate portfolio, besides his Kingston properties he owned a large area of land which was subdivided and annexed to Napanee. At some point in the 1870's the family moved to a King Street property and it was there, at 167 King Street, that Thomas died in March of 1900.

S. Bringer is a photographer.

The British American Hotel was built at the corner of Clarence and Wellington in 1807 by the Walker brothers. First named Walker House, the hotel changed names a number of times based on the proprietor. It has gone by the name of Daley's Hotel and Kent Hotel but it was officially named the British American Hotel in 1836. It was the most prestigious hotel in Kingston for over a century.This building was the longest continuously running hotel in Canada when it burned down in 1963.

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The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters are at Broadcasting House in Westminster, London, and it is the world's oldest national broadcasting organisation and the largest broadcaster in the world by number of employees. It employs over 20,950 staff in total, 16,672 of whom are in public sector broadcasting. The total number of staff is 35,402 when part-time, flexible, and fixed-contract staff are included.
The BBC is established under a Royal Charter and operates under its Agreement with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. Its work is funded principally by an annual television licence fee which is charged to all British households, companies, and organisations using any type of equipment to receive or record live television broadcasts and iPlayer catch-up. The fee is set by the British Government, agreed by Parliament, and used to fund the BBC's radio, TV, and online services covering the nations and regions of the UK. Since 1 April 2014, it has also funded the BBC World Service (launched in 1932 as the BBC Empire Service), which broadcasts in 28 languages and provides comprehensive TV, radio, and online services in Arabic and Persian.
Around a quarter of BBC's revenue comes from its commercial subsidiary BBC Studios Ltd (formerly BBC Worldwide), which sells BBC programmes and services internationally and also distributes the BBC's international 24-hour English-language news services BBC World News, and from BBC.com, provided by BBC Global News Ltd. In 2009, the company was awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise in recognition of its international achievements.
From its inception, through the Second World War (where its broadcasts helped to unite the nation), to the 21st century, the BBC has played a prominent role in British life and culture. It is also known colloquially as "The Beeb", "Auntie", or a combination of both (as "Auntie Beeb" or "Auntie B")

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