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Builders of the Empire
  Wills's Cigarettes - 1898
  Reprinted 1999 - Card Collectors Society

Notes:  Cards are approximately 1-3/8" x 2-5/8". Thanks much to Kyle
DeRoy for the original checklist!

No.   Title                             Lifespan

  1   Admiral Blake                     1598-1657
  2   Lord Nelson                       1758-1805
  3   Sir Francis Drake                 1545-1596
  4   Lord Hawke                        1705-1781
  5   Sir Sydney Smith                  1765-1840
  6   Lord Howard of Effingham          1536-1624
  7   Marquis of Cornwallis             1738-1805
  8   Duke of Marlborough               1650-1722
  9   Lord Rodney                       1718-1792
 10   Lord Clive, (and Baron Plassey)   1725-1774
 11   Lord Howe                         1725-1799  
 12   William Pitt, Earl of Chatham     1708-1778
 13   Warren Hastings                   1733-1818
 14   Earl St. Vincent                  1734-1823
 15   Eyre Coote                        1726-1783
 16   Lord Heathfield                   1718-1790
 17   Duke of Wellington                1769-1852
 18   Sir Geo. Rooke                    1650-1709
 19   Viscount Gough                    1779-1869
 20   Sir Ralph Abercrombie             1733-1801
 21   Lord Bridport                     1726-1814
 22   Captain James Cook                1728-1779
 23   Sir James Clark Ross              1800-1862
 24   Marquess Wellesley                1766-1842 
 25   David Livingstone                 1813-1873
 26   Sir Chas. Saunders                1713-1775
 27   Viscount Duncan                   1731-1804
 28   James Wolfe                       1726-1759
 29   Lord Lawrence                     1811-1879
 30   John Hanning Speke                1827-1864
 31   Sir John Hawkins                  1521-1595
 32   Earl of Beaconsfield              1804-1881
 33   Sebastian Cabot                   1477-1557
 34   Sir Walter Raleigh                1552-beheaded 1618
 35   Lord Anson                        1697-1762
 36   Mungo Park                        1771-Murdered in Africa
 37   Sir John Franklin                 1786-1847
 38   Sir Martin Frobisher              1535-1594
 39   Lord Amherst                      1717-1797
 40   Edward Boscawen                   1711-1761 
 41   Sir James Outram                  1803-1863
 42   John McDouall Stuart
 43   Sir Stamford Raffles              1781-1826
 44   Matthew Flinders                  1782-1814
 45   Sir Thomas Maitland               1759-1824
 46   John Nicholson                    1823-1857
 47   Gen. Chas. Geo. Gordon            1833-1885
 48   William Dampier                   1652-1715
 49   "Rajah" Brooke                    1803-1868
 50   Sir Henry Havelock                1795-1857