In 2003, Channel 4 conducted a poll to discover the 100 Worst Britons We Love To Hate. The rules dictated that the winner had to be British and alive and not currently in prison or pending trial. The results were as follows:
... (1813-1893), travelled widely through the Canadian Arctic
Walter Raleigh, (1554?-1618), English explorer
James Clark Ross, (1800-1862), Explorer
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Robert Falcon Scott, ...