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John Boynton Priestley was an English novelist, playwright, screenwriter, broadcaster and social commentator. His Yorkshire background is reflected in much of his fiction, notably in The Good Companions (1929), which first brought him to wide public notice. Many of his plays are structured around a time slip, and he went on to develop a new theory of time, with different dimensions that link past, present, and future.
In 1940, he broadcast a series of short propaganda radio talks that were credited with strengthening civilian morale during the Battle of Britain. His left-wing beliefs brought him into conflict with the government and influenced the birth of the welfare state. The broadcasts were eventually cancelled by the BBC for being too critical of the government.

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W.H. Pretty was a student at Queen's University.

Richard Arthur Preston was born in 1910 in Middlesbrough, England. Educated at the University of Leeds (B.A 1931, M.A 1932) and Yale University (PhD 1936). He was assistant professor at University of Toronto in 1945, Professor of History at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston (1948-1965), and Professor of History at Duke University (1965-1980), including the position of director of Duke University's Canadian Studies Program (1973-1979). Richard Preston was a prolific writer of articles and books. This includes "Kingston Before the War of 1812", and "Canada's RMC: A History of the Royal Military College."

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Lillian Preston (née Gilbert) was the secretary to the Dean of Applied Science at Queen's University. She worked in the Faculty of Applied Science for 50 years: from 1931 to 1981. Preston was secretary to a total of nine deans and acting deans over the decades.