The University of Portsmouth's history of the university dates to 1908. Notable alumni is Major Timothy Nigel Peake, a British Army Air Corps officer, European Space Agency astronaut and a former International Space Station (ISS) crew member. Another one is Ronald Davies, a Welsh politician, former Secretary of State for Wales, former Member of Parliament and former member of the Welsh Assembly. And also Ramone Rochester, known professionally as Ramz, an English singer, rapper and songwriter from London.