It isn't, and shouldn't, be a matter of just picking your top four people and saying they should be on the notes forever. It changes with each new note series.

It isn't, and shouldn't, be a matter of just picking your top four people and saying they should be on the notes forever. It changes with each new note series. Newton was on the D-series £1 note. Michael Faraday was on the E-series £20 note (only withdrawn a decade ago) (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_England_note_issues#Denominations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_England_note_issues#Den... ). Why cycle them back in so soon? Give some others a chance.