Born 25 April 1882; d of late Joseph Alfred Humphry and Charlotte Eliza Humphry, Madge of Truth; m 1909, George Jefferys Adam (d 1930...
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Adam, Mrs George, (Helen Pearl), (25 April 1882–2 Jan. 1957)
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Ashton, Margaret, (1856–15 Oct. 1937)
Hon. MA, Manchester University
Born 1856; 3rd d of Thomas Ashton of Hyde and Ford Bank, Didsbury, Manchester; died 15 Oct. 1937
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Interested in Infant Welfare and Hospital, Education, Women’s International League, Local Government, etc...
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Bagot, Theodosia, (Lady Bagot), (1865–21 Feb. 1940)
Born 1865; 3rd d of Sir John Leslie, 1st Bt; m 1st, 1885, Lt-Col Josceline FitzRoy Bagot, MP (d 1913); one s three d; son was Sir Alan Desmond Bagot, 1st Bt (...
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Barnett, Dame Henrietta (Octavia), (4 May 1851–10 June 1936)
DBE 1924 (CBE 1917); MTPI (Hon. Member)
Born 4 May 1851; d of late Alex. Rowland, Champion Hall, Kent; m 1873, Rev. Canon Samuel Augustus Barnett (...
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Bennett, Joan, (26 June 1896–20 July 1986), Life Fellow of Girton College, Cambridge; Lecturer in English, Cambridge University, 1936–64
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Born 26 June 1896; d of Arthur Frankau and of Julia Frankau, (Frank Danby); m 1920, Henry Stanley Bennett (d 1972), FBA; three d (one s decd); ...
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Birchenough, Lady; (Mabel), (died 22 July 1936), novelist and critic
Born 3rd d of late Very Rev. George Granville Bradley, Dean of Westminster, DD, CVO; m Sir Henry Birchenough, 1st Bt, GCMG; two d; died...
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Boulger, Dorothy Henrietta, (Theo. Gift), (30 May 1847–22 July 1923), novelist
Born 30 May 1847; 2nd d of Thomas Havers of Thelton Hall, Norfolk, and Ellen, d of late Rogers Ruding; m 1879, Prof. George Simonds Boulger (d 1922); ...
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Braddon, Mary Elizabeth, (Mrs John Maxwell), (4 Oct. 1837–4 Feb. 1915), novelist
Born London, 4 Oct. 1837; y d of Henry Braddon of St Kew, Cornwall; widow of John Maxwell of Richmond, Surrey; died 4 Feb. 1915...
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Brocklebank, Mrs Thomas, (Mary Petrena Brocklebank), (26 April 1849–15 May 1937), Hon. Corresponding Member of Institut Historique et Heraldique de France
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Born 26 April 1849; d of Henry Royds, JP, and Margaret Bourne; m 1867, Thomas Brocklebank (d 1919), DL, JP; three s; died 15 May 1937
Hon. Corresponding Member of Institut Historique et Heraldique de France...
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Brown, Helen Gilman, (12 Oct. 1869–12 Dec. 1942)
Born New York City, 12 Oct. 1869; d of Daniel Rogers Noyes, Old Lyme, Conn, and Helen Gilman, New York City; m 1892; William Adams Brown; three ...
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Bryce, Viscountess, (Elizabeth Marion) (died 27 Dec. 1939)
Born d of Thomas Ashton of Hyde and Manchester; m 1889, Rt Hon. James, 1st Viscount Bryce, of Dechmont; no c; died 27 Dec. 1939...
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Burghclere, Lady; Winifred Henrietta Christina, (2 July 1864–28 Sept. 1933)
Born 2 July 1864; e d of 4th Earl of Carnarvon; m 1st, 1887, Capt. Hon. Alfred Byng (d 1887), s of 2nd Earl of Strafford; 2nd, ...
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Burnett, Mrs Frances (Eliza) Hodgson, (24 Nov. 1849–29 Oct. 1924), novelist and dramatist
Born Manchester, 24 Nov. 1849; went with her parents to Knoxville, Tennessee, USA, 1865; m 1st, 1873, Dr Swan M. Burnett, Washington, USA; obtained a divorce, ...
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Campbell, Lady Archibald, (Janey Sevilla), (died 1923)
Born d of late James Callander of Ardkinglas and Craigforth, and of late Hon. Mrs Callander (whose portrait hangs in the King of Bavaria’s Gallery of Beauty at Munich); ward of George, 8th Duke of Argyll; ...
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Churchill, Lady Randolph Spencer, (Jennie Spencer), (1854–29 June 1921), Lady of Grace of St John of Jerusalem, 1901; was proprietor and Editor of the Anglo-Saxon Review
CI 1885; RRC 1902
Born 1854; d of late Leonard Jerome, New York; m 1st, 1874, Rt. Hon. Lord Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill, 3rd s...
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Cohen, Mrs Nathaniel Louis, (Julia Matilda), (6 Sept. 1853–17 Dec. 1917), President of the Union of Jewish Women
Born 6 Sept. 1853; d of Prof. Jacob Waley, MA, Conveyancing Council to the Court of Chancery; m 1873, Nathaniel Louis Cohen, LCC (d...
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Cotes, Sara Jeannette, (Mrs Everard Cotes), (22 Dec. 1861–22 July 1922)
Born Brantford, Canada, 22 Dec. 1861; d of Charles Duncan, merchant; m 1890, Everard Cotes; died 22 July 1922
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Cox, Lady Louisa Belle, (died 30 Aug. 1956)
DBE 1923
Born d of late Surgeon General J. B. Hamilton, RAMC; m 1889, Sir Percy Zachariah Cox, GCMG, GCIE, KCSI (d 1937); no ...
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Craufurd, Mrs Eleanor Louisa Houison, (died 15 Dec. 1950), Principal, Downham School, Hatfield Heath, Bishop’s Stortford
Born d of J. F. Dalrymple Hay and Ellen Douglas (d of R. H. Johnston Stewart of Physgill), of Dunlop House, Dunlop; m 1903...
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Creighton, Mrs (Louise), (7 July 1850–15 April 1936)
Born Sydenham, 7 July 1850; 10th c of Robert von Glehn; m 1872, Rt Hon. Mandell Creighton, Bishop of London (d 1901); three s four d; died 15 April 1936...