OBE 1917
Born 12 March 1878; d of Thomas Isaac Allen, Manager, Great Western Railway, and Margaret Carlyle, Cheltenham; died 16 Dec. 1964
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Allen, Commandant Mary Sophia, (12 March 1878–16 Dec. 1964)
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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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Atherton, Candice Kathleen, (Candy), (21 Sept. 1955–30 Oct. 2017), freelance journalist, since 1980; political consultant, since 2005; Managing Director, Atherton Associates, since 2007
Born 21 Sept. 1955; d of late Denis G. W. Atherton and of Pamela A. M. Osborne; m 2002, Broderick Ross; died 30 Oct. 2017...
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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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Balfour, (Elizabeth) Jean, (4 Nov. 1927–27 Feb. 2023), Chairman, Countryside Commission for Scotland, 1972–82
CBE 1981; FRSE 1980; FRSA; FICFor; JP
Chairman, Countryside Commission for Scotland, 1972–82
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Bather, Elizabeth Constance, (11 Oct. 1904–8 Jan. 1988), retired as Chief Superintendent Metropolitan (Women) Police, (1946–60)
OBE 1946
Born 11 Oct. 1904; d of late Rev. Arthur George Bather, MA, and Lilian Dundas Firth, Winchester; died 8 Jan. 1988
retired as Chief Superintendent Metropolitan (Women) Police, (...
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Becke, Mrs Shirley Cameron, (29 April 1917–25 Oct. 2011), Vice-Chairman, 1976–83 and Regional Administrator, London Region, 1974–79, Women’s Royal Voluntary Service
OBE 1974; QPM 1972
Born 29 April 1917; er d of late George L. Jennings, AMIGasE and Marion Jennings; m 1954, Rev. Justice Becke, MBE, TD, FCA (d 1990...
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Bedford, Duchess of, (Mary du Caurroy) (26 Sept. 1865–22 March 1937)
DBE 1928; RRC, FLS, Hon. MBOU
Born Stockbridge, Hants, 26 Sept. 1865; 2nd d of Ven. W. H. Tribe, Archdeacon of Lahore; m 30 Jan. 1888, Lord Herbrand-Russell, later 11th Duke of Bedford; one ...
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Booth, Mrs Bramwell, (Florence Eleanor), (1861–10 June 1957)
Born Blaina, 1861; d of late Dr Soper, Plymouth; m 1882, (William) Bramwell Booth, CH (d 1929); two s five d; died 10 June 1957...
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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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Browne-Evans, Hon. Dame Lois (Marie), (1 June 1927–29 May 2007), JP; Attorney-General of Bermuda, 1999–2003
DBE 1999
Born 1 June 1927; d of James T. Browne and Emmeline Browne (née Charles); m 1958, John Evans; one s two d; died 29 May 2007
JP; Attorney-General of Bermuda, ...
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Brunskill, Catherine Lavinia Bennett, (15 Aug. 1891–15 July 1981)
CBE 1919
Born 15 Aug. 1891; d of Robert Bennett, Eastbourne; m 1918, Brig. George Stephen Brunskill, CBE, MC (from whom she obtained a divorce, 1946); one d; died...
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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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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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Campbell, Mrs Patrick, (Beatrice Stella), (1865–9 April 1940), actress
Born Forest House, Kensington Gardens, 1865; y d of John Tanner and Louisa Romanini; m 1st, 1884, Patrick Campbell (killed South Africa, 1900), 3rd ...
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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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Corbet, Freda Kunzlen (Mrs Ian McIvor Campbell), (15 Nov. 1900–1 Nov. 1993)
JP; BA
Born 15 Nov. 1900; d of James Mansell; m 1925, William Corbet (d 1957); m 1962, Ian McIvor Campbell (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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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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Crawshay, Elisabeth Mary Boyd, (Lady Crawshay), (2 July 1927–6 Oct. 2015), Chairman, Local Government Boundary Commission, Wales, 1981–94; Deputy Chief Commissioner, St John’s Ambulance Brigade, Wales, 1979–84
CBE 1986
Born 2 July 1927; d of Lt-Col Guy Franklin Reynolds, late 9th Lancers, and Katherine Isobel (née Macdonell); m 1950, Col Sir William (Robert) Crawshay, DSO, ERD, TD; ...
