DBE 1925
Born Chambly, near Montreal, 1 Nov. 1852; née Marie Louise Emma Cecile; e d of late Joseph Lajeunesse, musician, organist, and harpist; m...
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Albani, Dame Emma, (1 Nov. 1852–3 April 1930)
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Angelou, Marguerite Annie, (Maya), (4 April 1928–28 May 2014), writer, singer and actress
Born St Louis, 4 April 1928; d of Bailey Johnson and Vivian Baxter Johnson; one s; died 28 May 2014
writer, singer and actress
George Washington High Sch., San Francisco; California Labor Sch....
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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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Lehmann, Liza, (Elizabeth Nina Mary Frederika), (Mrs Herbert Bedford), (1862–19 Sept. 1918), soprano, retired on marriage, 1894; appointed Vocal Professor at the Guildhall School of Music, 1914; composer
Born London, 1862; d of Rudolf Lehmann, artist, and Amelia Lehmann, composer of songs; g d of Robert Chambers, publisher; m 1894, Herbert Bedford, composer, artist and author; died 19 Sept. 1918...
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Londonderry, Marchioness Dowager of (Edith Helen), (3 Dec. 1879–23 April 1959)
DBE cr 1917; JP; LLD
Born 3 Dec. 1879; e d of 1st Viscount Chaplin and Lady Florence Sutherland Leveson Gower, d of 3rd Duke of Sutherland, KG; ...
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Rutland, (Marion Margaret) Violet, Duchess of, (died 27 Dec. 1937), artist
Born d of Col Hon. C. H. Lindsay, CB (3rd s of 7th Earl of Balcarres and 24th of Crawford), and Emelia, d of Hon. Very Rev. Henry M. Browne, of Lord Kilmaine; ...
