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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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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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Curie, Madame Marie, (7 Nov. 1867–4 July 1934), Professeur de Physique générale à la Faculté des Sciences de Paris, since 1906; Directeur du Laboratoire Curie à l’Institut du Radium de l’Université de Paris  

Born Varsovie, 7 Nov. 1867; d of Professeur de Lycée Sklodowski; m 1895, Pierre Curie (d 1906); two d; died 4 July 1934...

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de Ros, 25th Baroness, (Mary Frances Dawson) (31 July 1854–4 May 1939)  

Born 31 July 1854; d of 24th Baron de Ros and Elizabeth, d of 2nd Earl of Wilton; m 1878, Hon. Anthony Lucius Dawson, afterwards 3rd Earl of Dartrey (...

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Elliott, Maud Howe, (Mrs John Elliott), (9 Nov. 1854–19 March 1948), author, lecturer, campaign speaker; Secretary, Art Association of Newport; Hon. Vice-President, Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, Florida  

Born Boston, 9 Nov. 1854; d of Dr Samuel Gridley Howe and Julia Ward; m 1887, late John Elliott, painter; died 19 March 1948

author, lecturer, campaign speaker; Secretary, Art Association of Newport; Hon. Vice-President, Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, Florida...

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Forbes, Lady Helen (Emily), (13 Dec. 1874–13 Oct. 1926), author  

Born London, 13 Dec. 1874; 2nd but o surv. d of 3rd Earl of Craven and Evelyn, d of 7th Viscount Barrington; m 1901, Ian Forbes; two s four d...

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Galletti di Cadilhac, Countess, (Hon. Margaret Isabella Collier) (1846–27 June 1928)  

Born 1846; d of 1st Baron Monkswell; m 1873, Count Arturo Galletti di Cadilhac (d 1912), Colonel in the Reserve, and Deputy in Italian Parliament; two s one ...

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Gretton, Mary Sturge, (died 15 Aug. 1961), author; Visiting Justice of Oxford Prison, 1924–36; only woman appointed Member of the Agricultural Wages Board Committee for Oxfordshire, 1918–22  

JP; BLitt Oxon; FRHistS

Born d of late Marshal Struge, JP, and Anne, d of Francis Burke, Puisne Judge and Loan Commissioner of Montserrat, West Indies; ...

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Hastings, Marchioness of, (Florence Cecilia) (1842–3 Feb. 1907)  

Born 1842; 3rd d of 2nd Marquess of Anglesey; m 1st, 1864, 4th and last Marquess of Hastings (d 1868); 2nd, 1870, Sir George Chetwynd, 4th Bt; one ...

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Ingram, Hon. Mrs Meynell, (Emily Charlotte), (1840–21 Dec. 1904)  

Born 1840; e d of Charles, 1st Viscount Halifax, and Mary, 5th d of Charles, 2nd Earl Grey; m 1863, Hugo Francis Meynell Ingram (d 1871); died 21 Dec. 1904...

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Lawrence, Hon. Dame Maude Agnes, (16 April 1864–11 Jan. 1933), Director of Women’s Establishments at the Treasury since 1920; Chief Woman Inspector of the Board of Education, 1905–20  

DBE 1926

Born 16 April 1864; d of 1st Baron Lawrence, Viceroy of India, 1864–69; died 11 Jan. 1933

Director of Women’s Establishments at the Treasury since ...

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Nesbit, E(dith), (Mrs Hubert Bland), (19 Aug. 1858–4 May 1924), poet and novelist, and author of children’s books  

Born London, 19 Aug. 1858; y d of John Collis Nesbit; m 1st, 1880, Hubert Bland (d 1914); two s two d; 2nd, ...

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Ramsden, Lady (Helen) Guendolen, (14 Nov. 1846–28 Aug. 1910), author and artist  

Born 14 Nov. 1846; 3rd d and co-heiress of 12th Duke of Somerset; m 1865, Sir John William Ramsden, 5th Bt; one s two d; died 28 Aug. 1910

author and artist...

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Singer, Dorothea Waley, (17 Dec. 1882–24 June 1964), author and social worker  

Born London, 17 Dec. 1882; d of Nathaniel Louis Cohen, LCC, and Julia Matilda (née Waley); m 1910, Prof. Charles Singer (d 1960...