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Albani, Dame Emma, (1 Nov. 1852–3 April 1930)  

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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Armitage, Ella Sophia, (1841–20 March 1931), author  

Born Liverpool, 1841; d of S. M. Bulley, JP; m Rev. Elkanah Armitage (d 1929); one s one d; died 20 March 1931...

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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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Balfour, Lady Frances, (1858–25 Feb. 1931)  

LLD, DLitt

Born 1858; fifth d of 8th Duke of Argyll and Lady Elizabeth Leveson Gower, e d of 2nd Duke of Sutherland; m 1879, Col Eustace James Anthony (...

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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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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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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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Cane, Lucy Mary, (Mrs Arthur Beresford Cane), (died 23 April 1926)  

CBE 1919

Born 2nd d of late Edward W. O’Brien of Cahirmoyle, Co. Limerick; m 1894, Arthur Beresford Cane, CBE, barrister; two d; died 23 April 1926...

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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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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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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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D’Amico inguanez, Baroness Mary Frances Carmen Maria Teresa Sceberras Trigona, (1865–26 Dec. 1947), Premier Noble of Malta  

Born 1865; d of 15th Baron of Castel Cicciano, and great-niece of 19th Baroness of Diar-il-Bniet and Bukana; m 1890, Col Alexander Chalmers M’ Kean, CMG (d 1933); ...

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Dawson, Lady Aimée Evelyn, (died 24 Dec. 1946)  

GBE 1918

Born y d of late Gordon Pirie, Château de Varennes, France; m 1st, Herbert Oakley; 2nd, 1903, Brig.-Gen. Sir Douglas Frederick Rawdon Dawson, GCVO, KCB, CMG (...

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Eardley-Wilmot, May, (1883–3 June 1970)  

Born 1883; d of late Rear-Adm. Sir Sydney Marow Eardley-Wilmot; died 3 June 1970