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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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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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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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Fisher Prout, Margaret, (1875–9 Dec. 1963), Member of New English Art Club  

ARA 1948; RWS 1945; RWA 1947

Born 1875; d of Mark Fisher, RA; m 1908, John Alexander Prout; died 9 Dec. 1963

Member of New English Art Club...

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Kay, Katharine Cameron, (died 21 Aug. 1965), painter and etcher  

RE 1964 (ARE 1920); RSW; FRSA 1950

Born Glasgow; d of Rev. Robert and Margaret Cameron; m 1928, Arthur Kay, HRSA (d 1939...

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Kettle, Marguerite Henrietta, (1887–4 May 1939), Assistant Editor The Lancet since 1937  

MRCS Eng., LRCP Lond.

Born 1887; d of late Leopold Pam, London and Philippine Furth; m 1918, Prof. Edgar Hartley Kettle, MD, FRCP, FRS (...

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Lindop, Prof. Patricia Joyce, (Mrs G. P. R. Esdale), (21 June 1930–1 Feb. 2018), Professor of Radiation Biology, University of London, 1970–84, then Emeritus; Chairman, Thames Liquid Fuels (Holdings) Ltd, since 1992  

Born 21 June 1930; 2nd c of Elliot D. Lindop and Dorothy Jones; m 1957, Gerald Paton Rivett Esdale (d 1992); one s one ...

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Murray, Dame (Alice) Rosemary, (28 July 1913–7 Oct. 2004), DL; President, New Hall, Cambridge, 1964–81 (Tutor in Charge, 1954–64); Vice-Chancellor, Cambridge University, 1975–77  

DBE 1977; MA, DPhil; JP

Born 28 July 1913; d of late Adm. A. J. L. Murray and Ellen Maxwell Spooner; died 7 Oct. 2004...

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Rooney, Maureen Gowran, (27 April 1947–2 May 2003), National Women’s Officer, Amalgamated Engineering & Electrical Union, since 1990; Co-Chair, Women’s National Commission, 1993–95  

CBE 2003 (OBE 1996)

Born Blantyre, Lanarks, 27 April 1947; d of James Cunningham and Mary Conroy Cunningham; m 1966, Philip Rooney; one s...

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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...

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Stancomb-Wills, Dame Janet Stancomb Graham, (died 22 Aug. 1932)  

DBE 1918

Born e d of late George Stancomb, of Trowbridge, niece by marriage and adopted d of 1st Baron Winterstoke (Sir W. H. Wills); ...