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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Armitage, Ella Sophia, (1841–20 March 1931), author
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Hannay, Mrs Jane Ewing, (8 Feb. 1868–14 April 1938), JP
CBE 1933 (OBE 1918)
Born 8 Feb. 1868; d of Rev. J. S. Wilson, DD, New Abbey, and Jane Ewing Brown; m 1899, Prof. Robert Kerr Hannay; 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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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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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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Northcote, Lady; (Alice), (1921–1 June 1934), a Lady of Grace of the Order of St John of Jerusalem
DBE 1919; CI
Born adopted d of 1st and last Baron Mount Stephen, GCVO (d 1921); m 1873, 1st and last Baron Northcote, PC (...