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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Bryce, Viscountess, (Elizabeth Marion) (died 27 Dec. 1939)
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Cairncross, Dame Frances (Anne), (Dame Frances McRae), (born 30 Aug. 1944), Rector, Exeter College, University of Oxford, 2004–14; Chairman, Economic and Social Research Council, 2001–07; Interim Director, National Institute for Economic and Social Research, 2015–16
DBE 2015 (CBE 2004)
Rector, Exeter College, University of Oxford, 2004–14; Chairman, Economic and Social Research Council, 2001–07; Interim Director, National Institute for Economic and Social Research, 2015–16
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Creighton, Mrs (Louise), (7 July 1850–15 April 1936)
Born Sydenham, 7 July 1850; 10th c of Robert von Glehn; m 1872, Rt Hon. Mandell Creighton, Bishop of London (d 1901); three s four d; died 15 April 1936...
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Currie, Edwina, (Edwina Currie Jones), (born 13 Oct. 1946)
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Emecheta, Buchi, (21 July 1944–25 Jan. 2017), writer and lecturer, since 1972
OBE 2004
Born 21 July 1944; d of Jeremy and Alice Emecheta; m 1960, Sylvester Onwordi; two s three d ; died 25 Jan. 2017
writer and lecturer, since 1972...
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Fairbairn, Dame Carolyn (Julie), (born 13 Dec. 1960), Director-General, Confederation of British Industry, 2015–20
DBE 2019
Director-General, Confederation of British Industry, 2015–20
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Greer, Prof. Germaine, (born 29 Jan. 1939), writer and broadcaster; Professor of English and Comparative Studies, Warwick University, 1998–2003
PhD; FRSL
writer and broadcaster; Professor of English and Comparative Studies, Warwick University, 1998–2003
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Hogg, Baroness, (Sarah Elizabeth Mary Hogg, (Viscountess Hailsham)) (born 14 May 1946)
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Perry of Southwark, Baroness, (Pauline Perry) (born 15 Oct. 1931)
President, Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge University, 1994–2001; a Conservative Party Whip, House of Lords, 2011–16
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Sims, Monica Louie, (27 Oct. 1925–20 Nov. 2018), Vice President, British Board of Film Classification, 1985–98
OBE 1971; MA, LRAM, LGSM
Vice President, British Board of Film Classification, 1985–98
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Waterman, Dame Fanny, (22 March 1920–20 Dec. 2020), Chairman, Leeds International Pianoforte Competition, 1963–2015, then Life President and Founder Director Emeritus (Chairman of Jury, 1981–2015)
DBE 2005 (CBE 2000; OBE 1971); FRCM
Chairman, Leeds International Pianoforte Competition, 1963–2015, then Life President and Founder Director Emeritus (Chairman of Jury, 1981–2015)
