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

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

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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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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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Graham-Bryce, Dame Isabel, (30 April 1902–29 April 1997), Chairman: Oxford Regional Hospital Board, 1963–72; National Nursing Staff Committee, 1967–75; National Staff Committee, 1969–75; Consultant, British Transport Hotels, 1979–81 (Board Member, 1962–79); Vice-President, Princess Christian College, Manchester, since 1953  

DBE 1968

Born 30 April 1902; d of late Prof. James Lorrain Smith, FRS; m 1934, Alexander Graham-Bryce, FRCS (d 1968); two s; died 29 April 1997

Chairman: Oxford Regional Hospital Board, ...

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Helmsley, Viscountess, (Muriel Frances Talbot) (died 2 March 1925)  

Born 3rd d of 19th Earl of Shrewsbury; m 1st, 1876, Viscount Helmsley (d 1881), e s of 1st Earl of Feversham; one ...

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Holland, Fanny, (Mrs Wm Arthur Law), (14 Sept. 1847–18 June 1931), vocalist and actress  

Born London, 14 Sept. 1847; 3rd d of late John and Merial Ann Holland; m 1877, William Arthur Law (d 1913); one s; died 18 June 1931

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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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Lehmann, Liza, (Elizabeth Nina Mary Frederika), (Mrs Herbert Bedford), (1862–19 Sept. 1918), soprano, retired on marriage, 1894; appointed Vocal Professor at the Guildhall School of Music, 1914; composer  

Born London, 1862; d of Rudolf Lehmann, artist, and Amelia Lehmann, composer of songs; g d of Robert Chambers, publisher; m 1894, Herbert Bedford, composer, artist and author; died 19 Sept. 1918...