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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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Blake, Jack Percy, (died 19 Dec. 1950)  

Born e s of John and Mary Blake; m 1909, Maud Ethel Priestley; one s one d; died 19 Dec. 1950

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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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Carbery, 11th Baron, (Peter Ralfe Harrington Evans-Freke) (20 March 1920–28 July 2012)  

Born 20 March 1920; o s of Major the Hon. Ralfe Evans-Freke, MBE (yr s of 9th Baron) (d 1969), and Vera (...

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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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Cochran-Patrick, Sir Neil James Kennedy, (18 Aug. 1866–8 July 1958)  

KBE, 1934 (MBE 1918); DL, JP; BA (Cantab.); LLB (Edin.)

Born 18 Aug. 1866; s of John Kennedy of Underwood, Ayrshire, and Margaret, d...

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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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Cox, Lady Louisa Belle, (died 30 Aug. 1956)  

DBE 1923

Born d of late Surgeon General J. B. Hamilton, RAMC; m 1889, Sir Percy Zachariah Cox, GCMG, GCIE, KCSI (d 1937); no ...

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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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de Ros, 25th Baroness, (Mary Frances Dawson) (31 July 1854–4 May 1939)  

Born 31 July 1854; d of 24th Baron de Ros and Elizabeth, d of 2nd Earl of Wilton; m 1878, Hon. Anthony Lucius Dawson, afterwards 3rd Earl of Dartrey (...

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Gell, Hon. Mrs Edith Mary, (1860–17 April 1944)  

Born 1860; d of 8th Viscount Midleton and Augusta, d of 1st Baron Cottesloe; m 1889, Philip Lyttelton Gell (d 1926); died 17 April 1944

Lady of the Manors of Hopton-Carsington and Middleton...

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Gilbert, Rosa, (Lady Gilbert), (Rosa Mulholland), (1841–1921), authoress  

Born Belfast, 1841; 2nd d of Joseph Stevenson Mulholland, MD, Belfast; m 1891, Sir John Thomas Gilbert, LLD (d 1898); died April 1921...

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Halliday, Prof. Fred, (22 Feb. 1946–26 April 2010), ICREA Research Professor, Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals, since 2008  

FBA 2002

Born 22 Feb. 1946; s of Arthur Halliday and Rita (née Finigan); m 1979, Prof. Maxine Deirdre Molyneux; one s; died 26 April 2010

ICREA Research Professor, Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals, since ...

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Herron, Henry, (6 May 1911–17 Nov. 1996), Procurator-Fiscal, Glasgow, 1965–76, retired; Deputy Chairman of Traffic Commissioners and Licensing Authority for Scottish Traffic Area, 1978–81  

CBE 1975

Born 6 May 1911; s of William and Jessie Herron; m 1942, Dr Christina Aitkenhead Crawford; one s two d; died 17 Nov. 1996...

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Hibbert, Christopher, (5 March 1924–21 Dec. 2008), author  

MC 1945

Born 5 March 1924; s of late Canon H. V. Hibbert; m 1948, Susan Piggford; two s one d; died 21 Dec. 2008

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Radley; Oriel Coll., Oxford (MA)...

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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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Macmillan, Norman, (9 Aug. 1892–5 Aug. 1976), DL; author; Wing Comdr RAFVR (T), retired 1958; first Air Force Member, Cornwall TAAFA, 1947–61, Vice-Chairman (Air), 1953–54 and 1956–57, Chairman for Buildings and Ranges, 1957–61  

OBE 1956

Born Glasgow, 9 Aug. 1892; 2nd s of John Campbell Macmillan, Carsphairn, Kirkcudbrightshire, and Jeanie Hamilton, Hamilton, Lanarkshire; m Gladys Mary Peterkin, d...

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Maxwell, Sir John, (6 Sept. 1875–31 March 1946), Chairman Traffic Commissioners, Northern Area Scotland, 1931–32, Northern Area of England since 1932, and Licensing Authority under Road and Rail Traffic Act, 1933; Regional War Transport Commissioner; late Chief Commissioner of Ashanti  

Kt 1930; CMG 1921

Born 6 Sept. 1875; s of John Maxwell, Maxwelltown, Kirkcudbrightshire; m 1st, Marion, d of Herbert and Elizabeth Tallent, Westacre, Norfolk; 2nd, Helen Hood, ...