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Artus, Ronald Edward, (8 Oct. 1931–17 July 1999), non-executive Director: Electrocomponents plc, since 1990; GEC, since 1990; The Solicitors Indemnity Fund Ltd, since 1990; CLM Insurance Fund plc, since 1993; (independent) Member of Board, Securities and Futures Authority (formerly Securities Association Ltd), since 1990 (Deputy Chairman, since 1996)  

CBE 1991

Born 8 Oct. 1931; s of late Ernest and of Doris Artus; m 1st, 1956, Brenda M. Touche (marr. diss.); three sone ...

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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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Boyle, Sir Cavendish, (29 May 1849–17 Sept. 1916)  

KCMG 1897 (CMG 1888)

Born 29 May 1849; y s of late Captain Cavendish Spencer Boyle, 72nd Highlanders; m 1914, Louise, y d of late Reuben Sassoon, MVO; died 17 Sept. 1916...

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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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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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Cleland, Sir Charles, (15 April 1867–19 Jan. 1941)  

KBE 1917; MVO, DL; JP Lanarkshire; JP, DL, Glasgow; LLD of Glasgow University; Hon. FEIS

Born 15 April 1867; e s of late Charles Cleland, Bonville, Maryhill; m 1888, Janet Houston, 2nd ...

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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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Cowen, Rt Hon. Sir Zelman, (7 Oct. 1919–8 Dec. 2011), QC; Provost of Oriel College, Oxford, 1982–90; Pro-Vice-Chancellor, University of Oxford, 1988–90; Director, John Fairfax Holdings Ltd, 1992–96 (Chairman, 1992–94)  

AK 1977; GCMG 1977 (CMG 1968); GCVO 1980; Kt 1976; PC 1981

Born 7 Oct. 1919; s of late Bernard and of Sara Cowen; m 1945, Anna Wittner; three ...

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Fink, Hon. Theodore, (3 July 1855–23 April 1942), Australian lawyer, publicist, writer, and politician; Chairman of Directors of the Melbourne Herald and Weekly Times Newspapers Company, Ltd, and other companies  

Born Guernsey, Channel Islands, 3 July 1855; s of late Moses Fink, of Victoria; m Kate, e d of late George Isaacs, of South Yarra, Melbourne; three ...

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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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Goldberg, Arthur Joseph, (8 Aug. 1908–19 Jan. 1990), DJur; lawyer, USA; Permanent Representative of US to UN, 1965–68; Ambassador-at-Large, and Chairman of US Delegation, Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe, 1977–78; lecturer, writer, and visiting professor at various universities  

Born Chicago, Ill, 8 Aug. 1908; s of Joseph Goldberg and Rebecca (née Perlstein); m 1931, Dorothy Kurgans; one s one d; died 19 Jan. 1990

DJur; lawyer, USA; Permanent Representative of US to UN, ...

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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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Hanson, Derrick George, (9 Feb. 1927–12 March 2012), financial consultant; writer, director of companies; Chairman: Moneyguide Ltd, 1978–2009; Albany Investment Trust plc, 2000–04 (Director, 1980–2004); barrister  

Born 9 Feb. 1927; s of late John Henry Hanson and of Frances Elsie Hanson; m 1st, 1951, Daphne Elizabeth (née Marks) (d 1971); one s two ...

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Hill, Gerard Robert, (19 Feb. 1872–28 Aug. 1946)  

CB 1935; MA

Born 19 Feb. 1872; s of Henry Hill, JP, The High Hall, Thornton-le-Dale and F. D., d of Rev. H. Pixell; m...

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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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Jekyll, Agnes, (Lady Jekyll), (12 Oct. 1861–28 Jan. 1937), JP  

DBE 1918

Born 12 Oct. 1861; d of William Graham, MP, and Jane Catherine Lowndes; m 1881, Col Sir Herbert Jekyll, KCMG (d 1932...

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Kark, (Arthur) Leslie, (12 July 1910–23 Feb. 2004), author, barrister; President, Lucie Clayton Colleges, 1951–95; Founder, Lucie Clayton Secretarial College, 1965; Chairman, Chartmill Roche Ltd  

MA (Oxon); FRSA

Born 12 July 1910; s of Victor and Helena Kark, Johannesburg; m 1st, 1935, Joan Tetley (marr. diss., 1956); two d...

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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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Montgomery, Kathleen, (died 22 Dec. 1960), wrote (with her sister, Letitia who d 1930), as K. L. Montgomery  

Born d of late Robert Hobart Montgomery, of The Knocks, Co. Kildare; on maternal side connected with Oliver Goldsmith; died 22 Dec. 1960

wrote (with her sister, Letitia who ...