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Adam, Colin Gurdon Forbes, (18 Dec. 1889–12 Nov. 1982)  

CSI 1924

Born 18 Dec. 1889; y s of Sir Frank Forbes Adam, 1st Bt; m 1920, Hon. Irene Constance Lawley, o c of 3rd Baron Wenlock; two ...

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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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Berridge, Sir Thomas Henry Devereux, (6 July 1857–24 Oct. 1924)  

KBE 1920; Kt 1912

Born 6 July 1857; s of Rev. W. Berridge, formerly Headmaster of Upholland Grammar School, Lancashire, and Vicar of Lowton St Mary’s, Lancashire; ...

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Blaker, Baron cr 1994 (Life Peer), of Blackpool in the County of Lancashire, and of Lindfield in the County of West Sussex, (Peter Allan Renshaw Blaker) (4 Oct. 1922–5 July 2009)  

KCMG 1983; PC 1983; MA

Born Hong Kong, 4 Oct. 1922; s of late Cedric Blaker, CBE, MC and Louisa Douglas Blaker (née Chapple); m 1953, Jennifer, d of late Sir Pierson Dixon, GCMG, CB; one ...

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Boardman, Baron, (Thomas Gray Boardman) (12 Jan. 1919–10 March 2003)  

MC 1944; TD 1952

Born 12 Jan. 1919; s of John Clayton Boardman, late of Daventry, and Janet Boardman, formerly Houston; m 1948, (Norah Mary) Deirdre, ...

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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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Chamberlain, Sir Henry Hamilton Erroll, (22 Nov. 1857–28 June 1936), 4th Bt cr 1828  

Born 22 Nov. 1857; m 1887, Gwendolen (d 1928), d of J. Inglis Jones, Royal Horse Guards, Derry Ormond, Cardiganshire, and Lady Elizabeth Inglis Jones; one ...

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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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Dash, Sir Arthur (Jules), (24 April 1887–12 July 1974)  

Kt 1952; CIE 1938

Born York, 24 April 1887; s of Jules Janin Dash; m 1922, Greta Brancepeth Wardale (d 1974); one d...

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Digby, (Kenelm) Simon (Digby) Wingfield, (13 Feb. 1910–22 March 1998)  

TD 1946; DL; MA

Born 13 Feb. 1910; s of late Col F. J. B. D. Wingfield Digby, DSO and Gwendolen Marjory, d of G. Hamilton Fletcher; m 1936, Kathleen Elizabeth, ...

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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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Fletcher, Henry Prather, (10 April 1873–10 July 1959)  

Born Green Castle, Pennsylvania, 10 April 1873; s of Lewis Henry Clay Fletcher and Martha Ellen Rowe, Scotch-Irish descent; m 1917, Beatrice Bend (d...

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Granet, Sir (William) Guy, (13 Oct. 1867–11 Oct. 1943)  

GBE 1923; Kt 1911

Born 13 Oct. 1867; s of late William Augustus Granet; m 1892, Florence Julia, 2nd d of 1st Viscount Selby; one ...

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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

vocalist and actress...