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Arbuthnot, Sir John (Sinclair-Wemyss), (11 Feb. 1912–13 June 1992)  

1st Bt cr 1964, of Kittybrewster, Aberdeen; MBE 1944; TD 1951

Born 11 Feb. 1912; s of late Major K. W. Arbuthnot, the Seaforth Highlanders; ...

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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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Bauer, Baron, (Peter Thomas Bauer) (6 Nov. 1915–3 May 2002)  

DSc; FBA 1975

Born 6 Nov. 1915; unmarried; died 3 May 2002

Professor of Economics, University of London, at the London School of Economics, 1960–83...

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Blackshaw, Alan, (7 April 1933–4 Aug. 2011), President, Union Internationale des Associations d’Alpinisme, 2005  

OBE 1992; VRD 1970

Born 7 April 1933; s of late Frederick William Blackshaw and Elsie (née MacDougall); m 1st, 1956, Jane Elizabeth Turner (marr. diss. 1983); one ...

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Bruce of Donington, Baron, (Donald William Trevor Bruce) (3 Oct. 1912–18 April 2005)  

Born 3 Oct. 1912; s of late W. T. Bruce, Norbury, Surrey; m 1st, 1939, Joan Letitia Butcher (marr. diss. 1980); one s two ...

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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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Chapman, Sir Samuel, (1859–29 April 1947)  

Kt 1920

Born 1859; died 29 April 1947

MP (U) South Edinburgh, 1922–45; specially identified with the Perth and Perthshire Prisoners of War Fund; contested (U) Perth, 1906 and 1910...

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Chick, Sir (Alfred) Louis, (19 Jan. 1904–29 April 1972)  

KBE 1952

Born 19 Jan. 1904; s of late Alfred Y. Chick; m 1948, Betty, d of Col C. J. D. Freeth, Lymington, Hants; one s three d; died 29 April 1972...

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Chilver, Baron, ((Amos) Henry Chilver) (30 Oct. 1926–8 July 2012)  

Kt 1978; FRS 1982; FREng

Born 30 Oct. 1926; e s of Amos H. Chilver and Annie E. Mack; m 1959, Claudia M. B. Grigson, MA, MB, BCh, ...

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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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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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Deedes, Baron, (William Francis Deedes) (1 June 1913–17 Aug. 2007)  

KBE 1999; MC 1944; PC 1962

Born 1 June 1913; s of (Herbert) William Deedes; m 1942, Evelyn Hilary Branfoot (d 2004); one ...

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Dudgeon, Major Cecil Randolph, (1885–4 Nov. 1970)  

CBE 1951

Born 1885; s of late Col R. F. Dudgeon, CB; m 1930, Gladys Mary Marsh; died 4 Nov. 1970

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Fairclough, Sir John (Whitaker), (23 Aug. 1930–5 June 2003), Chief Scientific Adviser to Cabinet Office, 1986–90  

Kt 1990; FREng, FBCS

Born 23 Aug. 1930; m 1st, 1954, Margaret Ann (d 1996); two s one d; 2nd, 2000, Karen Jefferson; ...

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Friedman, Prof. Milton, (31 July 1912–16 Nov. 2006), Economist, USA; Senior Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, since 1976; Professor Emeritus of Economics, University of Chicago, since 1982 (Professor of Economics, 1948–82); Member of Research Staff, National Bureau of Economic Research, 1948–81; Economic Columnist, Newsweek, 1966–84  

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Born Brooklyn, New York, 31 July 1912; s of Jeno Saul and Sarah E. Friedman; m 1938, Rose Director; one s one d; died 16 Nov. 2006

Economist, USA; Senior Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, since ...

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Galbraith, Prof. John Kenneth, (15 Oct. 1908–29 April 2006), Paul M. Warburg Professor of Economics, Harvard University, 1949–75, then Emeritus Professor  

Born Ontario, Canada, 15 Oct. 1908; s of William Archibald and Catherine Galbraith; m 1937, Catherine M. Atwater; three s (and one s decd); died 29 April 2006

Paul M. Warburg Professor of Economics, Harvard University, ...

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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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Harris of High Cross, Baron cr 1979 (Life Peer), of Tottenham in Greater London, (Ralph Harris) (10 Dec. 1924–19 Oct. 2006)  

Born 10 Dec. 1924; m 1949, Jose Pauline Jeffery; one d (two s decd); died 19 Oct. 2006

Founder President, Institute of Economic Affairs, since 1990 (General Director, 1957–87, Chairman, ...

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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...