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Balfour, 4th Earl of, (Gerald Arthur James Balfour) (23 Dec. 1925–27 June 2003)  

Born 23 Dec. 1925; er s of 3rd Earl of Balfour and Jean (d 1981), 4th d of late Rev. Canon J. J. Cooke-Yarborough; ...

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Barnard, 11th Baron, (Harry John Neville Vane) (21 Sept. 1923–3 April 2016)  

TD 1960

Born 21 Sept. 1923; er s of 10th Baron Barnard, CMG, OBE, MC, TD, and Sylvia Mary (d 1993), d of Herbert Straker; ...

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Cameron, Major Allan John, (25 March 1917–4 Dec. 2011), JP; Vice Lord-Lieutenant, Highland Region (Ross and Cromarty), 1977–92  

MBE 1988

Born 25 March 1917; s of Col Sir Donald Cameron of Lochiel, KT, CMG (d 1951), and Lady Hermione Cameron (...

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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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Dewey, Sir Anthony Hugh, (31 July 1921–20 March 2016), JP  

3rd Bt cr 1917

Born 31 July 1921; s of late Major Hugh Grahame Dewey, MC (e s of 2nd Bt), and Marjorie Florence Isobel (who ...

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Fitzwalter, 21st Baron cr 1295, ((Fitzwalter) Brook Plumptre) (15 Jan. 1914–14 Oct. 2004)  

Born 15 Jan. 1914; s of late George Beresford Plumptre, Goodnestone, Canterbury, Kent; m 1951, Margaret Melesina, yr d of (Herbert) William Deedes, JP, Galt, Hythe, Kent; five s.; died...

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Fraser of Carmyllie, Baron cr 1989 (Life Peer), of Carmyllie in the District of Angus, (Peter Lovat Fraser) (29 May 1945–22 June 2013)  

Born 29 May 1945; s of Rev. George Robson Fraser and Helen Jean Meiklejohn or Fraser; m 1969, Fiona Macdonald Mair; one s two d; died 22 June 2013

PC ...

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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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Macquaker, Donald Francis, (21 Sept. 1932–15 Aug. 2004), solicitor, retired; Partner, T. C. Young & Son, Glasgow, 1957–93, Consultant, 1993–96  

CBE 1991

Born 21 Sept. 1932; s of Thomas Mason Macquaker, MC, MA, BL and Caroline Bertha Floris Macquaker; m 1964, Susan Elizabeth, d of Mr and Mrs W. A. K. Finlayson, High Coodham, Symington, Ayrshire; one ...

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Nesbit, E(dith), (Mrs Hubert Bland), (19 Aug. 1858–4 May 1924), poet and novelist, and author of children’s books  

Born London, 19 Aug. 1858; y d of John Collis Nesbit; m 1st, 1880, Hubert Bland (d 1914); two s two d; 2nd, ...

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Prichard-Jones, Sir John, (20 Jan. 1913–2 July 2007), barrister; farmer and bloodstock breeder  

2nd Bt cr 1910

Born 20 Jan. 1913; s of Sir John Prichard-Jones, 1st Bt and Marie, y d of late Charles Read, solicitor; m 1937, Heather, (from whom he obtained a divorce, ...

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Sitwell, Sir (Sacheverell) Reresby, (15 April 1927–31 March 2009)  

7th Bt cr 1808, of Renishaw; DL

Born 15 April 1927; s of Sir Sacheverell Sitwell, 6th Bt, CH and Georgia Louise (d 1980...

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Thornton, Sir Richard (Eustace), (10 Oct. 1922–7 Jan. 2014), JP; HM Lord Lieutenant of Surrey, 1986–97  

KCVO 1997; OBE 1980

Born 10 Oct. 1922; m 1954, Gabrielle Elizabeth Sharpe; three d (and one d decd); died 7 Jan. 2014

JP; HM Lord Lieutenant of Surrey, 1986–97...