6th Bt cr 1850
Born 11 Sept. 1937; s of Sir Robert Henry Edward Abdy, 5th Bt, and Lady Diana Bridgeman (d 1967), ...
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Abdy, Sir Valentine (Robert Duff), (11 Sept. 1937–27 June 2012), European Representative, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1983–95 and 1998 (Member, National Board, 1995–98)
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Aberdare, 4th Baron, (Morys George Lyndhurst Bruce) (16 June 1919–23 Jan. 2005)
KBE 1984; PC 1974; DL
Born 16 June 1919; s of 3rd Baron Aberdare, GBE, and Margaret Bethune (née Black); m 1946, Maud Helen Sarah, ...
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Abinger, 8th Baron, (James Richard Scarlett) (28 Sept. 1914–23 Sept. 2002)
Born 28 Sept. 1914; e s of 7th Baron and Marjorie (d 1965), 2nd d of John McPhillamy, Blair Athol, Bathurst, NSW; m...
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Acton, 4th Baron, (Richard Gerald Lyon-Dalberg-Acton) (30 July 1941–10 Oct. 2010)
Born 30 July 1941; s of 3rd Baron Acton, CMG, MBE, TD and Hon. Daphne, o d of 4th Baron Rayleigh, FRS and Lady Mary Hilda, 2nd ...
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Ailesbury, 5th Marquess of, (Henry Augustus Brudenell-Bruce) (11 April 1842–10 March 1911)
Born 11 April 1842; m 1870, Georgina Sophia Maria (d 1902), d of G. H. Pinckney; one s two d; died 10 March 1911...
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Albemarle, Diana, Countess of, (Diana Cicely), (6 Aug. 1909–6 May 2013), Chairman: Development Commission, 1948–74; The Drama Board, 1964–78
DBE 1956
Born 6 Aug. 1909; oc of John Archibald Grove; m 1931, 9th Earl of Albemarle, MC (d 1979); one d; died 6 May 2013
Chairman: Development Commission, ...
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Allen of Abbeydale, Baron, (Philip Allen) (8 July 1912–27 Nov. 2007)
GCB 1970 (KCB 1964; CB 1954)
Born 8 July 1912; yr s of late Arthur Allen and Louie Tipper, Sheffield; m 1938, Marjorie Brenda Coe (...
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Allendale, 1st Viscount, (Wentworth Canning Blackett Beaumont) (2 Dec. 1860–12 Dec. 1923)
DL; MA
Born Bywell Hall, Northumberland, 2 Dec. 1860; e s of 1st Baron Allendale and Margaret, 4th d of 1st Marquess of Clanricarde; m...
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Ampthill, 4th Baron, (Geoffrey Denis Erskine Russell) (15 Oct. 1921–23 April 2011)
CBE 1986; PC 1995
Born 15 Oct. 1921; s of 3rd Baron Ampthill, CBE, and Christabel, Lady Ampthill (d 1976); m 1st, 1946...
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Arbuthnott, 16th Viscount of, (John Campbell Arbuthnott) (26 Oct. 1924–14 July 2012)
KT 1996; CBE 1986; DSC 1945; FRSE 1984
Born 26 Oct. 1924; e s of 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott, CB, CBE, DSO, MC, and Ursula Collingwood (...
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Archer of Sandwell, Baron cr 1992 (Life Peer), of Sandwell in the County of West Midlands, (Peter Kingsley Archer) (20 Nov. 1926–14 June 2012)
Born 20 Nov. 1926; s of Cyril Kingsley Archer and May (née Baker); m 1954, Margaret Irene (née Smith); one s; died 14 June 2012
PC 1977; QC ...
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Armitage, Ella Sophia, (1841–20 March 1931), author
Born Liverpool, 1841; d of S. M. Bulley, JP; m Rev. Elkanah Armitage (d 1929); one s one d; died 20 March 1931...
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Ashcombe, 4th Baron, (Henry Edward Cubitt) (31 March 1924–4 Dec. 2013)
Born 31 March 1924; er s of 3rd Baron Ashcombe; m 1955, Ghislaine (marr. diss. 1968), o d of Cornelius Willem Dresselhuys, Long Island, New York; ...
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Ashley of Stoke, Baron, (Jack Ashley) (6 Dec. 1922–20 April 2012)
CH 1975
Born 6 Dec. 1922; s of John Ashley and Isabella Bridge; m 1951, Pauline Kay Crispin (d 2003); three d; died...
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Ashtown, 7th Baron, (Nigel Clive Cosby Trench) (27 Oct. 1916–6 March 2010)
KCMG 1976 (CMG 1966)
Born 27 Oct. 1916; s of Clive Newcome Trench (d 1964), g s of 2nd Baron, and Kathleen (...
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Attenborough, Baron cr 1993 (Life Peer), of Richmond upon Thames, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, (Richard Samuel Attenborough) (29 Aug. 1923–24 Aug. 2014)
Kt 1976; CBE 1967
Born 29 Aug. 1923; s of late Frederick Levi Attenborough and Mary Attenborough (née Clegg); m 1945, Sheila Beryl Grant Sim; one s one d...
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Avebury, 4th Baron, (Eric Reginald Lubbock) (29 Sept. 1928–14 Feb. 2016)
Born 29 Sept. 1928; s of Hon. Maurice Fox Pitt Lubbock (6th s of 1st Baron) (d 1957), and Hon. Mary Katherine Adelaide Stanley (...
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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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Baillie, James Evan Bruce, (8 Jan. 1869–6 May 1931)
MVO, JP, DL
Born 8 Jan. 1869; e s of Evan Peter Montagu Baillie and Lady Frances Anna Bruce, d of 7th Earl of Elgin; ...
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Balfour, Lady Frances, (1858–25 Feb. 1931)
LLD, DLitt
Born 1858; fifth d of 8th Duke of Argyll and Lady Elizabeth Leveson Gower, e d of 2nd Duke of Sutherland; m 1879, Col Eustace James Anthony (...
