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Acres, Dr Douglas Ian, (21 Nov. 1924–2 Dec. 2001), DL; Vice President, Magistrates’ Association, since 1988 (Chairman of Council, 1984–87)  

CBE 1987 (OBE 1981); JP

Born Brockley, 21 Nov. 1924; y s of Sydney Herbert and Hilda Emily Acres; m Joan Marjorie, o d...

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Alderson, John Cottingham, (28 May 1922–7 Oct. 2011), writer and commentator on police and penal affairs; Chief Constable of Devon and Cornwall, 1973–82  

CBE 1981; QPM 1974

Born 28 May 1922; e s of late Ernest Cottingham Alderson and Elsie Lavinia Rose; m 1948, Irené Macmillan Stirling (d 2008); one s...

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Anderson, Major Roy Dunlop, (1878–31 Aug. 1932)  

DSO 1917; OBE 1919

Born 1878; s of John Anderson, CIE, MD, FRCP, FRCS; m 1910, Maude Coote, d of William Morriston Davies; no c; died 31 Aug. 1932

Horris Hill, Newbury; Winchester College; Baptiste Scoones...

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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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Bell, Sir Stuart, (16 May 1938–13 Oct. 2012), MP (Lab) Middlesbrough, since 1983; Second Church Estates Commissioner, 1997–2010; barrister  

Kt 2004

Born High Spen, Co. Durham, 16 May 1938; s of Ernest and Margaret Rose Bell; m 1st, 1960, Margaret (marr. diss.), d of Mary Bruce; one s one ...

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Bigelow, Melville Madison, (2 Aug. 1846–4 May 1921)  

PhD, LLD

Born 2 Aug. 1846; o s of Rev. Wm E. and Daphne F. Bigelow; m 1898, Alice Bradford, d of Dr George S. and Jane G. Woodman; ...

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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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Broadley, Alexander Meyrick, (19 July 1847–16 April 1916), lawyer, author, journalist, and collector  

Born 19 July 1847; e s of late Rev. A. Broadley, Canon of Salisbury, and late Frances Jane, y d of late Thomas Meyrick, of Bush, Pembrokeshire; died 16 April 1916...

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Brodhurst, Henry William Frederick Cottingham, (26 Aug. 1856–21 Dec. 1943)  

CMG 1911

Born 26 Aug. 1856; e s of late William Henry Brodhurst, BCS; m 1900, Lucy Helen Jane (d 1918), d of James Weir, Bedford; two s...

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Calvocoressi, Peter (John Ambrose), (17 Nov. 1912–5 Feb. 2010), author  

Born 17 Nov. 1912; s of Pandia Calvocoressi and Irene (Ralli); m 1st, 1938, Barbara Dorothy Eden (d 2005), d of 6th Baron Henley; two s; 2nd, 2006...

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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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Cholmondeley Clarke, Marshal Butler, (14 July 1919–21 Nov. 2007), Master of the Supreme Court of Judicature (Chancery Division), 1973–92  

Born 14 July 1919; s of Major Cecil Cholmondeley Clarke and Fanny Ethel Carter; m 1947, Joan Roberta Stephens (d 2004); two s; died 21 Nov. 2007

Master of the Supreme Court of Judicature (Chancery Division), ...

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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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Cleminson, Henry Millican, (1885–30 March 1970), Solicitor and Parliamentary Agent, retired; Lloyd’s Underwriter  

Born 1885; s of late Rev. J. R. Cleminson, Hull; m 1917, Hester (d 1945), d of late Hon. Josiah Wood, New Brunswick, Canada, and widow of Lieut Comdr Bernard Harvey; 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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Coulsfield, Rt Hon. Lord, (John Taylor Cameron) (24 April 1934–28 Feb. 2016)  

Born 24 April 1934; s of late John Reid Cameron, MA, formerly Director of Education, Dundee; m 1964, Bridget Deirdre Sloan; no c; died 28 Feb. 2016

PC 2000; a Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland, ...

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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 ...