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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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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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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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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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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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Dearmer, Mabel, (22 March 1872–10 July 1915), artist, writer, dramatist; Director of Plays for the Morality Play Society  

Born 22 March 1872; m 1892, Rev. Percy Dearmer; two s; died 10 July 1915

artist, writer, dramatist; Director of Plays for the Morality Play Society...

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Elliott, Maud Howe, (Mrs John Elliott), (9 Nov. 1854–19 March 1948), author, lecturer, campaign speaker; Secretary, Art Association of Newport; Hon. Vice-President, Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, Florida  

Born Boston, 9 Nov. 1854; d of Dr Samuel Gridley Howe and Julia Ward; m 1887, late John Elliott, painter; died 19 March 1948

author, lecturer, campaign speaker; Secretary, Art Association of Newport; Hon. Vice-President, Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, Florida...

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Forbes of Craigievar, Sir John (Alexander Cumnock), (29 Aug. 1927–9 Oct. 2000), JP; equestrian photo-journalist  

12th Bt cr 1630 (NS), of Craigievar, Aberdeenshire

Born 29 Aug. 1927; s of Rear-Adm. the Hon. Arthur Lionel Ochoncar Forbes-Sempill (d 1962), ...

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Galletti di Cadilhac, Countess, (Hon. Margaret Isabella Collier) (1846–27 June 1928)  

Born 1846; d of 1st Baron Monkswell; m 1873, Count Arturo Galletti di Cadilhac (d 1912), Colonel in the Reserve, and Deputy in Italian Parliament; two s one ...

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Gell, Hon. Mrs Edith Mary, (1860–17 April 1944)  

Born 1860; d of 8th Viscount Midleton and Augusta, d of 1st Baron Cottesloe; m 1889, Philip Lyttelton Gell (d 1926); died 17 April 1944

Lady of the Manors of Hopton-Carsington and Middleton...

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Gore-Booth, Eva Selina, (died 30 June 1926), writer  

Born 2nd d of Sir Henry William Gore-Booth, 5th Bt of Lissadell, Sligo; died 30 June 1926

writer

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Halliday, Prof. Fred, (22 Feb. 1946–26 April 2010), ICREA Research Professor, Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals, since 2008  

FBA 2002

Born 22 Feb. 1946; s of Arthur Halliday and Rita (née Finigan); m 1979, Prof. Maxine Deirdre Molyneux; one s; died 26 April 2010

ICREA Research Professor, Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals, since ...

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Hastings, Marchioness of, (Florence Cecilia) (1842–3 Feb. 1907)  

Born 1842; 3rd d of 2nd Marquess of Anglesey; m 1st, 1864, 4th and last Marquess of Hastings (d 1868); 2nd, 1870, Sir George Chetwynd, 4th Bt; one ...

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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...

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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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McCall, Robin Home, (21 March 1912–27 Oct. 1991)  

CBE 1976 (OBE 1969);retired 1976

Born 21 March 1912; s of late Charles and Dorothy McCall; m 1937, Joan Elizabeth Kingdon (d 1989); two s one d...

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McGrath, Sir (Joseph) Charles, (1 Nov. 1875–15 Feb. 1951), Hon. Col KOYLI Regt 1944; Solicitor; late Clerk of the Peace of the West Riding of Yorkshire and Clerk to the County Council; County Solicitor; Solicitor to the West Riding of Yorkshire Asylums Board; Clerk to numerous County Committees; Clerk to the West Riding Licensing Compensation and Confirming Authorities; County Registration and Returning Officer; Clerk to the Lord Lieutenant’s Advisory Committee; Deputy Regional Commissioner for Civil Defence, North Eastern Region, 1939–41; Clerk of War Zone Courts North East Region; President of Royal Artillery Association; Hon. Secretary of Officers’ Association Branch of British Legion, West Riding District; Pres. of Institute of Public Administration, Central and North Yorkshire Regional Group, etc  

Kt, 1933; Hon. LLD Leeds, 1939

Born 1 Nov. 1875; s of late Denis McGrath; m 1907, Elsie, d of Charles Arthur Beaumont; three s...

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Montgomery, Kathleen, (died 22 Dec. 1960), wrote (with her sister, Letitia who d 1930), as K. L. Montgomery  

Born d of late Robert Hobart Montgomery, of The Knocks, Co. Kildare; on maternal side connected with Oliver Goldsmith; died 22 Dec. 1960

wrote (with her sister, Letitia who ...

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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, ...