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Allhusen, Beatrice May, (died 29 July 1918)  

Born d of late Col Thomas Bromhead Butt, 79th Highlanders; m 1876, William Hutt Allhusen; died 29 July 1918

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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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Carbery, 11th Baron, (Peter Ralfe Harrington Evans-Freke) (20 March 1920–28 July 2012)  

Born 20 March 1920; o s of Major the Hon. Ralfe Evans-Freke, MBE (yr s of 9th Baron) (d 1969), and Vera (...

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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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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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Garrett, Sir Ronald (Thornbury), (5 Nov. 1888–30 Jan. 1972)  

Kt 1944

Born 5 Nov. 1888; 3rd s of late Samuel Garrett, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, late Pres. of Law Soc; m 1912, Catriona Marion Stewart Robertson (...

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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

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Gretton, Mary Sturge, (died 15 Aug. 1961), author; Visiting Justice of Oxford Prison, 1924–36; only woman appointed Member of the Agricultural Wages Board Committee for Oxfordshire, 1918–22  

JP; BLitt Oxon; FRHistS

Born d of late Marshal Struge, JP, and Anne, d of Francis Burke, Puisne Judge and Loan Commissioner of Montserrat, West Indies; ...

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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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MacMillan, Donald Baxter, (10 Nov. 1874–7 Sept. 1970), explorer, lecturer, author; Technical Adviser to US Army Engineers; Adviser to Research and Development Branch, office of The Quartermaster-General  

Born Provincetown, Massachusetts, 10 Nov. 1874; s of Neil MacMillan and Sarah Rebecca Gardner; m 1935, Miriam Look; died 7 Sept. 1970

explorer, lecturer, author; Technical Adviser to US Army Engineers; Adviser to Research and Development Branch, office of The Quartermaster-General...

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Porter of Luddenham, Baron, (George Porter) (6 Dec. 1920–31 Aug. 2002)  

OM 1989; Kt 1972; PhD, ScD; FRS 1960

Born 6 Dec. 1920; e s of late John Smith Porter and Alice Ann Porter, Stainforth; m...

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Servan-Schreiber, Prof. Jean-Jacques, (13 Feb. 1924–7 Nov. 2006), engineer, author, politician; Professor of Strategic Thinking and Chairman, International Committee, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1985  

Born Paris, 13 Feb. 1924; s of late Emile Servan-Schreiber, journalist, and Denise Bresard; m 1960, Sabine de Fouquières; four s.; died 7 Nov. 2006

engineer, author, politician; Professor of Strategic Thinking and Chairman, International Committee, Carnegie-Mellon University, ...

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Singer, Dorothea Waley, (17 Dec. 1882–24 June 1964), author and social worker  

Born London, 17 Dec. 1882; d of Nathaniel Louis Cohen, LCC, and Julia Matilda (née Waley); m 1910, Prof. Charles Singer (d 1960...

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Wade, Maj.-Gen. (Douglas) Ashton (Lofft), (13 March 1898–14 Jan. 1996)  

CB 1946; OBE 1941; MC 1918; BA; CEng; MIEE

Born 13 March 1898; 2nd s of C. S. D. Wade, solicitor, Saffron Walden, Essex; m 1st, 1926, Heather Mary Patricia Bulmer (...