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Anderson, Col William Patrick, (4 Sept. 1851–1 Feb. 1927)  

CMG 1913

Born Levis, Quebec, 4 Sept. 1851; e s of late Thomas Anderson, Edmonton, Alberta; m 1876, Dorothea Susannah, e d of late Henry Beaumont Small; four ...

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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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Barnett, Dame Henrietta (Octavia), (4 May 1851–10 June 1936)  

DBE 1924 (CBE 1917); MTPI (Hon. Member)

Born 4 May 1851; d of late Alex. Rowland, Champion Hall, Kent; m 1873, Rev. Canon Samuel Augustus Barnett (...

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Baxter, Sir (Arthur) Beverley, (8 Jan. 1891–26 April 1964)  

Kt 1954; MP (C) Borough of Southgate since 1950; FRSL

Born Toronto, 8 Jan. 1891; s of James B. and Meribah Baxter; m 1924, Edith Letson, Vancouver; one ...

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Beverstock, Rear Adm. Mark Alistair, (born 8 Feb. 1964), Head, Naval Ships Delivery Group, Ministry of Defence, since 2020  

Head, Naval Ships Delivery Group, Ministry of Defence, since 2020

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Black, Col Anthony Edward Norman, (born 20 Jan. 1938), Chief Executive Commissioner, Scout Association, 1987–95  

OBE 1981

Chief Executive Commissioner, Scout Association, 1987–95

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Brown, Air Vice-Marshal Michael John Douglas, (9 May 1936–21 July 2011), consulting engineer  

Born 9 May 1936; s of late N. H. B. Brown, AMIERE; m 1st, 1961, Audrey (d 1994); one s; 2nd, 1997, Ruth, d of late H. G. Willey, Weobley, Herefordshire; ...

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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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Cunningham-Reid, Captain Alec Stratford, (died 26 March 1977)  

DFC

Born s of late Rev. A. M. Cunningham-Reid; m 1st, 1927, Ruth Mary Clarisse (from whom he obtained a divorce, 1940), yr d...

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Firbank, Sir Joseph Thomas, (1850–7 Oct. 1910)  

Kt 1902

Born 1850; e s of late Joseph Firbank, JP, DL for Monmouthshire (High Sheriff, 1885), and Sarah, widow of John Fryatt, Melton Mowbray; ...

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Fisher Prout, Margaret, (1875–9 Dec. 1963), Member of New English Art Club  

ARA 1948; RWS 1945; RWA 1947

Born 1875; d of Mark Fisher, RA; m 1908, John Alexander Prout; died 9 Dec. 1963

Member of New English Art Club...

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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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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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Hamilton, Lt-Col Roland, (23 Nov. 1886–10 Feb. 1953)  

OBE 1924; retired regular army officer, RE

Born 23 Nov. 1886; s of late Major Henry Hamilton, 4th Gurkha Rifles, Indian Army; m 1933, Sarah Elizabeth Mary Stern (...

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Hill, Stephen Russell, (born 27 March 1942), Managing Director, Steve Hill Consultancy Ltd, since 2004; Chief Executive, Defence Aviation Repair Agency, 1999–2003  

CB 2004; OBE 1982

Managing Director, Steve Hill Consultancy Ltd, since 2004; Chief Executive, Defence Aviation Repair Agency, 1999–2003

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Ilchester, 9th Earl of, (Maurice Vivian de Touffreville Fox-Strangways) (1 April 1920–2 July 2006)  

Born 1 April 1920; s of 8th Earl of Ilchester and Laure Georgine Emilie (d 1970), d of late Evanghelos Georgios Mazaraki, sometime Treasurer of Suez Canal Company; ...

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Jameson, Brig. Frank Robert Wordsworth, (24 March 1893–8 May 1965)  

DSO 1918; MC

Born 24 March 1893; s of late Frank Wordsworth Jameson, Aston Hall, North Ferriby and Seaton House, E Yorks, and late Ethel M. M. Jameson, ...

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Jones, Daniel, (26 Sept. 1908–19 Feb. 1985)  

BEM 1945

Born 26 Sept. 1908; m 1932, Phyllis, d of John Williams Maesteg, Glam.; two s one d; died 19 Feb. 1985

Ynyshir Council Sch.; NCLC

In coal-mines of Rhondda Valley for 12 years, ...

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Maxwell-Hibberd, Charles, (14 Aug. 1853–1935)  

Born Dorsetshire, 14 Aug. 1853; s of Charles and Eleanor Maxwell-Hibberd; m 1st May, d of late William Sheppard, Tunbridge Wells; one s two d...

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Nation, Brig.-Gen. John James Henry, (5 Dec. 1874–5 Nov. 1946)  

CVO 1917; DSO 1917; late RE

Born 5 Dec. 1874; s of late General Sir John L. Nation, KCB; m 1932, Olive Elizabeth, widow of Capt. Walter Rubens; ...