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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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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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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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Blaker, Baron cr 1994 (Life Peer), of Blackpool in the County of Lancashire, and of Lindfield in the County of West Sussex, (Peter Allan Renshaw Blaker) (4 Oct. 1922–5 July 2009)  

KCMG 1983; PC 1983; MA

Born Hong Kong, 4 Oct. 1922; s of late Cedric Blaker, CBE, MC and Louisa Douglas Blaker (née Chapple); m 1953, Jennifer, d of late Sir Pierson Dixon, GCMG, CB; one ...

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Burghclere, Lady; Winifred Henrietta Christina, (2 July 1864–28 Sept. 1933)  

Born 2 July 1864; e d of 4th Earl of Carnarvon; m 1st, 1887, Capt. Hon. Alfred Byng (d 1887), s of 2nd Earl of Strafford; 2nd, ...

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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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Chamberlain, Sir Henry Hamilton Erroll, (22 Nov. 1857–28 June 1936), 4th Bt cr 1828  

Born 22 Nov. 1857; m 1887, Gwendolen (d 1928), d of J. Inglis Jones, Royal Horse Guards, Derry Ormond, Cardiganshire, and Lady Elizabeth Inglis Jones; 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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Curie, Madame Marie, (7 Nov. 1867–4 July 1934), Professeur de Physique générale à la Faculté des Sciences de Paris, since 1906; Directeur du Laboratoire Curie à l’Institut du Radium de l’Université de Paris  

Born Varsovie, 7 Nov. 1867; d of Professeur de Lycée Sklodowski; m 1895, Pierre Curie (d 1906); two d; died 4 July 1934...

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Dawson, Lady Aimée Evelyn, (died 24 Dec. 1946)  

GBE 1918

Born y d of late Gordon Pirie, Château de Varennes, France; m 1st, Herbert Oakley; 2nd, 1903, Brig.-Gen. Sir Douglas Frederick Rawdon Dawson, GCVO, KCB, CMG (...

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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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Gillett, Sir Robin (Danvers Penrose), (9 Nov. 1925–21 April 2009), Underwriting Member of Lloyd’s; Lord Mayor of London for 1976–77  

2nd Bt cr 1959; GBE 1976; RD 1965

Born 9 Nov. 1925; o s of Sir (Sydney) Harold Gillett, 1st Bt, MC, and Audrey Isabel Penrose Wardlaw (...

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Hannay, Mrs Jane Ewing, (8 Feb. 1868–14 April 1938), JP  

CBE 1933 (OBE 1918)

Born 8 Feb. 1868; d of Rev. J. S. Wilson, DD, New Abbey, and Jane Ewing Brown; m 1899, Prof. Robert Kerr Hannay; one ...

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Hunt of Tanworth, Baron, (John Joseph Benedict Hunt) (23 Oct. 1919–17 July 2008)  

GCB 1977 (KCB 1973; CB 1968)

Born 23 Oct. 1919; er s of Major Arthur L. Hunt and Daphne Hunt; m 1st, 1941, Hon. Magdalen Mary Lister Robinson (...

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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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Mayo, 10th Earl of, (Terence Patrick Bourke) (26 Aug. 1929–22 Sept. 2006)  

Born 26 Aug. 1929; s of Hon. Bryan Longley Bourke (d 1961) and Violet Wilmot Heathcote Bourke (d 1950); m 1st, ...

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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, ...

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Northcote, Lady; (Alice), (1921–1 June 1934), a Lady of Grace of the Order of St John of Jerusalem  

DBE 1919; CI

Born adopted d of 1st and last Baron Mount Stephen, GCVO (d 1921); m 1873, 1st and last Baron Northcote, PC (...