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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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Chorley, 2nd Baron, (Roger Richard Edward Chorley) (14 Aug. 1930–21 Feb. 2016)  

FCA

Born 14 Aug. 1930; er s of 1st Baron Chorley, QC, and Katharine Campbell (d 1986), d of late Edward Hopkinson, DSc; ...

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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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Constantine of Stanmore, Baron, (Theodore Constantine) (15 March 1910–13 Feb. 2004)  

Kt 1964; CBE 1956; AE 1945

Born 15 March 1910; er s of Leonard and Fanny Louise Constantine; m 1935, Sylvia Mary (d 1990...

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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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Howe of Aberavon, Baron, (Richard Edward Geoffrey Howe) (20 Dec. 1926–9 Oct. 2015)  

CH 1996; Kt 1970; PC 1972; QC 1965

Born 20 Dec. 1926; er s of late B. E. Howe and Mrs E. F. Howe, JP (...

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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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Kingsdown, Baron cr 1993 (Life Peer), of Pemberton in the County of Lancashire, (Robert Leigh-Pemberton, (Robin)) (5 Jan. 1927–24 Nov. 2013)  

KG 1994; PC 1987

Born 5 Jan. 1927; e s of late Robert Douglas Leigh-Pemberton, MBE, MC, Sittingbourne, Kent; m 1953, Rosemary Davina, OBE, d of late Lt-Col D. W. A. W. Forbes, MC, and late Dowager Marchioness of Exeter; four ...

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Lane of Horsell, Baron, (Peter Stewart Lane) (29 Jan. 1925–9 Jan. 2009)  

Kt 1984; JP; FCA

Born 29 Jan. 1925; s of Leonard George Lane; m Doris Florence (née Botsford) (d 1969); two d...

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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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Mansfield and Mansfield, 8th Earl of, (William David Mungo James Murray) (7 July 1930–21 Oct. 2015)  

Born 7 July 1930; o s of 7th Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield, and of Dorothea Helena (d 1985), y d of late Rt Hon. Sir Lancelot Carnegie, GCVO, KCMG; ...

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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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Plummer of St Marylebone, Baron cr 1981 (Life Peer), of the City of Westminster, ((Arthur) Desmond (Herne) Plummer) (25 May 1914–2 Oct. 2009)  

Kt 1971; TD 1950

Born 25 May 1914; s of late Arthur Herne Plummer and Janet (née McCormick); m 1941, Pat Holloway (Pres., Cons. Women’s Adv. Cttee, Greater London Area, ...

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Raglan, 5th Baron, (FitzRoy John Somerset) (8 Nov. 1927–24 Jan. 2010)  

Born 8 Nov. 1927; er s of 4th Baron Raglan and Hon. Julia Hamilton, CStJ (d 1971), d of 11th Baron Belhaven and Stenton, CIE; ...

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Rawlinson of Ewell, Baron, (Peter Anthony Grayson Rawlinson) (26 June 1919–28 June 2006)  

Kt 1962

Born 26 June 1919; o surv. s of late Lt-Col A. R. Rawlinson, OBE, and Ailsa, e d of Sir Henry Mulleneux Grayson, 1st Bt, KBE; ...

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Sarawak, Hh Ranee Of; Margaret Alice Lilly, (died 1 Dec. 1936)  

Born o d of Captain de Windt of Blunsdon Hall, Highworth, Wilts and Dinnington, Northumberland; m 1869, HH Charles Anthony Johnson Brooke, GCMG, 2nd Rajah of Sarawak (...