1-20 of 58 Results  for:

  • Armed forces and intelligence services x
  • Business and finance x
  • Royalty, rulers, and aristocracy x
Clear all

Article

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, ...

Article

Agnew-Somerville, Sir Quentin (Charles Somerville), (8 March 1929–13 Oct. 2010), insurance consultant  

2nd Bt cr 1957, of Clendry, Co. Wigtown

Born 8 March 1929; s of Comdr Sir Peter Agnew, 1st Bt and Enid Frances (d...

Article

Archdale, Sir Edward (Folmer), (8 Sept. 1921–31 July 2009), Captain, RN, retired  

3rd Bt cr 1928; DSC 1943

Born 8 Sept. 1921; s of Vice-Adm. Sir Nicholas Edward Archdale, 2nd Bt, CBE, and Gerda (d 1969...

Article

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; ...

Article

Ashton of Hyde, 3rd Baron, (Thomas John Ashton) (19 Nov. 1926–2 Aug. 2008)  

TD

Born 19 Nov. 1926; s of 2nd Baron Ashton of Hyde and Marjorie Nell (d 1993), d of late Hon. Marshall Jones Brooks; ...

Article

Aykroyd, Sir William Miles, (24 Aug. 1923–18 July 2007)  

3rd Bt cr 1920; MC 1944

Born 24 Aug. 1923; s of Sir Alfred Hammond Aykroyd, 2nd Bt, and Sylvia Ambler Aykroyd (née Walker) (...

Article

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 (...

Article

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 ...

Article

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, ...

Article

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; ...

Article

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 (...

Article

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 ...

Article

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...

Article

Clerke, Sir John Edward Longueville, (29 Oct. 1913–1 Oct. 2009), Captain Royal Wilts Yeomanry, RAC, TA  

12th Bt cr 1660

Born 29 Oct. 1913; er s of Francis William Talbot Clerke (killed in action, 1916), e s of 11th Bt, and late Albinia Mary, ...

Article

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...

Article

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

Article

Cox, Lady Louisa Belle, (died 30 Aug. 1956)  

DBE 1923

Born d of late Surgeon General J. B. Hamilton, RAMC; m 1889, Sir Percy Zachariah Cox, GCMG, GCIE, KCSI (d 1937); no ...

Article

Creighton, Mrs (Louise), (7 July 1850–15 April 1936)  

Born Sydenham, 7 July 1850; 10th c of Robert von Glehn; m 1872, Rt Hon. Mandell Creighton, Bishop of London (d 1901); three s four d; died 15 April 1936...

Article

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...

Article

Darling, 2nd Baron, (Robert Charles Henry Darling) (15 May 1919–16 Oct. 2003)  

Born 15 May 1919; s of late Major Hon. John Clive Darling, DSO; m 1942, Bridget Rosemary Whishaw (d 1997), d of Rev. F. C. Dickson; one ...