Bankes [née Hawtrey], Mary, Lady Bankes (d. 1661), royalist landholder, was the only daughter and an heir of Ralph Hawtrey (1570–1638) and his wife, Mary Altham (1578–1647). The Hawtreys claimed Norman descent and established themselves in Ruislip, Middlesex, in the sixteenth century. In 1618 she married ...
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Bankes [née Hawtrey], Mary, Lady Bankes (d. 1661), royalist landholder
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Bryene [Brian, Bryan; née Bures], Alice (c. 1360–1435), landowner
ffiona von Westhoven Peregrinor
Bryene [Brian, Bryan; née Bures], Alice (c. 1360–1435), landowner, was probably born at Acton, near Sudbury, Suffolk, the only child of Sir Robert Bures (d. 1361) and his wife, Joan, née Sutton. Her great-grandfather Sir Robert Bures (d. 1331) was a member of ...
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Chichester, Rosalie Caroline (1865–1949), landowner
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Chichester, Rosalie Caroline (1865–1949), landowner, was born on 29 November 1865 at Arlington Court, Devon, the only child of Sir Alexander Palmer Bruce Chichester (1842–1881), baronet, and his wife, Rosalie Amelia (1842/3–1908), daughter of Thomas Chamberlayne of Cranbury Park, Hampshire. Both parents came from long-established, well-connected ‘county’ families. Her paternal grandfather, ...
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Tennant [née Collier], Gertrude Barbara Rich (1819–1918), society hostess
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Tennant [née Collier], Gertrude Barbara Rich (1819–1918), society hostess, was born on 9 November 1819 at Newcastle Lodge, Galway, on the west coast of Ireland. She was the eldest daughter of the four daughters and three sons of Henry Theodosius Browne Collier (1791–1872)...
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Townshend [née Campbell], Caroline, suo jure Baroness Greenwich [other married name Caroline Scott, countess of Dalkeith] (1717–1794), landowner
Rosalind K. Marshall
Townshend [née Campbell], Caroline, suo jure Baroness Greenwich [other married name Caroline Scott, countess of Dalkeith] (1717–1794), landowner, was born on 17 November 1717, the first of the five children of John Campbell, second duke of Argyll and first duke of Greenwich...
