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Cover Bonetta, (Ina) Sarah Forbes (c. 1843–1880)

Bonetta, (Ina) Sarah Forbes (c. 1843–1880)  

Maker: Camille Silvy

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17 September 2015
(Ina) Sarah Forbes Bonetta (c. 1843–1880) by Camille Silvy, 1862 © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Bonetta [married name Davies], (Ina) Sarah Forbes [Sally] (c. 1843–1880), Queen Victoria's ward  

Joan Anim-Addo

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Bonetta [married name Davies], (Ina) Sarah Forbes [Sally] (c. 1843–1880), Queen Victoria's ward, was born in west Africa (in the south-west of modern-day Nigeria) about 1843, of Yoruba descent. Few details are known about her family besides their massacre by forces loyal to the Dahomian monarch, ...

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Cover Delany, Mary (1700–1788)

Delany, Mary (1700–1788)  

Maker: John Opie

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004
Mary Delany (1700–1788) by John Opie, 1782 © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Delany [née Granville; other married name Pendarves], Mary (1700–1788), court favourite and artist  

Barbara Brandon Schnorrenberg

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Delany [née Granville; other married name Pendarves], Mary (1700–1788), court favourite and artist, was born at Coulston, Wiltshire, on 14 May 1700. The elder daughter of Bernard Granville (1671–1723) and his wife, Mary Westcomb (d. 1747), she was widely connected in court and political circles. Her father's elder brother was ...

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Masham [née Hill], Abigail, Lady Masham (1670?–1734), royal favourite  

Frances Harris

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Masham [née Hill], Abigail, Lady Masham (1670?–1734), royal favourite, was the elder daughter of Francis Hill (d. c.1690), an Anabaptist and merchant of Smyrna and, after 1657, of London, and his wife, Elizabeth (bap. 1642, d. 1691×9), the youngest daughter of ...