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Boothby, Hill (1708–1756), friend of Samuel Johnson
Kathryn M. Burton
Boothby, Hill (1708–1756), friend of Samuel Johnson, was born on 27 October 1708 at Ashbourne, Derbyshire, the only daughter of Brooke Boothby (d. 1727) of Ashbourne Hall, Derbyshire, and his second wife, Elizabeth Fitzherbert, daughter of John Fitzherbert of Somersall-Herbert, Derbyshire. A woman of considerable ability, she made the acquaintance of ...
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Brownell, Sonia Mary [Sonia Orwell] (1918–1980)
Maker: unknown photographer
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Sonia Mary Brownell [Sonia Orwell] (1918–1980) by unknown photographer, 1949 [left, at the offices of Horizon] UCL, MSSRB, Orwell Archive 3B18
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Brownell [married names Blair, Pitt-Rivers], Sonia Mary [known as Sonia Orwell] (1918–1980), literary editor, writer, and friend of artists and intellectuals
Ian Angus
Brownell [married names Blair, Pitt-Rivers], Sonia Mary [known as Sonia Orwell] (1918–1980), literary editor, writer, and friend of artists and intellectuals, was born Sonia Mary Brownell on 25 August 1918 at Mesra Thaua, Ranchi, Bihar, India, the younger daughter of ...
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Cherry, Thomas (bap. 1683, d. 1706), friend of Thomas Hearne
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Clement [Clements; née Giggs], Margaret (1508–1570), adopted daughter of Sir Thomas More
Margaret Bowker
Clement [Clements; née Giggs], Margaret (1508–1570), adopted daughter of Sir Thomas More, is of obscure parentage. She was described by the biographer of her daughter Margaret as having been 'a gentleman's daughter of Norfolk' (Durrant, 183); a family named ...
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Elphinstone [née Thrale], Hester Maria, Viscountess Keith (1764–1857), protégée of Samuel Johnson
Jennett Humphreys
revised by K. D. Reynolds
Elphinstone [née Thrale], Hester Maria, Viscountess Keith (1764–1857), protégée of Samuel Johnson, the eldest daughter of Henry Thrale (1728–1781), brewer, and his wife, Hester, afterwards Mrs Piozzi (1741–1821), was born on 17 September 1764 at Southwark, London. Dr Johnson, a friend of the family from 1765, called her ...
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Gregory [married name Alison], Dorothea (bap. 1754, d. 1830), companion of Elizabeth Montagu
Norma Clarke
Gregory [married name Alison], Dorothea (bap. 1754, d. 1830), companion of Elizabeth Montagu, was baptized on 4 June 1754 at St Nicholas's Church, Aberdeen, the elder of the two daughters of John Gregory (1724–1773), professor of medicine at Edinburgh University, and his wife, ...
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Langton, Bennet (bap. 1736, d. 1801), friend of Samuel Johnson
Leslie Stephen
revised by Michael Bevan
Langton, Bennet (bap. 1736, d. 1801), friend of Samuel Johnson, son of the Revd Bennet Langton (1696–1769) and his wife, Diana, daughter of Edmund Turner of Stoke Rochford, Lincolnshire, and descendant of the old family of the Langtons of Langton, near Spilsby in ...
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More [née Harpur; other married name Middleton], Alice, Lady More (b. in or after 1474, d. in or before 1551), second wife of Sir Thomas More
Retha M. Warnicke
More [née Harpur; other married name Middleton], Alice, Lady More (b. in or after 1474, d. in or before 1551), second wife of Sir Thomas More, was born, probably at Epping, Essex, to Elizabeth (d. in or after 1510), coheir of ...
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Roper [née More], Margaret (1505–1544), scholar and daughter of Sir Thomas More
Margaret Bowker
Roper [née More], Margaret (1505–1544), scholar and daughter of Sir Thomas More, was probably born in October 1505, the eldest child of Thomas More (1478–1535) and his first wife, Jane Colt (d. 1511). She spent much of her early life in the centre of the city of ...
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Roper [More], Margaret (1505–1544)
Maker: Hans Holbein the younger
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Margaret Roper (1505–1544) by Hans Holbein the younger, c. 1535–6 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1950. (50.69.2) Photograph © 1994 The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Ryland, John (1716/17–1798), friend of Samuel Johnson
W. P. Courtney
revised by Michael Bevan
Ryland, John (1716/17–1798), friend of Samuel Johnson, was born in London, but spent his early years at Stratford upon Avon. Though trained for the law he entered commerce, and for many years was a West India merchant on Tower Hill, London. As a young man he spent much of his time with ...
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Stephen [née Thackeray], Harriet Marian [Minny] (1840–1875), wife of Leslie Stephen
M. Clare Loughlin-Chow
Stephen [née Thackeray], Harriet Marian [Minny] (1840–1875), wife of Leslie Stephen, was born in London on 27 May 1840, the youngest of the three daughters of William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863) and his wife, Isabella Gethin Creagh, née Shawe (1816–1893). One of her sisters, ...
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Taylor, John (bap. 1711, d. 1788), friend of Samuel Johnson
W. P. Courtney
revised by Michael Bevan
Taylor, John (bap. 1711, d. 1788), friend of Samuel Johnson, baptized at Ashbourne, Derbyshire, on 18 March 1711, was the son of Thomas Taylor (1671–1730?) of Ashbourne and his wife, Mary, daughter of Thomas Wood. He was educated with Samuel Johnson by the ...
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Williams, Anna (1706–1783), poet and companion of Samuel Johnson
William R. Jones
Williams, Anna (1706–1783), poet and companion of Samuel Johnson, was born at Rosemarket, Pembrokeshire, the daughter of Zachariah Williams (1668x73–1755), medical practitioner and scientific experimenter, and his wife, Martha. Dr Williams provided his daughter with a good and wide-ranging education in the arts and sciences, including French and Italian. In 1726 or 1727 she moved to ...
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Williams, Anna (1706–1783)
Maker: Frances Reynolds
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Anna Williams (1706–1783) attrib. Frances Reynolds reproduced by kind permission of Dr. Johnson's House Trust
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Yonge, Sir Walter, third baronet (bap. 1653, d. 1731), politician and friend of John Locke
Mark Goldie
Yonge, Sir Walter, third baronet (bap. 1653, d. 1731), politician and friend of John Locke, was baptized on 8 September 1653 at Sandford, Devon, the first surviving son of Sir Walter Yonge, second baronet (c.1626–1670), politician, of Colyton, Devon, and his wife, ...
