Abney, Sir William de Wiveleslie (1843–1920), civil servant and photographic scientist, was born at Derby on 24 July 1843, the eldest son of Edward Henry Abney (bap. 1811, d. 1892), vicar of St Alkmund's, Derby, afterwards prebendary of Lichfield, and Catharina, daughter of ...
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Abney, Sir William de Wiveleslie (1843–1920), civil servant and photographic scientist
Peter J. T. Morris
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Bowman [née Kay], Dame (Mary) Elaine Kellett- (1923–2014), politician
Mark Garnett
Bowman [née Kay], Dame (Mary) Elaine Kellett- (1923–2014), politician, was born at Claremont, Clifton Drive, Lytham, Lancashire, on 8 July 1923, the daughter of Walter Kay, leather manufacturer and later farmer, and his wife, Edith Annie, née Leather. After attending the local ...
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Browne, Felicia Mary (1904–1936), artist and political activist
Tom Buchanan
Browne, Felicia Mary (1904–1936), artist and political activist, was born at The Elms, Weston Green, Thames Ditton, Surrey, on 18 February 1904, the third daughter and the fourth of five children of Harold Browne (1875–1924), company director, who worked in his family's advertising agency, and his wife, ...
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D'Oyly, Sir Charles, seventh baronet (1781–1845), administrator in India and artist
J. P. Losty
D'Oyly, Sir Charles, seventh baronet (1781–1845), administrator in India and artist, born at Murshidabad, India, in September 1781 and baptized on 16 September 1781, was the elder son of Sir John Hadley D'Oyly, sixth baronet (1754–1818), the East India Company's resident at the court of the ...
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D'Oyly, Sir Charles, seventh baronet (1781–1845)
Maker: George Chinnery
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Sir Charles D'Oyly, seventh baronet (1781–1845) by George Chinnery HSBC Holdings plc
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Dunlop, Marion Wallace- (1864–1942)
Maker: unknown photographer
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Marion Wallace- Dunlop (1864–1942) by unknown photographer, 1909 © Museum of London, neg. number 15346, ref. CL02/7448
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Dunlop, Marion Wallace- (1864–1942), suffragist and artist
Leah Leneman
Dunlop, Marion Wallace- (1864–1942), suffragist and artist, was born on 22 December 1864 at Leys Castle, Inverness, in Scotland, the daughter of Robert Henry Wallace-Dunlop, of the Bengal civil service, and his wife, Lucy Dowson (1836–1914). Two of her sisters, Madeline and Rosalind Wallace-Dunlop...
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Elford, Sir William, baronet (1749–1837), politician and artist
Felicity Owen
Elford, Sir William, baronet (1749–1837), politician and artist, was born in August 1749 at Kingsbridge, Devon, the elder son of the Revd Lancelot Elford (c.1719–1782) of Bickham, near Plymouth, and his wife, Grace, daughter of Alexander Wills of Kingsbridge.
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Fane [née Wellesley-Pole], Priscilla Anne, countess of Westmorland (1793–1879), diplomatic service wife and artist
K. D. Reynolds
Fane [née Wellesley-Pole], Priscilla Anne, countess of Westmorland (1793–1879), diplomatic service wife and artist, was born on 13 March 1793. Her father was William Wellesley-Pole (1763–1845), brother of the duke of Wellington and Lord Wellesley; he was himself created Baron Maryborough in 1821, and succeeded his brother as ...
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Gifford, Grace Evelyn Mary Vandeleur (1888–1955)
Maker: Sean O'Sullivan
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Grace Evelyn Mary Vandeleur Gifford (1888–1955) by Sean O'Sullivan, 1933 © courtesy of the Artist's Estate; National Gallery of Ireland
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Gifford [married name Plunkett], Grace Evelyn Mary Vandeleur (1888–1955), artist and Irish nationalist
Katherine Mullin
Gifford [married name Plunkett], Grace Evelyn Mary Vandeleur (1888–1955), artist and Irish nationalist, was born at 8 Temple Villas, Palmerston Road, Rathmines, Dublin, on 4 March 1888, one of the twelve children of Frederick Gifford (d. 1917), a solicitor, and his wife, ...
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Hastings, Francis John Clarence Westenra Plantagenet, sixteenth earl of Huntingdon [known as Jack Huntingdon] (1901–1990), artist and politician
Woodrow Wyatt
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Hastings, Francis John Clarence Westenra Plantagenet, sixteenth earl of Huntingdon [known as Jack Huntingdon] (1901–1990), artist and politician, was born on 30 January 1901 in Manchester Square, London, the only son and youngest of three children of Warner Francis John Plantagenet Hastings, ...
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Hastings, Thomas (1778–1854), army officer, customs officer, and artist
Marianne A. Yule
Hastings, Thomas (1778–1854), army officer, customs officer, and artist, was born on 20 July 1778 in St Pancras, London, where he was baptized, the son of Edward Barnett, an attorney of the court of the king’s bench and solicitor of the high court of chancery, and his wife ...
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Heaphy, Charles (1820?–1881), artist and colonial official in New Zealand
H. M. Chichester
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Heaphy, Charles (1820
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Howard, George James, ninth earl of Carlisle (1843–1911), artist and politician
Christopher Ridgway
Howard, George James, ninth earl of Carlisle (1843–1911), artist and politician, was born at 56 Park Street, London, on 12 August 1843, the only son of the Hon. Charles Wentworth George Howard (1814–1879), and his wife, Mary Priscilla Harriett Parke (1822–1843), second daughter of ...
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Metzger, Gustav [Gedalia Ben-Yehuda Metzger] (1926–2017), artist and political activist
Andrew Wilson
Metzger, Gustav [Gedalia Ben-Yehuda Metzger] (1926–2017), artist and political activist, was born on 10 April 1926 in Nuremberg, Germany, the youngest of five children of Yehuda Isidor (Juda) Metzger (1886–1942x4), grocer, and his wife, Feiga Mindel (Fanny), née Turner...
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Nolan, Margaret Ann (1943–2020), actress, artist, and political activist
Melanie Williams
Nolan, Margaret Ann (1943–2020), actress, artist, and political activist, was born on 29 October 1943—along with her non-identical twin sister, (Mary) Geraldine—in Hampstead, London, the daughter of John Norman (Jack) Nolan, an army clerk, later a printer, and his wife ...
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Pankhurst, (Estelle) Sylvia (1882–1960)
Maker: Bassano
(Estelle) Sylvia Pankhurst (1882–1960) by Bassano, 1927 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Pankhurst, (Estelle) Sylvia (1882–1960), political activist, writer, and artist
June Hannam
Pankhurst, (Estelle) Sylvia (1882–1960), political activist, writer, and artist, was born at 1 Drayton Gardens, Old Trafford, Manchester, on 5 May 1882, the second of five children of Dr Richard Marsden Pankhurst (1835/6–1898), a barrister, and his wife, Emmeline Pankhurst (1858–1928), the daughter of ...
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Parnell, (Catherine Maria) Anna Mercer (1852–1910), Irish nationalist and artist
Alan O'Day
Parnell, (Catherine Maria) Anna Mercer (1852–1910), Irish nationalist and artist, was born on 13 May 1852 at home at Avondale, co. Wicklow, the tenth of eleven children and fifth daughter of John Henry Parnell (1811–1859) and Delia Tudor, née Stewart (1816–1896). Her older brothers were ...
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