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Bryans [née Gilmour], Dame Anne Margaret (1909–2004), charity worker and hospital governor  

Sylvia R. Limerick

Bryans [née Gilmour], Dame Anne Margaret (1909–2004), charity worker and hospital governor, was born at 9 Atholl Crescent, Edinburgh, on 29 October 1909, the elder child of Sir John Gilmour of Lundin and Montrave, second baronet (1876–1940), politician, and his first wife, ...

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Jones, Sir Pendrill Charles Varrier- (1883–1941), physician and founder of Papworth village settlement  

Linda Bryder

Jones, Sir Pendrill Charles Varrier- (1883–1941), physician and founder of Papworth village settlement, was born at Glyn Taff House, Troedyrhiw, Glamorgan, on 24 February 1883, the only son of Charles Morgan Jones, surgeon, and Margaret Varrier, daughter of William Jenkins. He had one sister. He was educated at ...

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Jones, Vicky Veronica Clement- [née Vicky Veronica Yip] (1948–1987), physician and founder of the British Association for Cancer United Patients  

J. S. Malpas

Jones, Vicky Veronica Clement- [née Vicky Veronica Yip] (1948–1987), physician and founder of the British Association for Cancer United Patients, was born on 23 December 1948 in Hong Kong, the third child of Teddy Yip, a successful Chinese businessman, and his wife, ...

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Oliver, Percy Lane (1878–1944), founder of the first voluntary blood donor service  

J. M. Stanton

Oliver, Percy Lane (1878–1944), founder of the first voluntary blood donor service, was born on 11 April 1878 at the home of his maternal grandparents in Fish Street, St Ives, Cornwall, the son of Edward Lane Oliver and his wife, Jane Hosking Curnow...

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Partridge, James Richard John (1952–2020), health economist, farmer, and charity founder  

Andrew Jarvis

Partridge, James Richard John (1952–2020), health economist, farmer, and charity founder, was born on 30 October 1952 at St Olave’s Maternity Home, Filton, Gloucestershire, the son of Sir Ernest John Partridge (1908–1982), chairman of Imperial Tobacco, and president of the Confederation of British Industries...